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Nostalgic Russians spur demand for Stalinist art

Sales at the twice-yearly auctions of Russian art in London are at the highest since 2008

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Published Mon, Jun 1, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Moscow

    JOSEPH Stalin created Socialist Realism by decree in 1932 to glorify Communism through art. Now Vladimir Putin's capitalists can't get enough of it.

    Demand for painters once hailed by the Soviet dictator as "engineers of the soul" has never been higher, in part driven by a resurgence of patriotism and pangs of nostalgia in Russia, which is locked in the tensest geopolitical confrontation since the Cold War over the conflict in Ukraine.

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