The Norton & Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art From the Soviet Union (1956-1986) September 16, 2008

This is the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world. Comprising more than 17,000 works of art, this collection documents Soviet dissident art from the historical Cold War period (1956-1986) -- from Khruschev's cultural "thaw" to Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika. Soviet artists working in opposition to the government-prescribed style of Social Realism risked personal safety, imprisonment and exile in their quest for individual expression.