Iceland hosts first ever exhibition for Russian feminist protest group Pussy Riot

“Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia”, an exhibition being held at the Kling & Bang gallery in Reykjavík, Iceland, is the first ever retrospective of the Russian feminist protest art collective. The exhibition, which has been on display in Iceland since 24 November 2022, incorporates photos, archive footage and original artwork to trace the group’s work over the past decade and their rise to fame. It was curated by Maria (Mösha) Alyokhina, a key member of Pussy Riot, and offers a look at documentation of the activists’ performances, from the beginning of the movement in 2011 to the present d…

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