Movie Review: 'Desert of Forbidden Art' tells of Soviet artwork saved from destruction
Even the geographically astute might have a hard time locating Nukus , Karakalpakstan, on a globe, but it is in this arid, remote area of Uzbekistan that the greatest trove of Soviet era "degenerate art" is housed, thanks to the efforts of Igor Savitsky . " The Desert of Forbidden Art ," screening this weekend at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art , sheds light not only on this astounding 40,000-pie...
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