In Brief
Thanks to Capitalism, These Authentic Communist Statues Could Be Yours
Available for purchase right now on eBay are two statues of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, both completely intact and attached to their original pedestals.
Vladimir Lenin
Art
The Rise and Fall of the East Village Lenin Statue
When I first started hanging out in the East Village in the mid-1970s, it was loaded with unofficial monuments to an older Lower East Side: Boarded up Yiddish theaters and a largely unused bocce ball court on Houston Street were reminders of the days when an immigrant community flourished.
In Brief
Good Bye, Lenin! Ukraine Dismantles Its Largest Monument to the Communist Leader
Ukraine's largest monument to Vladimir Lenin is finally coming down, and you can join local spectators in watching the whole ordeal live.
In Brief
Lenin, I Am Your Father: Darth Vader Engulfs Ukrainian Communist Statue (and Brings Free Wifi)
A city in Ukraine has gone over to the dark side.
Opinion
Artists Confront the Uncomfortable Legacy of Lenin
This week, two men made headlines when they doused the tomb of the Soviet Union's first leader Vladimir Lenin with holy water while reportedly shouting "Rise up and leave!"
Art
Ghosts Of Glasnost: “Ostalgia” At The New Museum
The specter of communism currently haunts the New Museum [http://www.newmuseum.org/] in its summer "bloc-buster" exhibition “Ostalgia.” [http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/440/] It’s an ambitious project that consumes most of the galleries with a swirling conglomeration of disparate mediums, artis