Before deathly dull state-sponsored Socialist Realism took over in the late Thirties, Soviet art was a thing of innovation and beauty. Fired by post-revolutionary optimism, Russia’s avant garde movement reached its creative peak from 1915 to 1935 with constructivist art inspiring architects to create cutting-edge structures.

Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD. Oct 29-Jan 22. £9.
royalacademy.org.uk 
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