Christina Lodder. The Revolution in Art Education: The Moscow Vkhutemas and the German Bauhaus Event

LECTURE CHRISTINA LODDER
The Revolution in Art Education: The Moscow Vkhutemas and the German Bauhaus

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Christina Lodder?s lecture “The Revolution in Art Education: The Moscow Vkhutemas and the German Bauhaus” will consider the re-organisation of art education in Russia after 1917 and its implications on art teaching in Western Europe, especially at the Bauhaus.

Christina Lodder is Honorary Professor of Art History at the University of Kent, Canterbury. She is one of the leading authorities on the Russian Avantgardes and has contributed enormously to western understanding of the development of Russian modernism. She has widely published in this field, with particular areas of interest in Russian Constructivism and the artists Naum Gabo and Kazimir Malevich.