As posted last week, the governing body of Russia has started to shut down and censor artists and shows that criticize the Sochi Olympics (Russian Censors Target Olympic Aimed Art), already facing widespread charges of corruption, but now they've gone a step further, investigating the ex-director of Perm's Contemporary Art museum for showing artists with signs of extremism. Is this the beginning of the end for contemporary art in Russia?
http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Director-of-Perms-contemporary-art-museum-fired/29982
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