The Desert of Forbidden Art

Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope|Russia, U.S., Uzbekistan| 80 mins

UK Premiere + Panel Discussion featuring

Dr. Seth Graham, (UCL SEESS)

Dr. Alisher Ilkamov, (The Open Society Foundation/SOAS)

Dr. Aliya de Tiesenhausen, (Central Asian painting expert)

Dr. Sarah Wilson, (The Courtuald Institute)

The saga of a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions stashed in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art survives in times of oppression.

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