On May 14, Neue Galerie New York opened ‘Russian Modernism: Cross-Currents of German and Russian Art, 1907-1917,’ an exhibition devoted to modern figurative art created by leading artists from Russia and Germany during the early twentieth century. This is the first exhibition at an American museum to focus exclusively on the important artistic links between these two countries, featuring works by artists Natalia Goncharova, Erich Heckel, Alexei von Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Mikhail Larionov, and Gabriele Münter, among others. The show will be on view through August 31, 2015. The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the exhibition. The exhibition is organized by Russian art scholar Konstantin Akinsha, who also serves as a
