Russia in Vogue exhibition goes to Samara

A collection of photographs from Vogue magazine is now on display at Samara’s Regional Art Museum, with images spanning over a century of the magazine’s history. Russia in Vogue documents the multifaceted influence of Russia on the magazine’s style and content, with the country and its figures presented across a number of different eras. From images of Christy Turlington posing in front of Moscow’s St Basil cathedral to portraits of Vladimir Nabokov, Russia’s cultural influence on the publication is balanced between high fashion and highbrow.

Russia in Vogue intersperses fashion snapshots of Russia model Natalia Semanova with images of some of influential literary and artistic figures from Russia, including Wassily Kandinsky, emigre writer Erté and Gala Dali (the artist’s Russian wife and muse), showing off both the intellectual and aesthetic richness of Russian culture.

The exhibition will be on display until 30 June.