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It Was Meant to Be Forever. 1968–1985.

Moscow: State Tretyakov Gallery, 2020

The results of large-scale research on Soviet art of the Brezhnev Era carried out by the team of the State Tretyakov Gallery have been presented in the form of the exhibition “NotForever. 1968-1985” and the volume It Was Meant to Be Forever. 1968–1985.
This publication includes scholarly articles on painting, graphics, design, and film as well as annotated reproductions of over 400 works shown at the exhibition. The authors analyse the social and political processes that took place in the USSR, exploring the specifics of individual and mass consciousness via artworks. The publication also includes a detailed chronicle of the events of 1968–1985.
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Yulia Vorotyntseva
Born in 1987 in Moscow. Art historian and researcher at the Contemporary Art Department of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow). Graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lives and works in Moscow.

Anastasia Kurlyandtseva
Born in 1991 in Moscow. Art historian and researcher at the Contemporary Art Department of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow). Graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lives and works in Moscow.

Kirill Svetlyakov
Born in 1976 in Moscow. Curator, chief specialist at the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow). Graduated from the Department of History of Art at the Lomonosov Moscow State University with a PhD. Lives and works in Moscow.