Natalia Kolodzei
@kolodzeiart.bsky.social
Curator, art historian, fine art appraiser. The Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation. Anna Kolodzei Days of Art video series. http://www.kolodzeiart.org/
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Natalia Kolodzei
@kolodzeiart.bsky.social
· Nov 11
The Special Issue of the Leonardo Journal Vulnerability Vol 58 Issue 5 published by MIT Press is officially out! It was a great honor to guest edit this publ. with Anna Frants. I am grateful to all authors, Leonardo team & everyone who participated in CYFEST & CYLAND direct.mit.edu/leon/issue/5...
On a snowy day: Alexander Yelagin, New Year's Greetings Card, 1985, Tempera on canvas, 110,0 x 120,0 cm. Kolodzei Art Foundation
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
On a snowy day: Alexander Yelagin, New Year's Greetings Card, 1985, Tempera on canvas, 110,0 x 120,0 cm. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Konstantin Bokov's Journey Through the New York Cityscape: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation opens Jan 21 at the Harriman Institute (Columbia U).
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register! harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register! harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
January 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Konstantin Bokov's Journey Through the New York Cityscape: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation opens Jan 21 at the Harriman Institute (Columbia U).
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register! harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register! harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Konstantin Bokov's Journey Through the New York Cityscape: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation opens Jan 21 at the Harriman Institute (Columbia U).
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register!
harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register!
harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Konstantin Bokov's Journey Through the New York Cityscape: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation opens Jan 21 at the Harriman Institute (Columbia U).
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register!
harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Location: Harriman Institute, 420 W 118th St, NYC
On View: Jan 20 – March 13, 2026 Link to register!
harriman.columbia.edu/event/exhibi...
Feeling the Birthday love – image by Anna Kolodzei
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Feeling the Birthday love – image by Anna Kolodzei
Happy Birthday to Konstantin Khudyakov! Konstantin Khudyakov (born 1945 in Tsarevshchina village, Saratov region; lives and works in Moscow), Eagles Arrived, 2004-2007. Edition 1/1, Ultrachrome print on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Happy Birthday to Konstantin Khudyakov! Konstantin Khudyakov (born 1945 in Tsarevshchina village, Saratov region; lives and works in Moscow), Eagles Arrived, 2004-2007. Edition 1/1, Ultrachrome print on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy New Year!
On this snowy day: Oleg Vassiliev, White Skiers, 1990, oil on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection. Currently on view in The Winter Show at the National Arts Club, New York City, through January 30, 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On this snowy day: Oleg Vassiliev, White Skiers, 1990, oil on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection. Currently on view in The Winter Show at the National Arts Club, New York City, through January 30, 2026.
Remembering Muhadin Kishev on his Birthday!
Muhadin Kishev (born 1939 in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus; lived in Moscow and Cadiz, Spain; died in 2025 in Spain)
Happiness, 2003. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-1/2 in.
Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
Muhadin Kishev (born 1939 in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus; lived in Moscow and Cadiz, Spain; died in 2025 in Spain)
Happiness, 2003. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-1/2 in.
Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remembering Muhadin Kishev on his Birthday!
Muhadin Kishev (born 1939 in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus; lived in Moscow and Cadiz, Spain; died in 2025 in Spain)
Happiness, 2003. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-1/2 in.
Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
Muhadin Kishev (born 1939 in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus; lived in Moscow and Cadiz, Spain; died in 2025 in Spain)
Happiness, 2003. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-1/2 in.
Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
Remembering Henry Khudyakov (1930 - 2019) on his 95 Birthday!
Henry Khudyakov was a remarkable artist whose life journey transcended aesthetics and artistic boundaries.
Henry Khudyakov, God’s Name be Praised, 1981-2000. Mixed media, and The Shirt, 1983-1997. mixed media Kolodzei Art Found
Henry Khudyakov was a remarkable artist whose life journey transcended aesthetics and artistic boundaries.
Henry Khudyakov, God’s Name be Praised, 1981-2000. Mixed media, and The Shirt, 1983-1997. mixed media Kolodzei Art Found
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Remembering Henry Khudyakov (1930 - 2019) on his 95 Birthday!
Henry Khudyakov was a remarkable artist whose life journey transcended aesthetics and artistic boundaries.
Henry Khudyakov, God’s Name be Praised, 1981-2000. Mixed media, and The Shirt, 1983-1997. mixed media Kolodzei Art Found
Henry Khudyakov was a remarkable artist whose life journey transcended aesthetics and artistic boundaries.
Henry Khudyakov, God’s Name be Praised, 1981-2000. Mixed media, and The Shirt, 1983-1997. mixed media Kolodzei Art Found
Happy 55th Birthday to Olga Tobreluts! Olga Tobreluts is an accomplished artist who works across multiple disciplines including photography, video, painting and sculpture.
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Happy 55th Birthday to Olga Tobreluts! Olga Tobreluts is an accomplished artist who works across multiple disciplines including photography, video, painting and sculpture.
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Day! May it be full of good friends, family & food!
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Day! May it be full of good friends, family & food!
Remembering Vladimir Nemukhin (1925 – 2016) on his 100th Birthday!
Vladimir Nemukhin, Green Card table No.3, 1987, Mixed media on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Composition, 1974, Mixed media on cardboard, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Jack, 1986. Kolodzei Art Found
Vladimir Nemukhin, Green Card table No.3, 1987, Mixed media on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Composition, 1974, Mixed media on cardboard, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Jack, 1986. Kolodzei Art Found
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Remembering Vladimir Nemukhin (1925 – 2016) on his 100th Birthday!
Vladimir Nemukhin, Green Card table No.3, 1987, Mixed media on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Composition, 1974, Mixed media on cardboard, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Jack, 1986. Kolodzei Art Found
Vladimir Nemukhin, Green Card table No.3, 1987, Mixed media on canvas, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Composition, 1974, Mixed media on cardboard, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Vladimir Nemukhin, Jack, 1986. Kolodzei Art Found
Happy Birthday to Andrei Roiter! Andrei Roiter was born 1960 in Moscow, lives and works in Amsterdam. Image: Andrei Roiter, MosConcert. 1987. Oil on canvas, 31-1/2 x 39-3/8 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Birthday to Andrei Roiter! Andrei Roiter was born 1960 in Moscow, lives and works in Amsterdam. Image: Andrei Roiter, MosConcert. 1987. Oil on canvas, 31-1/2 x 39-3/8 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
The Special Issue of the Leonardo Journal Vulnerability Vol 58 Issue 5 published by MIT Press is officially out! It was a great honor to guest edit this publ. with Anna Frants. I am grateful to all authors, Leonardo team & everyone who participated in CYFEST & CYLAND direct.mit.edu/leon/issue/5...
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Special Issue of the Leonardo Journal Vulnerability Vol 58 Issue 5 published by MIT Press is officially out! It was a great honor to guest edit this publ. with Anna Frants. I am grateful to all authors, Leonardo team & everyone who participated in CYFEST & CYLAND direct.mit.edu/leon/issue/5...
The great artist Erik Bulatov (1933-2025) passed away in Paris on November 9, 2025. Our deepest condolences to his wife Natalia and his family.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The great artist Erik Bulatov (1933-2025) passed away in Paris on November 9, 2025. Our deepest condolences to his wife Natalia and his family.
Remembering prominent nonconformist artist Oleg Vassiliev (1931 – 2013) on his Birthday! A selection of works by Oleg Vassiliev from the Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Remembering prominent nonconformist artist Oleg Vassiliev (1931 – 2013) on his Birthday! A selection of works by Oleg Vassiliev from the Kolodzei Art Foundation collection
Remembering prominent nonconformist artist Anatoly Zverev (1931-1986) on his Birthday.
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Remembering prominent nonconformist artist Anatoly Zverev (1931-1986) on his Birthday.
Happy 80th Birthday to Grisha Bruskin!
Image: Grisha Bruskin (b.1945), Ketab Mariri, 1988. Lithograph. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Image: Grisha Bruskin (b.1945), Ketab Mariri, 1988. Lithograph. Kolodzei Art Foundation
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Happy 80th Birthday to Grisha Bruskin!
Image: Grisha Bruskin (b.1945), Ketab Mariri, 1988. Lithograph. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Image: Grisha Bruskin (b.1945), Ketab Mariri, 1988. Lithograph. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Remembering Ülo Sooster on his Birthday. Prominent Estonian nonconformist artist, Ülo Ilmar Sooster was born on October 17, 1924 in Ühtri, Käina Parish; died on October 25, 1970 in Moscow. Image: Ülo Sooster, Composition with an Egg, 1961. Colored pencil on paper, Kolodzei Art Foundation
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Remembering Ülo Sooster on his Birthday. Prominent Estonian nonconformist artist, Ülo Ilmar Sooster was born on October 17, 1924 in Ühtri, Käina Parish; died on October 25, 1970 in Moscow. Image: Ülo Sooster, Composition with an Egg, 1961. Colored pencil on paper, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Happy Birthday to Yuri Albert! Images: Yuri Albert, Masterpiece (I’m not Lichtenstein!), 1994. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Yuri Albert, I am not Andy Warhol from the series «I am not...», 1990. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Yuri Albert, I am not Andy Warhol from the series «I am not...», 1990. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Happy Birthday to Yuri Albert! Images: Yuri Albert, Masterpiece (I’m not Lichtenstein!), 1994. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Yuri Albert, I am not Andy Warhol from the series «I am not...», 1990. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Yuri Albert, I am not Andy Warhol from the series «I am not...», 1990. Screenprint. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Last week to see the exhibition "Counter/Surveillance: Control, Privacy, Agency" at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA.
The Kolodzei Art Foundation was proud to participate in the exhibition by lending two artworks by Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk. www.kolodzeiart.org/DodinaPolish...
The Kolodzei Art Foundation was proud to participate in the exhibition by lending two artworks by Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk. www.kolodzeiart.org/DodinaPolish...
October 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Last week to see the exhibition "Counter/Surveillance: Control, Privacy, Agency" at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA.
The Kolodzei Art Foundation was proud to participate in the exhibition by lending two artworks by Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk. www.kolodzeiart.org/DodinaPolish...
The Kolodzei Art Foundation was proud to participate in the exhibition by lending two artworks by Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk. www.kolodzeiart.org/DodinaPolish...
Remembering Vladimir Ovchinnikov on his birthday! Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1941-2015), Wounded Centaur, 1989, Oil on canvas, 35-1/4 x 43-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
October 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Remembering Vladimir Ovchinnikov on his birthday! Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1941-2015), Wounded Centaur, 1989, Oil on canvas, 35-1/4 x 43-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Happy Birthday to Anna Frants!
Frants at the exh CYFEST 15: Vulnerability, National Arts Club, NY, 2024; and
Ferment: Metamorphoses and Reflections. CYFEST-14, National Arts Club, NY, 2022. Exh organized by CYLAND Found in collab with the Kolodzei Art Found
www.kolodzeiart.org/AnnaFrants.h...
Frants at the exh CYFEST 15: Vulnerability, National Arts Club, NY, 2024; and
Ferment: Metamorphoses and Reflections. CYFEST-14, National Arts Club, NY, 2022. Exh organized by CYLAND Found in collab with the Kolodzei Art Found
www.kolodzeiart.org/AnnaFrants.h...
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Happy Birthday to Anna Frants!
Frants at the exh CYFEST 15: Vulnerability, National Arts Club, NY, 2024; and
Ferment: Metamorphoses and Reflections. CYFEST-14, National Arts Club, NY, 2022. Exh organized by CYLAND Found in collab with the Kolodzei Art Found
www.kolodzeiart.org/AnnaFrants.h...
Frants at the exh CYFEST 15: Vulnerability, National Arts Club, NY, 2024; and
Ferment: Metamorphoses and Reflections. CYFEST-14, National Arts Club, NY, 2022. Exh organized by CYLAND Found in collab with the Kolodzei Art Found
www.kolodzeiart.org/AnnaFrants.h...
Happy Birthday to Alexander Ney! Alexander Ney (b 1939 in Leningrad; worked in Moscow & Paris; works in New York)
Images:
Alexander Ney, Mechanical Man, 1990s. Oil on canvas, 68 x 64-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Alexander Ney, Majestic Time, 2004. White terra cotta, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Images:
Alexander Ney, Mechanical Man, 1990s. Oil on canvas, 68 x 64-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Alexander Ney, Majestic Time, 2004. White terra cotta, Kolodzei Art Foundation
September 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Happy Birthday to Alexander Ney! Alexander Ney (b 1939 in Leningrad; worked in Moscow & Paris; works in New York)
Images:
Alexander Ney, Mechanical Man, 1990s. Oil on canvas, 68 x 64-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Alexander Ney, Majestic Time, 2004. White terra cotta, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Images:
Alexander Ney, Mechanical Man, 1990s. Oil on canvas, 68 x 64-1/4 in. Kolodzei Art Foundation
Alexander Ney, Majestic Time, 2004. White terra cotta, Kolodzei Art Foundation
Fifty years ago today: The art exhibition at House of Culture, VDNKh in 1975, an important event in the history of nonconformist art. www.kolodzeiart.org/VDNKh1975.html
September 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fifty years ago today: The art exhibition at House of Culture, VDNKh in 1975, an important event in the history of nonconformist art. www.kolodzeiart.org/VDNKh1975.html