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A provocative new exhibition in London is here to show the world that Russian protest art goes beyond the well-known colourful feminism of Pussy Riot.
Pussy Riot’s explosive “Punk Prayer” performance in an Orthodox church catapulted them into the international headlines in 2012. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were sentenced to two years in prison for that performance, and the world followed their trial as the trio sat defiantly unfazed behind bars in the courtroom.
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