A recent generous gift by Claude and Nina Gruen extends the Zimmerli Russian art holdings to post-perestroika work produced since 1986. In addition to art made in Russia, the collection includes many examples of nonconformist art produced in the Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Work created during the Gorbachev era (through 1991) is also represented. This encyclopedic array of nonconformist art extends from about 1956 to 1986, from the beginning of Khrushchev’s cultural “thaw” to the advent of Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika. All media are represented, including paintings on canvas and panel, sculpture, assemblage, installations, works on paper, photography, video, artists’ books and other self-published texts called samizdat. Over 20,000 works by more than 1,000 artists reveal a culture that defied the politically imposed conventions of Socialist Realism.
The Zimmerli holds the largest collection in the world of Soviet nonconformist art, based on a donation from Norton and Nancy Dodge in 1991. This part of the collection spans styles and subjects that represent Russia’s diverse artistic heritage, genres, and visual cultures. The Imperial era of Russian art is represented through George Riabov’s 1990 donation. Please email Julia Tulovsky at for inquiries regarding the Zimmerli’s collection of Russian and Soviet art, including scheduling an appointment to access artworks, archival materials, and the noncirculating library.The Zimmerli’s Russian and Soviet nonconformist art holdings contain over 22,000 objects and provide a unique overview from the fourteenth century to the present. The Research Center for Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art invites inquiries regarding the works in the Russian collections, a portion of which is accessible online via the Zimmerli’s collection database. The Zimmerli holds the largest collection in the world of Soviet nonconformist art, based on a donation from Norton and Nancy Dodge in 1991. A generous gift by Claude and Nina Gruen extended the Zimmerli’s Russian art holdings to the 1990s and 2000s. Over 20,000 works by more than 1,000 artists reveal a culture that defied the strict, state-imposed conventions of Socialist Realism.
In addition to Soviet nonconformist art, the art of Russian imperial and early Soviet eras is represented in the George Riabov Collection of Russian Art, which includes paintings, sculptures, maps, folk prints, lubki, Ballet Russes set and costume design, works by the Avant-Garde, and a collection of rare books from the 1900s through 1930s. The Zimmerli holds the largest collection in the world of Soviet nonconformist art, thanks to a remarkable 1991 donation from Norton and Nancy Dodge. The collection is accompanied by extensive archives of documents, correspondence, audio and video interviews with artists, and documentary photographs, as well as a noncirculating library of related books. The Zimmerli’s Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union is the largest collection of its kind in the world, with more than 20,000 works of art, including paintings, installations, drawings, prints, photographs, and posters. The Zimmerli's Research Center for Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art welcomes students and scholars interested in our Russian art collections and archives.
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