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Ten Artists that Shook the World

1 Choices

Writer Martin Sixsmith considers how the Russian Revolution affected choices for artists.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

2 John Reed, Eye-Witness

Historian Helen Rappaport reappraises American eyewitness to the Revolution, John Reed.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

3 Nijinsky

Former ballerina Deborah Bull on Nijinsky and the impact of his ballet The Rite of Spring.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

4 Meyerhold

Richard Eyre appraises the Revolution's impact on theatre director Meyerhold.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

5 Tatlin

Art historian Christina Lodder describes the influence of sculptor Vladimir Tatlin.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

6 Mosolov

Musicologist Tamsin Alexander considers the industrially inspired music of Mosolov.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva

Writer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Revolution on two great Russian poets.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

8 The State Porcelain Factory

Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of the State Porcelain Factory.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

9 Moisei Ginzburg

Political historian Tariq Ali recalls a tour of Constructivist Moscow in the 1980s.

• 15 mins

Ten Artists that Shook the World

10 Eisenstein

Silent movie accompanist Neil Brand reappraises Eisenstein's influential film October.

• 15 mins