Russia’s Red-Hot Temple of Contemporary Art, and Its Jet-Setting Cofounder, Are Losing Major Exhibitions

In light of current events, let’s take a walk down memory lane. In June 2015, the art collector Dasha Zhukova and her then husband, Roman Abramovich, presided over the opening of the Rem Koolhaas–designed headquarters of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, a Moscow institution founded by the couple in 2008 as the leading hub for living artists in all 11 time zones of Russia. For invited guests at the exclusive, multiday soirée, the day began with a Champagne-soaked caviar breakfast followed by a many-course lunch at Café Pushkin, where waiters refilled vodka glasses as if they held tap water…. Read Full Article