Artists Against the Kremlin: VIRUS

All Rights Reversed is a gallery based in Berlin that promotes artists persecuted by the Russian government. It’s their mission to elevate protest voices within the art community and support artists who critique autocracy, repressions and war. The Moscow Times, the largest independent English-language news outlet covering Russia, provides vital reporting from outside the regime’s reach. Together, they have conceived this year’s theme: VIRUS. Artists Against the Kremlin vol.2.

VIRUS is a reflection on how Kremlin-style authoritarian practices are infecting other countries. Like a real virus, the Kremlin has already contaminated all of Russia and is spreading globally. Kremlin-made tools — propaganda, fake news, repressive tactics — are increasingly being adopted by governments turning away from democracy and towards authoritarianism.

Is this disease hereditary or newly acquired? Can it be cured? What can be done to stop its spread and mutations? Can democracy develop immunity?

The artists from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the global diaspora explore these urgent questions through their work.

Photo by Charlotte de Condé