Overview
- State Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky told TASS the late artist’s works should go to museums worldwide rather than stay concentrated in Russia.
- Piotrovsky said the collection will be sold and that the buyer will determine its fate.
- He argued that limiting the works to the Tretyakov Gallery would confine Bulatov’s reputation to Russia, whereas displays in New York, San Francisco, and Paris could secure global acclaim.
- Piotrovsky noted Bulatov was among the most expensive artists but remained behind Ilya Kabakov in worldwide recognition.
- Bulatov died on November 9 at 93, with a farewell planned in Paris and a burial planned in Moscow, and Piotrovsky highlighted the artist’s enduring connection to Russian and Soviet aesthetics despite long residence abroad.