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August 26, 2008
A New Cultural Aura
By Shivani Handa and Anthony Johnston
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Organizers of several art initiatives in Moscow are hoping to elevate national artworks to new heights of cultural importance through advances in advertising and mass media technology. Reproductions of renowned masterpieces now adorn the streets through the “Art-Tour” and the “Masterpieces of World Art on the Streets of Russia’s Cities” projects, while paintings by the students of Sergei Andriyaka’s School of Watercolors brighten up mundane train rides on the Moscow metro.

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