Lev Nusberg to Harald Szeemann, 1970–76: Notes on Convergent Ambitions and Shared Practices
Journal: Getty Research Journal
Year: 2020

The article analyzes the correspondence held in the Getty Research Institute between Swiss curator Harald Szeemann (1933–2005) and Russian artist Lev Nusberg (b. 1937), the founder and main promoter of the kinetic Movement group (Dvizhenie). Because Nusberg resided in Moscow until his emigration to the West in 1976, the two at the time had no opportunity to meet personally. Despite the distance and the geopolitical and language barriers, Nusberg and Szeemann were able to establish a remote dialo