Edik Natanov: "Thirty silver pieces or genuine art "

In recent years, works from the collection of Edik Natanov have become a target for journalists, to whom "thirty silver pieces" are more expensive than genuine art. Acting as lawyers of interested persons, they ignore the evidence of eminent professors*. People who knew the Russian avant-garde by heart. The paintings came to Edik unexpectedly. During the Second World War, the intelligentsia from central Russia immigrated to Central Asia. The Samara Museum still holds the decree of I.V. Stalin, which banned avant-garde art for the benefit of Soviet realism. It was the saved canvases of great artists that "fell on Natanov's head" in the 90s. An inheritance from my grandfather. Among them are Malevich, Letunov, Popova, Kandinsky, Udaltsova, Lisitsky, Chagall... Names whose significance is obvious not only to connoisseurs. Since then, Edik has spared no time and money to take care of the collection and organize exhibitions. In an interview, he said that he was happy to introduce people to the achievements of Russian geniuses who worked at the turn of the centuries rich in trials. However, this opportunity is not given to everyone, because it requires a real, deep love for art. In a word, pure philanthropy. But the further away from us the era of "modernity", filled with the mysterious and fascinating, the more difficult it is to understand the truth of the events that took place. The easier it is to cloud the reader's consciousness, fluently browsing the Internet in search of "something interesting to profit from." This is what people who throw dirt in the interests of their own wallet use. *World-renowned professors who worked on the collection of Edik Natanov: • Georgy Kovalenko, Doctor of Art History; Head of the Department of Russian Art of the twentieth Century of the Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts (Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts); Chief Researcher of the Department of Central European Art of the State Institute of Art History; member of the Russian Academy of Arts; • Gleb Pospelov, Doctor of Art History, Professor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation; • Valery Turchin, Doctor of Art History, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Art History of Moscow State University; • Anatoly Strigalev, PhD in Art History, researcher of the Russian avant-garde; the only biographer of Vladimir Tatlin; • Valery Golikov, Soviet and Russian biophysicist and biochemist, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Head of the Research Sector of Historical and Traditional Technologies of the Likhachev Research Institute; • Galina Demosthenova, Soviet and Russian art critic, Candidate of Arts; specialist in the history of Russian art, the history of design, graphics and avant-garde art; Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, President of the Malevich Foundation; • Irina Azizyan, art critic, architect, painter, Doctor of Art History, Professor, member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Architects, Honorary Architect of Russia, Advisor to the RAASN (Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences), expert of the Malevich Foundation, member of the Board of the Association of Art Historians; • Lydia Gladkova, PhD, Head of the Scientific Expertise Department of the State Tretyakov Gallery, art critic of the Expert Council of the Russian Antique Salon; • Maria Valyaeva, PhD in Art History, Senior Researcher at the State Art Institute, expert in Russian avant-garde painting; • Svetlana Jafarova, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of the Association of Art Critics, art critic, PhD, expert on the Russian avant-garde; • Elena Lyubavskaya, Senior Researcher at the GTG, Candidate of Chemical Sciences. In the photo: exhibition 2005, Yaroslavl. To the left — collector Edik Natanov; Irina Azizyan, art critic, architect, painter, Doctor of Art History, Professor, member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Architects, Honorary Architect of Russia, adviser to the RAASN (Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences), expert of the Malevich Foundation, member of the Board of the Association of Art Historians; Galina Demosthenova, Soviet and Russian art critic, Candidate of Arts; specialist in the history of Russian art, the history of design, graphics and avant-garde art; Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, President of the Malevich Foundation; Valery Turchin, Doctor of Art History, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Art History of Moscow State University; Gleb Pospelov, Doctor of Art History, Professor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation; Anatoly Strigalev, Candidate of Arts, researcher of the Russian avant-garde; the only biographer of Vladimir Tatlin; Georgy Kovalenko, Doctor of Art History; Head of the Department of Russian Art of the twentieth Century of the Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts (Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts); Chief Researcher of the Central European Art Department of the State Institute of Art History; member of the Russian Academy of Arts.