YARAT Contemporary Space has presented a virtual lettuce of Russian art expert and historian, Honored Cultural Worker of Russia Leonid Aleksandrovich Bazhanov.

The art expert provided insight into the history of the Russian underground culture, new influences and the disappearing of socialist realism. 

Leonid Bazhanov specializes in the 20th-21st centuries contemporary art. He is a corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2011). 

Bazhanov is the founder of the Hermitage Creative Association (1986) and the Center for Contemporary Art on Bolshaya Yakimanka (1991). 

Since 1994, he serves as an artistic director of the Russian National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA). He is also a full member of the Russian Academy of Art Criticism (2001).