The Art History Newsletter

Malevich Scholar? Let’s Hope You Read French…

by | 7 December 2007 | Books, Modern

Hans-Peter Riese reviews Andrei Nakov’s new four-volume study Kasimir Malewicz le peintre absolu:

… On the other hand, [this book,] the result of Nakov’s decades-long research, can scarcely be overrated, and it finally moves this artist … to his rightful place among 20th-century artists, which is indisputably alongside Picasso, Kandinsky and Mondrian. In addition, Nakov has established himself as the leading Malevich researcher.