New York's Cooper Union has announced that an exhibition on Soviet-era architecture will open later this year following its postponement due to concerns related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The decision came after 12 days of deliberation between acting dean Hayley Eberm, exhibitions committee chair Alexander Tochilovsky, the student body and the community at large.
After the deliberation, the institution announced in a joint statement the rescheduling of the exhibition for later this spring, though an official date was not announced.
Context to be added to the exhibition
Along with the decision to reschedule the exhibition, the school noted that additional context will be added.
"The Cooper Union will open the exhibition later this spring, supported by additional contextualizing material that will provide different frameworks for understanding these issues and the exhibition's original pedagogical research and intent," said the school. In addition to the contextual material, the school will hold a series of discussions with students as well as a public roundtable "to unpack the multidimensional issues relating to the exhibition and its presentation."
These issues include "the importance of uncovering a history lost to political suppression and an exploration of how histories can be instrumentalized for political gain today".

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