MoMA Chief Curator: Russia becoming new Nazi-Germany

German art curator Klaus Biesenbach, current Director of MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York City and Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in 2014 to be held in the Russian city of Sochi. As an explanation for the suggested boykott Klaus Biesenbach in a tweet pinpoints the Russian authorities' "crackdown on art, freedom and human rights".

Klaus Biesenbach, who is most famous for having curated the exhibition The Artist is Present by Marina Abramovic at MoMA, in a series of tweets focus on Russia. And in a tweet sent to among others the Icelandic singer Björk and conceptual artist Yoko Ono Biesenbach writes: "lets make sure russia wont't become the new nazi germany!".


Klaus Biesenbach is one of the most important figures in the art world. His impact on Twitter is minimal. On Twitter Biesenbach has only 8030 followers.