Where else but Russia, where it's BYOB and
become a patron of the arts;
The Art for Booze event in St Petersburg will take place on 13
February, the day before Valentine's Day....Anyone attending can leave their cash at home and take along a bottle
of wine, or something stronger. "Do you understand alcohol better than
art?" the page reads. "Do you spend more money on drinking than our
pieces cost? Drop this and exchange precious drinks for priceless
paintings." The event is strictly for over 18s, the legal age for buying
alcohol in Russia.
Organisers say they're reviving a practice that was common
during the 1920s and 1930s. "All well-known painters from Picasso to
Ilya Kabakov did this," ...
During the heyday of Joe Stalin, that is.
"Marc Chagall and Salvador Dali, among others, designed the label for
Mouton-Rothschild bottles in exchange for a crate of wine."
To avoid income taxes?
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