Russian Art Museum Antiwar Propaganda

This morning, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow posted to insta a carefully worded text about current events to which "no one can remain indifferent." The accompanying image features Vereshchagin's "The Apotheosis of War" (1871) - dedicated to "conquerers past, present, & to come!"

The painting was inspired by the tsarist empire's brutal conquest of Central Asia & Vereshchagin's anti-war message caused a scandal when it was exhibited. A little culture study as the world tries to sort through not only what is in Putin's head, but what Russians are thinking.