F. T. Marinetti's visit to Russia and Russian futurism: the view of the Nov Newspaper

Section: History of Journalism

This study is devoted to F. T. Marinetti's visit to Russia. The events connected with the stay of the Italian futurist in Moscow are considered through the prism of texts published in the daily newspaper Nov from January 23 to February 18, 1914. These are reports from lectures, articles, interviews, notes, letters, photographs and cartoons. If at first Marinetti was perceived as a good alternative to Russian decadents, later he was denied the status of an ideological leader. Futurism as such was heavily criticized. The Nov newspaper not only covered the visit of a foreign guest in detail but also became a platform for polemics between Moscow representatives of the avant-garde (M. Larionov, V. Shershenevich, K. Malevich, V. Mayakovsky, K. Bolshakov, D. Burlyuk). Tactical alliances were formed and destroyed on its pages, principled statements were made. Despite the skeptical attitude towards leftist art, the newspaper somehow contributed to its popularization. At the same time, the criticism of futurism was paradoxically combined with the exploitation of the same methods used by the futurists.

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To cite this article: Poddubtsev R. A. (2023) Vizit F. T. Marinetti v Rossiyu i russkiy futurizm: vzglyad gazety «Nov'» [F. T. Marinetti's Visit to Russia and Russian Futurism: the View of the Nov Newspaper]. Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 10: Zhurnalistika 1: 111–128. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.1.2024.111128