Living-deadly art: Russia’s cancel culture turns the authorities on another work of art that supposedly offends veterans

Federal investigators in St. Petersburg are hot on the trail of another potentially offensive work of art. This latest culprit is a painting by Kirill Miller depicting a crowd of people carrying portraits of rotting, dead-eyed ghouls. Wounded members of the public say the piece, titled "The Living and the Dead," mocks the "Immortal Regiment" -- an annual march staged in many cities across Russia on Victory Day where participants carry portraits of ancestors who fought in World War II. Miller says his painting predates the Immortal Regiment tradition, which emerged less than a decade ago, but state officials seem keen to police this apparently unforgivable assault on the feelings of veterans and their descendants. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/28/living-deadly-art