GRAD (stands for Gallery for Russian Arts and Design) is an gallery exhibiting Russian art in central London, including rarely seen graphic arts and other works from Russian collections and specially commissioned pieces.
Currently showing ‘SEE USSR’ (7 june 2013 — 31 august 2013 ) The exhibition showcasing Russian Soviet era posters from the 1920s and 1930s, it explores the backstory of these striking posters that were produced to educate the masses. It examines the political and stylistic differences between Soviet internal and propaganda of 1930s through early Intourist (the government department responsible for foreign tourism) posters.