Independent Lens

Independent Lens

The Desert of Forbidden Art (12x17)


Air date: Apr 05, 2011

This story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was stashed in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art survives in times of oppression.

  • Premiered: Aug 1999
  • Episodes: 542
  • Followers: 24
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Monday at 22