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In 1973, Dina Vierny smuggled out of the Soviet Union the works of a group of non-conformist artists who have since become the main representatives of this movement. The works of Boulatov, Kabakov, Yankilevsky and Rabine - who were unable to exhibit their paintings in the USSR - were presented to the French public for the first time in 1973, on the walls of the rue Jacob, provoking a veritable visual shock. Such was the success of this exhibition that it was extended for many months, and had an extraordinary impact.

A few streets away, in the heart of the emerging art gallery PAL Project, the …