MOSCOW — There’s snow on the cupola, sunlight in the brandy and a lot of talk about metaphor, mythical symbolism and how the rich will pay incredible amounts of money for a portrait. With a prolific brush and a deft understanding of ego, Nikas Safronov, who flutters like a designer moth amid canvases in his studio, is Russia’s artist to the powerful.
Creative expressions
Nikas Safronov draws praise and criticism for his portraits of powerful politicians, movie stars
Saturday, April 21, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:15 a.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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