First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev, left, visits an exhibition featuring works by Avant-Garde artists from the New Reality studio at the Manezh exhibition center. The exhibition marked the 30th anniversary of the Moscow chapter of the Union of USSR Artists. While there, Khrushchev slammed the artists' creative work.
