Andrei Filatov , chess expert and Russian billionaire , is turning his hand to a new business . He is scouting the world for artworks created during the Soviet Union - era . `` My task is to buy these artworks and show them to people . '' The artist 's socialist realism genre has been experiencing a renaissance . Filatov wants to create up to 12 new artworks a year and promote them globally .
Andrei Filatov , chess expert and Russian billionaire , is turning his hand to a new business . He is scouting the world for artworks created during the Soviet Union - era . The artist 's socialist realism genre has been experiencing a renaissance . Filatov wants to create up to 12 new artworks a year and promote them globally .