Boris Groys is a philosopher, essayist, and media theorist. Having taught in Philadelphia, Münster, and Los Angeles, he became Professor of Art History, Philosophy and Media Theory at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design in 1994. In 2009, he was appointed Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. He has published widely on the subject of the Russian avant-garde and was curator of the exhibition Dream Factory Communism at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt in 2003–04.
On November 15, 2017, post presented an evening of lectures and artist presentations titled Russian Cosmism: A Work of Art in the Age of Technological Immortality on the ideas of Russian Cosmism and their relevance to our time.
