WORLD POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LEADERS GREETING THE OPENING OF PRINCETON BIENNAL WITH WORDS: “DEAR ALEXANDER, WITH YOUR ART, YOU BROUGHT US BACK THE SPIRIT OF RENNAISSANCE. WOULD YOU CONSIDER GIVING A LECTURE ON THE RENAISSANCE AND NEW RENAISSANCE ART DURING THE TIME OF THIS MOST AUSPICIOUS EVENT…” Alexander agreed and scheduled the lecture for June 26, 2021. Photograph: FRAGMENT OF ALEXANDER KANEVSKY PAINTING “ALEXANDER THE GREAT” (2018, remade in 2021, oil on wood, 183 x 122 cm) VOTED TO STAND ON BACKGROUND OF ALEXANDER’S UPCOMING LECTURE