The Vitebsk Circle In the early years of the twentieth century, the city of Vitebsk became a quiet center for a specific kind of creative energy. Aleksandr Romm was part of a small group of men who sought to reshape how art was taught and seen in the region. He worked alongside others to organize the Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art, an institution that emerged during a period of intense social and political change. This museum was not a s…