Ivan Volkov's work in Marsovo Pole is thought to be a comment on poor street maintenance in the Russian city

Marat Guelman was designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian government last month, a label that comes with hefty restrictions

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement

A sharp fuel price hike triggered widespread demonstrations in the former Soviet republic with artists calling for a stop to the violence

International Memorial documented the crimes committed under Stalin's Great Terror and its sister organisation Memorial Human Rights Centre chronicled today's abuses

Masha Alekhina and Lucy Shteyn, who have previously served prison terms, were sentenced to 15 days following charges of "propaganda of Nazi symbolism"

Court has ordered the arrest of Viktor Yelizarov after more than ten former pupils came forward with allegations against him

The lucrative award is divided between 16 recipients and funded by the Moscow city government

Power plant arts centre backed by Russian billionaire makes its long-awaited debut with a “dream exhibition” for Ragnar Kjartansson and a carnival in four acts

Hani Rashid says he was ghosted by the Moscow city government

Concerns persist that a government-backed renovation of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi could endanger its collection of 139,000 ancient and modern works

Russian influencer posts aftermath of assault to her 1.5 million followers as state authorities target social media users posting in museums

Ancient artefacts were on loan to Amsterdam museum when Crimea was annexed in 2014

Aishat Kadyrova marked her appointment by announcing an exhibition in the Chechen capital of historic weaponry from the State Hermitage Museum

Restrictions will come into force between 30 October and 7 November after cases reached highest-ever level since start of pandemic

A growing number of culture workers are being given long prison sentences on spurious charges

The outspoken museum chief is leading the St Petersburg ticket of United Russia, the pro-Putin ruling party, in national parliamentary elections this weekend

Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been persecuting the Tatar population and appropriating monuments

Russian museum will look beyond the market hype to address deeper questions about "the specific possibilities of this medium", says contemporary art curator Dimitri Ozerkov

Rita Flores is the most recent member of the feminist collective to have been sentenced

The Russian museum had to overcome country's stringent restrictions on cryptocurrencies

Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail

The Azerbaijani-born artist was one of the Soviet Union's most notable creatives during Khrushchev's cultural thaw

Victor Arnautoff’s large-scale 1960s mosaics on public buildings in Mariupol are threatened by neglect and a “decommunisation” campaign

The 27-year-old activist is demanding that her criminal trial be held in public

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Ruslan Mellin turned to art as a refuge from the brutal reality of lockdown and the effects of the virus

Alexei Kuzmich, who is known for performances critiquing the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, warned France is also “slipping into fascism” and accused president Emmanuel Macron of punishing dissenters

Other creators have been selling works on Clubhouse and dedicated Facebook groups

Mikhail Piotrovsky addresses London dealer Andre Ruzhnikov’s claims that the Russian exhibition includes ‘tawdry fakes’

Artists and curators says the amendment to the eduction law, which is intended to stop anti-Russia propaganda, will restrict cultural activity

Artists among those being arrested and tortured for speaking up against President Aleksandr Lukashenko

Group faced prison sentence after filming a “punk prayer” against President Putin in 2012 at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Vladimir Ovcharenko won a state tender for the crumbling studio of the 19th century artist and now he must turn it into an art space within seven years

As demonstrations swept the country last weekend, Tima Radya as well as Masha Alekhina, Victoria Narakhsa, and Lucy Shteyn were held by police

Individuals who receive funding from abroad are subject to strict audits since 30 December

Deal between the Syrian government and Russian masonry body builds on country’s research into state of archaeological site

New artist residency on the Sea of Azov hosts exhibition on the history of pandemics

The art historian began her career at the museum in 1945 under Stalin

Both artists have been detained by Russian authorities

Plea comes as Azerbaijan moves to take control of swaths of territory under a Russian-brokered peace deal

Cultural workers voice frustration at mixed closure orders, as theatres, concert halls and restaurants are allowed to stay open

A grant of over $100,000 has been given from the US to St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum for the maintenance of three 16th-century school of Raphael works

The activist performance artists called their actions “a gift as a symbol of the love and freedom that are lacking” for LGBTQ communities in Russia

Despite pandemic, Russian and Iranian museum directors met online to discuss future cultural collaborations

“Form of soft protest” is likened to the optimism of the early 2000s

Foundation running the huge project has cut more than 80% of staff, but construction continues

Aleksandr Lukashenko regime continues to crackdown on Belarus’s contemporary arts community

Event still plans to run this week and hopes for a less distracted local Russian collector base, starved of international art travels

Former chairman of Belgazprombank, which owns works by Chagall and Soutine, was arrested in June on charges of laundering $430m but many suspect it was politically motivated

Contemporary artists in the country are reacting to the crisis after allegations of election fraud and police brutality

Petition to museum management raises alarm over frames in "critical condition" from improper storage

Unveiled in a business centre in Moscow, the statue by contemporary artist Alexey Garikovich was commissioned by top Russian e-commerce and foodtech companies

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His Art Russe Foundation has made offers to preserve monuments of Theodore Roosevelt and Alexander Baranov that have been the target of protesters in the US

Russia's arts community rallying behind Yulia Tsvetkova whose trial starts in July

Accused of embezzling funds while staging a contemporary arts festival, Serebrennikov faced six years in prison but was handed a suspended sentence

Artist Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced to 15 days in prison for "petty hooliganism" in latest clampdown on the arts in Russia

Many Unesco World Heritage sites that are also working monasteries have been accused of reacting slowly to the pandemic

Loss of tourism and oil market crash because of coronavirus pandemic wreak havoc as institutions seek state help