Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change

Melting of the permafrost in Yakutia has led to a boom in fossil tusk gathering, causing problems for government and conservationists

The Central House of Artists is set to be the largest exhibition venue in Russia

Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival

Grassroots activists are leading a campaign to preserve the country’s unique, but sadly neglected, built heritage

Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov and culture minister Vladimir Medinsky among those now on warning from US

The range of reactions reflects the ideological splits in country's arts and culture sector

First-ever major restoration for the artist’s only work in a Russian museum

Presidency bid backed by group of Moscow museum heavyweights

Peter the Great’s tailored justaucorps, Catherine the Great's gown and more on display in St Petersburg

Activist targets American photographer’s latest show for second time amid claims of promoting paedophilia

Museum in tsars' Winter Palace, symbol of Bolshevik takeover, only decided how to mark 1917 centenary in February

The liberal intelligentsia say the culture sphere is under attack, while officials argue that it is flourishing

Exhibition of 400 works opens at State Tretyakov Museum and Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Curators call on St Petersburg prosecutor to investigate "criminal expropriation" of the artefact

Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”

International artists consider the impact of the Revolution on rural communities in country’s longest-running biennial

Björk and Olafur Eliasson headline event that nearly didn’t happen

Exhibition complex inspired by world's fairs targets 40 million visitors

“New symbol of Russia” created by New York’s High Line architects is accused of being “catastrophically” out of place

The art world power couple said they will continue working together on joint projects

Russian non-profit museum opens as government earmarks Constructivist buildings for demolition

Oksana Zhnikrup is the figurine maker whose Soviet-era work was copied under licence, but not initially acknowledged, by the US artist

Museum founder wants global recognition for Russia’s abstractionists of the 1950s and 1960s

New works celebrate Futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov as part of 1917 Revolution centenary commemorations

A proposal to raze Soviet era housing and relocate 1.6 million residents has caused so much concern that thousands turned out to protest this weekend

Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia

A curator at the museum says the confiscation is “deeply abnormal” but an official statement maintains that work is being done to “improve” how the documents are stored

Paintings, decorative art and archaeological objects from one of the world’s most remote museums are on view at the Pushkin Museum