The St Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in April 2022 for replacing a store's price labels with information about the war in Ukraine

Much of the collection was evacuated when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began last year

Pyotr Verzilov was formerly the publisher of Mediazona, a human rights news site founded by Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina

While the Azerbaijani president has promised to protect cultural and religious sites in the region, others have called for their demolition

Only one of over 75 participating galleries this year is from abroad—but Russian dealers remain determined to continue business

Cooperation agreement follows Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy strategy to forge closer ties with Iran

Canada is the first country other than Ukraine to sanction Mikhail Piotrovsky for his support of Russia’s invasion

Vladislav Polenov first made the news after he was drafted in the partial mobilisation launched by President Vladimir Putin last September

Artists accuse the Russian Museum—which blames technical issues for the delay—of covering up parts of their works

Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year

The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco

A new report confirms flooding adjacent to the house museum of the self-trained Ukrainian artist Polina Rayko in Oleshky

The dissident Belarusian artist, who once dumped manure in front of Alexander Lukashenko's office, died in prison under "unclear circumstances"

The third Riboca had already been delayed twice because of the war in Ukraine

Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century work, which was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church last month, will also no longer be restored at the State Tretyakov Gallery

The self-taught painter's image of a dove has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance following Russia's 2022 invasion

President Putin ordered the transfer of the medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers

The chronicler of life in the Soviet Union was known for his "total installations", including a devastated room in a Communist apartment

The announcement that President Putin will return Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece has sparked criticism from experts due to its fragile condition

Janet Sobel has gained belated recognition for developing drip painting before Jackson Pollock, but a new exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum in New York focuses on her work during the Second World War

Following the restitution of the silver Nevsky sarcophagus last week, the handover of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity has sparked concerns among conservators

Moscow officials describe that blaze as a "terrorist attack"

When Georgia’s government tried to impose a Russian-style ‘foreign agent’ law, the cultural community hit back hard

The veteran Russian museum chief tells Kremlin newspaper that war is “a means of cultural exchange”

As Russia leaves the world cultural stage following its invasion of Ukraine, we look at how its art institutions have reacted

The well-respected director has been replaced by Elizaveta Likhacheva, the current head of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture

Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, will boast multiple museums—and a humanitarian centre

Vladimir Voronchenko, the founding director of the Faberge Museum, has been indicted and named in a civil forfeiture complaint against billionaire Viktor Vekselberg as part of US efforts to crack down on sanctions evasion

Olga Lyubimova, who has served as Russia’s top cultural official since 2020, was sanctioned by the European Union late last year

Ajax Systems has deployed $13,000 worth of security and monitoring apparatuses at four Banksy murals in and around Kyiv