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

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections

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