Sophia Kishkovsky
Russian museums in crisis: State Hermitage projects losses of almost half its annual revenue after closing for two months
Loss of tourism and oil market crash because of coronavirus pandemic wreak havoc as institutions seek state help
Russia’s culture minister has coronavirus
Appointed in January, Olga Lyubimova is the third Russian government minister to announce a Covid-19 diagnosis in the past week
Cache of Russian avant-garde works surfaces in regional museum's basement
Art historian Andrey Sarabyanov is planning a new exhibition of forgotten pieces by Kandinsky, Rodchenko and Stepanova
Barcelona rejects plans for outpost of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
Hermitage officials dismayed after city council refuses planning permission for new venue, citing multiple concerns
Coronavirus: Russian museums hit as Chinese tourists stay away
Russia has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, slashing attendance at cultural institutions in Moscow and St Petersburg
Teenager from remote Russian town draws pop superstar Billie Eilish for Vogue cover
Sixteen-year-old Nastya Kovtun is the youngest person ever to design a Vogue digital cover
Russia's controversial culture minister ousted in Putin's government reshuffle
But Vladimir Medinsky, who has been replaced by Olga Lyubimova, will 'not be left without work' in culture, the Russian President says
Russian government quits as Putin rewrites constitution—with the help of key cultural leaders
Directors of the State Hermitage Museum and State Tretyakov Gallery are part of a team enlisted to create laws that will allow the president to remain in power
Biggest ever Dalí show comes to Russia—where his work was banned during the Soviet era
More than 180 works will feature in the Moscow exhibition including a section focusing on Dalí's Russian-born wife Gala
Climate protest designs, an authentic Banksy fake and radical collection updates: the year in acquisitions
Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019
Russian museums follow Putin’s call for satellites in the regions
The Hermitage has opened a branch in Siberia, the Pushkin is renovating a Constructivist landmark in Samara and more agreements are in the works
Influx of millions of Chinese tourists wreaks havoc for Russian museums
Electronic visas pave the way for ever greater visitors numbers, creating major logistical problems at Tsarskoe Selo and the Hermitage
UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition
Museum hosted a 'Feminnale' that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers
Was Peter great? Moscow exhibition details tsar’s huge cultural impact
An avid patron of the arts and sciences, the emperor gave Russian society a new perspective on the world and elevated the country’s place within it
Russia and Syria sign agreement to restore ancient city of Palmyra
Collaboration spearheaded by the State Hermitage Museum was made official in Damascus this week
Russia, Germany and France join forces for 'incomparable' travelling show of contemporary European art
Exhibition showing "unique slice" of art from Europe will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War
Moving to the suburbs: vast museum collections centre destined for 'New Moscow'
State Tretyakov Gallery among 23 Russian museums planning to store and show works near former killing field Kommunarka
St Petersburg art school explores tie-up with China
Head of Repin Institute, which is popular with Chinese students, says it has "a lot in common" with Chinese art academies
Art trove belonging to Russian billionaire fugitive found hidden in village near Moscow
Investigators find paintings and rare books missing from private museum belonging to banker Alexei Ananyev accused of alleged financial crimes
Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf will head to Moscow's Garage Museum
The German curator was previously accused of conflicting interests between the Amsterdam museum and her private consulting work
Austro-Russian project looks beyond Red Square to find the real Moscow
Multi-institution programme aims to introduce contemporary art to the capital's residents
Russian billionaire's huge Moscow art hub—designed by Renzo Piano—will open in September 2020
Leonid Mikhelson says that the "frightening" cost that he had initially anticipated for the GES-2 complex has doubled
Major Kandinsky show opens in Saudi Arabia as Vladimir Putin arrives for rare state visit
Cultural programme of Russian art launches to coincide with president's trip to the Gulf state to sign over $2bn worth of deals
Staff quit in droves at Russian museum as ‘starvation wages’ bite
Deputy director’s swingeing salary cuts trigger resignations of around 50 employees at Moscow theatre museum
Man who stole painting in broad daylight from Moscow museum is sentenced to three years in prison
Denis Chuprikov took the landscape from State Tretyakov Gallery with the aim of "causing hype", he says
Pushkin State Museum to take control of nine contemporary art centres across Russia
Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020
Russia's only international art fair tackles tricky topics
Cosmoscow's public programme will explore 'the crisis of faith in expertise' in the art market
The artists at the forefront of Russia's democracy protests
Street art and digital art used as tools of subversion, as artists themselves bear the brunt of a brutal government crackdown
Uzbekistan's Nukus Museum names new director
Former Roerich Museum director Tigran Mkrtychev wins international competition to head up the famed Russian avant-garde collection long embroiled in controversy
Russian artist denied US visa over ‘planted’ drugs
Artem Loskutov’s application was rejected on the same day that journalist and supporter Ivan Golunov was arrested