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

The move is described as "a striking event of world significance" by the director of the St Petersburg museum

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”

A performance in which she burns an effigy of Vladimir Putin, and an NFT of a vagina-shaped Virgin Mary are thought to be behind new charges

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The well-respected director has been replaced by Elizaveta Likhacheva, the current head of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture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

Businesses urged to tighten approach to client background checks as US subpoenas auction houses for sales records

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam now describes the abstract painter as Ukrainian, while The Met reclassifies other painters who were born or worked in the country

Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin

The Art Newspaper probes the complex issues arising from the removal of the Kherson Museum’s collection, sent to Crimea for “safekeeping”

Art historian and curator Konstantin Akinsha asserts that Russian attempts to claim succession from the ancient Scythians date back to the 18th century

The emirate, currently a haven for 'half of Moscow', is enjoying a post-pandemic economic boom

Yulia Tsvetkova was acquitted on charges of distributing gay ‘pornography’ but strict new laws have forced her to leave the country

Olga Lyubimova has been sanctioned by the European Union and Vladimir Potanin is on the US list

The man known as The Merchant of Death was exchanged for the American athlete, who was arrested for possessing cannabis oil at a Moscow airport in February

Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month

UK museum now seeking loans to save blockbuster show of Modern art, after collaboration with Russia rejected

The Ukraine territory is one of four illegally annexed on 30 September with decrees by Russian President Vladimir Putin

Dozens of contemporary art shows have been forced to close since the outset of the war with Ukraine—but this one was meant to serve Putinist propaganda

The indictment of Graham Bonham-Carter has rattled a number of art market figures

Russia’s foray into international culture stalls as art complex that opened last year sees artists exit and change of direction

Ukrainian culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko says buildings have been damaged including the Khanenko Art Museum and the Kyiv Art Gallery

A museum director, theatre director and artist describe the lack of hope—and warn that cultural sanctions may cause the intelligentsia to unite against the west

Dimitri Ozerkov, the head of the contemporary art department, made the announcement on Instagram after months of silence

The celebrated German artist has created an installation at the Stedelijk Museum that marks a step away from the elaborate performance works for which she is best known

Putin's decree to permanently occupy four regions of Ukraine means thousands of artefacts will become property of Russia