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

Putin’s international cultural envoy, Mikhail Shvydkoy, says Poland’s request has no legal grounds

“Understandably” no Ukrainian dealers applied to take part in the tenth anniversary edition of the Moscow fair

Founded in 2004, MacDougall's was the first international auction house to have representatives in Moscow and Kyiv

Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya

The International Council of Museums says revised protocol will allow it to more readily “address conflicts”—and could lead to the expulsion of Russia from the organisation

Yevgeny Roizman, who established the Nevyansk Icon Museum in Yekaterinburg, was until yesterday the last prominent opposition politician in Russia to not have been arrested for speaking out against the war

"The Ukrainian Way" was scheduled for 3-11 September with an accompanying auction of physical works and NFTs

A photograph of the "egg" has yet to be released, leading to heightened speculation

But the artist's mother warns that worst is not over as prosecutors can still appeal for a resentencing

Cultural understanding “cancelled” as Russia withdraws from 1998 memorandum and museums wind down “all direct communications and collaborative work”

Andrey Kezzyn recounts how hearing a tale of two lovers separated by the war spurred him to remake the famous art historical image

Born in the Soviet Union, the artist reflects on how works by her and husband Ilya have taken on new meaning since the war

St. Petersburg museum also announces “a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the US”

Tsvetkova, who is currently on trial on charges of disseminating pornography, is one of a growing cohort of dissidents to be labeled 'foreign agents'

Aleksandr Shkolnik was added to list of sanctioned individuals by the UK and Australia, and is the first Russian museum director to be targeted

Around 200 valuable works had to be sent in five convoys of six trucks across Europe as war in Ukraine hampers shipping

The work was made in collaboration with local poet Viktor Solodchuk