The art market in Moscow is sustained by the new breed of super-rich businessmen—while their wives have opened a string of commercial galleries
“Most contemporary art collectors today are intellectuals who own their own company”
Christie’s sued by private Russian art collection over “fake” painting sale
Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev
Pinchuk to build new arts centre in Ukraine
The space will display Pinchuk's own collection as well as loaned exhibitions
'Malevich and Kandinsky in 3D' comes to Moscow Airport
Irina Lebedeva talks on getting locals interested in art
Russian contemporary market squeezed as collectors turn to tried and tested work
Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market
Russian art at auction: Buyers wary of unpredictable prices
Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst
Ukraine suffered “colossal” looting during World War II
New research challenges Russians’ claim that they own many cultural valuables from the independent state
Pinchuk stages Hirst show in Kiev
His Pinchuk Art Centre will play host to over 100 works
Financial crisis scuppers Moscow World Fine Art Fair
Exhibitors fear that collectors will no longer make high-price purchases
Collector Stella Kesaeva’s plans for a new gallery in her garage
The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art
Georgia and Russia rattle their sabres over war damage
Both sides claim the other damaged historic buildings
Hermitage Leonardo bust taken hostage in restorer's cash dispute
The kidnapped statue has now been returned to the museum
Can past nuclear explosions help detect forgeries?
The inventors of a new technique for dating paintings say it can prove whether a work was made before or after 1945
Russian art collector could face seven years in prison
Vladimir Nekrasov has been charged with corporate tax evasion
Russian collector’s in negotiations to open Fabergé museum
The proposed museum will open at Baden-Baden in the autumn
Ukrainian artists lead the day at Kiev auction
Yet secrecy over values remained a priority at the Art Kapital auction
Russian art collective AES+F celebrates 20th anniversary with retrospective
Tate acquires edition of video shown at this year’s Venice Biennale
Russian government publishes first volume cataloguing fakes in the market
Russia’s Federal Cultural Heritage Protection Agency is set to publish the first volume of a catalogue of Russian paintings known to be fake
Iran's Saba Cultural Institute announces Russian Orthodox icons show
The news comes as unexpected due to suppression of religion freedom in the nation
In a new private museum in Kiev billionaire collector unveils Hirst, Koons and Gursky
The Pinchuk Art Center was opened 16 September 2006
Hermitage nears conclusion of deal with Iran securing multiple joint exhibitions
The museum's director maintains that the agreement is no major coup
Dealer and critic head to head over Chubarov painting
Was the price forced up at Sotheby's sale?
Swedish and German auction houses take advantage of the rising Russian Market
A growing number of mid-size European auction houses are trying to cash in on the Russian boom
Eighth year of strong Russian art sales in New York
This sales report demonstrates the intense interest in Russian late 19th-century classical paintings, early 20th-century modernist paintings, and Fabergé works
Russian art dealers released after a year in jail without trial
Couple claim that forgery accusations were the result of a property deal gone sour
The Russian Culture Ministry has ruled that museums can no longer authenticate works of art for dealers and commercial galleries.
Culture ministry responds to fakes certified by leading institutions
Russian Oligarch Alexander Shadrin buys 40 Dalís
The works are on show in a local museum, and will travel the country next year
“There is so much money in the market now that... price seems to be irrelevant”
Oil-rich private collectors are dominating the salerooms and pushing aside dealers and investment funds
Niavaran Palace Museum mounts Chagall show in defiance of Iranian regime
Exhibition of Jewish artist’s work challenges official stance on Israel