Activist who was recently imprisoned for Russian group's World Cup protest in July "lost his vision, speech and ability to walk"

Moscow contemporary art fair features a Qatari contemporary art exhibition in Russia as the two countries try to foster cultural ties

State Hermitage Museum and Tretyakov are involved in arts centre in contested region

The street artist’s Instagram comment that the show has “nothing to do with me” set off an online debate about artists’ rights—which made him LOL

Maria Alyokhina had spent two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred”

The actor, who will be working on improving Russian-American relations including culture, was granted a Russian passport by Putin in 2016

Ancient city occupied by Islamic State was retaken by Syrian army with Russian support in 2017

But Russian president's remarks at eighth Moscow Urban Forum angered preservationists

Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova will continue to fund their contemporary art museum

Ilya Repin’s masterpiece in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery was struck with a metal pole in May

Boris Mints’s institution says that exhibitions are continuing to run

The Grabar Art Conservation Center has launched the Ovchinnikov Ikonoteka space, which is named in honour of renowned restorer

The Hungarian firm Gedeon Richter to fund three-year project to restore works from the Russian museum that relate to the concept of female beauty

Museum of the Family of Emperor Nicholas II in Tobolsk is Russia's first devoted to 'royal martyrs'

Football fans get free entry at Tretyakov, but no special treatment at Hermitage

The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup

Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli hosts exhibition of Russian nonconformist artists in first foreign venture by Moscow’s AZ Museum

Man who confessed to being drunk on vodka tore painting in three places on Friday evening

It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges

The Russian republic of Ingushetia is hoping that improved conservation will lead to Unesco status

Country's pavilion may be targeted as relations with the West deteriorate, Vladimir Aristarkhov says

New research centre helps descendants discover fate of their family members

The lower level resembles Hogwarts, upstairs is a blindingly white “meditative space”

In an online competition devoid of irony, the archaeological site threatened by destruction was a strong contender for the name of Putin’s new weapon

Fourth term comes amid escalating tension between Russia and UK, resulting in expulsion of British Council from the country

Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change

Melting of the permafrost in Yakutia has led to a boom in fossil tusk gathering, causing problems for government and conservationists

The Central House of Artists is set to be the largest exhibition venue in Russia

Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival

Grassroots activists are leading a campaign to preserve the country’s unique, but sadly neglected, built heritage