Curators call on St Petersburg prosecutor to investigate "criminal expropriation" of the artefact

Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”

International artists consider the impact of the Revolution on rural communities in country’s longest-running biennial

Björk and Olafur Eliasson headline event that nearly didn’t happen

Exhibition complex inspired by world's fairs targets 40 million visitors

“New symbol of Russia” created by New York’s High Line architects is accused of being “catastrophically” out of place

The art world power couple said they will continue working together on joint projects

Russian non-profit museum opens as government earmarks Constructivist buildings for demolition

Oksana Zhnikrup is the figurine maker whose Soviet-era work was copied under licence, but not initially acknowledged, by the US artist

Museum founder wants global recognition for Russia’s abstractionists of the 1950s and 1960s

New works celebrate Futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov as part of 1917 Revolution centenary commemorations

A proposal to raze Soviet era housing and relocate 1.6 million residents has caused so much concern that thousands turned out to protest this weekend

Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia

A curator at the museum says the confiscation is “deeply abnormal” but an official statement maintains that work is being done to “improve” how the documents are stored

Paintings, decorative art and archaeological objects from one of the world’s most remote museums are on view at the Pushkin Museum

The decision to include programming from the contested peninsula has come under fire

A push for new patriotic displays across Russia threatens to displace—and potentially harm—thousands of works

The museum says it will inspect all visitors, even if that might cause an “inconvenience”

Mikhail Novikov suspected of fraud in connection with the museum’s construction projects

Ambivalence towards Soviet history has led to museums taking a cautious approach to tackling the centenary head-on

But culture experts remain cautious as extent of damage at the ancient site is assessed

Video shows attackers beating a gallery guard and tearing posters, and walls spray-painted with graffiti stating Mouthpiece of Moscow and Glory to Ukraine

Director plays down concerns over surprise investigation, but some see it as a warning against opposition

Russian MP lauds Orthodox Church control of St Petersburg cathedral with anti-Semitic speech

As another monument in Palmyra is destroyed by extremists, the detailed record of the ancient city becomes ever more precious

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally thanked Bernard Arnault at the Kremlin for hosting the show

Hermitage director, who has known president-elect Trump "a long time", hopes exhibitions can go ahead with US anti-seizure guarantee

Ancient artefacts were on loan from Crimea to a museum in the Netherlands when penninsula was annexed in 2014

Supporters say legislation will encourage cultural exchange, but opponents fear it will block restitution of works seized in countries like Russia