Sophia Kishkovsky
Jock Sturges’s nudes incite strong feelings in Moscow, again
Activist targets American photographer’s latest show for second time amid claims of promoting paedophilia
The Hermitage's big Russian Revolution show that nearly didn't happen
Museum in tsars' Winter Palace, symbol of Bolshevik takeover, only decided how to mark 1917 centenary in February
Putin backed culture forum in St Petersburg sparks debate over artistic freedoms in Russia
The liberal intelligentsia say the culture sphere is under attack, while officials argue that it is flourishing
Soviet renaissance man El Lissitzky gets major double-show in Moscow
Exhibition of 400 works opens at State Tretyakov Museum and Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
Mogul and Russian culture ministry vie with museum for prized icon
Curators call on St Petersburg prosecutor to investigate "criminal expropriation" of the artefact
Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky sets fire to a bank in Paris
Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”
The Russian Revolution and village life
International artists consider the impact of the Revolution on rural communities in country’s longest-running biennial
Big names bring Moscow biennial back from the brink
Björk and Olafur Eliasson headline event that nearly didn’t happen
Museums move into Moscow's huge Soviet-era fairground
Exhibition complex inspired by world's fairs targets 40 million visitors
Moscow’s Zaryadye Park opens to divided opinion
“New symbol of Russia” created by New York’s High Line architects is accused of being “catastrophically” out of place
Garage Museum founders Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova split
The art world power couple said they will continue working together on joint projects
New space commemorates Moscow’s neglected Soviet-era buildings
Russian non-profit museum opens as government earmarks Constructivist buildings for demolition
Meet the artist behind Jeff Koons’s controversial ballerinas
Oksana Zhnikrup is the figurine maker whose Soviet-era work was copied under licence, but not initially acknowledged, by the US artist
Abstract art that Khrushchev condemned to get home in Moscow as well as US and China shows
Museum founder wants global recognition for Russia’s abstractionists of the 1950s and 1960s
Anselm Kiefer gets first Russia solo show at the Hermitage
New works celebrate Futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov as part of 1917 Revolution centenary commemorations
Moscow’s Constructivist architecture under threat by government demolition plan
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
Russian performance artist granted political asylum in France
Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia
Archives and books on Soviet-era art sell-offs allegedly seized from Hermitage
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
Rarely loaned works from Uzbekistan’s ‘Louvre of the Steppes’ travel to Moscow
Paintings, decorative art and archaeological objects from one of the world’s most remote museums are on view at the Pushkin Museum
New Moscow triennial includes Crimea in survey show of Russian art
The decision to include programming from the contested peninsula has come under fire
Russia’s regional collections get left out in the cold
A push for new patriotic displays across Russia threatens to displace—and potentially harm—thousands of works
Hermitage boosts security after St Petersburg metro bombing
The museum says it will inspect all visitors, even if that might cause an “inconvenience”
Deputy director at Hermitage put under house arrest
Mikhail Novikov suspected of fraud in connection with the museum’s construction projects
Russia commemorates 1917 revolution—timidly
Ambivalence towards Soviet history has led to museums taking a cautious approach to tackling the centenary head-on
Russian and Syrian forces retake Palmyra from Isil
But culture experts remain cautious as extent of damage at the ancient site is assessed
Kiev exhibition that questioned the results of Maidan revolution vandalised
Video shows attackers beating a gallery guard and tearing posters, and walls spray-painted with graffiti stating Mouthpiece of Moscow and Glory to Ukraine
Hermitage storage centre searched by FSB agents
Director plays down concerns over surprise investigation, but some see it as a warning against opposition
St Isaac's Cathedral dispute triggers political row
Russian MP lauds Orthodox Church control of St Petersburg cathedral with anti-Semitic speech
Russian team creates 3D model to preserve Palmyra as fighting intensifies
As another monument in Palmyra is destroyed by extremists, the detailed record of the ancient city becomes ever more precious





























