Russia sets sights on high-tech war museum without a Marxist-Leninist bias

The organisation, the brainchild of coin collector Vladimir Kazakov and The East European Auction house, aims to ensure that the provenance of a piece has been checked via an unbiased system

The two institutions have clashed over the future of modern masterpieces

Conservative and anti-gay campaigns hit museums

It will be part of a larger development that will include office space, retail outlets and swanky lofts

Soviet-era unofficial artists and videos are on the centre’s agenda

The artist was born in Daugavpils, once part of Russia

Mr and Mrs Dalí draw Russians to Spain

Milena Orlova, the editor of The Art Newspaper Russia, discusses the market, collectors and why Russia needs an art newspaper

Muslim clerics say work by Buddhist artist Dashi Namdakov is offensive

Created in consultation with the Russian Society for the Blind, Nadezhda Gubina and her husband Igor Vozyakov have created a didactic and tactile exhibition

An avant-garde enthusiast and an investment banker have joined forces to save the site from commercial development

Growing concerns over authenticity of Modigliani portrait on show in Moscow museum

When his former wife gave part of $30m collection to the Pushkin Museum, his last wife called in lawyers to determine the fate of 75 icons from north Russia

Protestors claim archaeology project is sham to prevent political protests.