Vladimir Putin’s deputy chief of staff will put $12.1m towards helping cultural projects that have been targeted due to “their patriotism and loyalty to the country” since the invasion of Ukraine

Sasha Skochilenko replaced price tags with news reports about bombings in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

Town of Trostianets has pushed out the Russian army but has suffered widespread destruction

The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan

The unidentified artist is pictured in front of Moscow monuments laying face down, hands tied behind his back in a pose that has become synonymous with the atrocities

Mikhail Piotrovksy, who has been criticised for his silence on the war in Ukraine, says the museum will continue its international projects outside Europe

The venue has reopened with an exhibition series focusing on Dutch masterpieces, starting with Vermeer’s Milkmaid

The drop comes from the Meta History Museum of War, the official collection of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation

The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence

A museum in Yekaterinburg sent 63 pieces to a show on the Russian avant-garde at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul—and now wants them back

Ukrainian port city has been under constant bombardment since the outbreak of the war with Russia in February

Street artist made the work for the cover of Time magazine

The sales, popular with London-based Russians and regional collectors in Russia alike, had been scheduled for June

Director has been posting emotional updates on Facebook as Russian forces shell area

"Christian would not have accepted exhibiting in a country that is militarily invading his father’s homeland," the late artist's estate said upon the indefinite postponement of his St Petersburg exhibition

Ubiquitous letter was first spotted on Russian tanks on the Ukrainian border

Despite facing major risks, key cultural figures in Russia are speaking out against the war

Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial described the Russian invasion as "an act of barbarity that will be judged by history", while the Arsenal culture centre in Kyiv calls it a war “against all democratic states”

As tension with Russia escalates, institutions near the border are checking their security systems and considering their evacuation plans

The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy

She has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for “propaganda of Nazi symbolism” after posting an image featuring swastikas on Instagram

Institution will house Petr Aven’s collection of Russian and Latvian fine and decorative art

Yulia Tsvetkova, a LGBTQ activist-artist, is facing pornography charges for posting body-positive drawings

Ivan Volkov's work in Marsovo Pole is thought to be a comment on poor street maintenance in the Russian city

Marat Guelman was designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian government last month, a label that comes with hefty restrictions

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement

A sharp fuel price hike triggered widespread demonstrations in the former Soviet republic with artists calling for a stop to the violence

International Memorial documented the crimes committed under Stalin's Great Terror and its sister organisation Memorial Human Rights Centre chronicled today's abuses

Masha Alekhina and Lucy Shteyn, who have previously served prison terms, were sentenced to 15 days following charges of "propaganda of Nazi symbolism"

Court has ordered the arrest of Viktor Yelizarov after more than ten former pupils came forward with allegations against him