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Podcast episode 17: Real or fake? The suspicious Russian avant-garde show in Ghent

Expert on Russian art Simon Hewitt discusses developments in The Art Newspaper's current cover story, plus we explore an unusual collaboration at Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Hosted by Ben Luke. with guest Simon Hewitt. , produced by Julia Michalska and David Clack

Fashion display at Hermitage storage facility paves the way for textiles study centre

Peter the Great’s tailored justaucorps, Catherine the Great's gown and more on display in St Petersburg

The Portuguese empire navigates its way to Russia

Moscow show celebrates artistic achievement in Portugal and its colonies during the Age of Discovery

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

Mogul and Russian culture ministry vie with museum for prized icon

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

Museums move into Moscow's huge Soviet-era fairground

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

Cosmoscow: Russia’s contemporary art fair survives against odds in an embattled art scene

Strangled by sanctions and escalating tension with the west, the fair’s fifth edition is determined to build bridges with international galleries

Director of Pushkin wants to work with London’s V&A and help Moscow’s homeless design museum

The Pushkin design satellite will have both historic and contemporary design galleries

Bacon and his inspiration at the Hermitage

See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring

Friezearchive

Despite the war of words, UK-Russia shows go ahead

But some exhibitions have been cancelled as political stand-off continues

UK-Russia Bacon show goes on…

…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture

Artist Interview: Why Tillmans is returning to Russia

The artist is taking part in Manifesta 10, despite the country’s anti-gay laws

Kievarchive

Pinchuk pleads for calm amidst Ukraine violence

Billionaire art collector encourages peaceful compromise

Moscow collector Mkrtich Okroyan opens Art Deco museum

Objects include a mixed media panel suite by Pierre Bobot from the Roseland Ballroom in New York

Russiaarchive

The Ratnaya Palata gets a fresh start with new WWI museum

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

National Institute of Independent Expertise founded to root out fakes in Russian art market

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

Museumsarchive

Hermitage and Pushkin involve Putin in new museum row

The two institutions have clashed over the future of modern masterpieces

Collector Shalva Breus turns Constructivist cinema into Moscow art space

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

Tatearchive

Tate spreads acquisition net to India and Russia

The museum is committed to diversifying their collection

Tatearchive

Tate to launch two new acquisitions committees

The globalisation of Tate's collection continues

LGBTQarchive

Anti-gay law clash in Russia may impact Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Young Russians' art may challenge St Petersburg hate legislation

Interviewarchive

The scoop on Russia: Interview with Milena Orlova

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

Islamarchive

Controversial sculpture divides Tatarstan

Muslim clerics say work by Buddhist artist Dashi Namdakov is offensive

Lawsuitsarchive

Dealer Gary Tatintsian takes Lew Nussberg to court over fake Malevich drawings after scientific analysis

The case has proved to be colourful, with Tatintsian counter suing Nussberg for at least $62m

Newsarchive

Germany supports research into Russia’s wartime losses

Archives of the western allies will be searched for clues

Lawsuitsarchive

Widow and ex-wife battle over Russian collector Mikhail de Boire’s icons

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

Moscow dig chief mocked over “fake” site

Protestors claim archaeology project is sham to prevent political protests.