Russia
Are Sergei Skripal sanctions hitting Russian buying and selling at UK auctions?
Hostile relations between Russia and the West following attempted poisoning of former MI6 spy may dampen bidding at London's Russian sales
Famous Russian painting of Ivan the Terrible vandalised in Moscow
Man who confessed to being drunk on vodka tore painting in three places on Friday evening
Russian billionaire’s Peri Foundation will keep paying for culture after arrest
It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges
Caucasus government plans to beef up heritage laws to protect Medieval towers
The Russian republic of Ingushetia is hoping that improved conservation will lead to Unesco status
Russian minister issues Venice Architecture Biennale warning
Country's pavilion may be targeted as relations with the West deteriorate, Vladimir Aristarkhov says
Moscow museum opens archives of Stalin's Gulag labour camps
New research centre helps descendants discover fate of their family members
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The desire for paradise
Emilia Kabakov discusses the duo’s past in the USSR and their aim to stop it defining how they are perceived as artists
Pushkin director turns her office into a surreal art installation
The lower level resembles Hogwarts, upstairs is a blindingly white “meditative space”
From the archives: take a look at six of the best front pages published by The Art Newspaper
Stop the press!
Palmyra, ancient city or deadly missile? In Russian vote, it was almost both
In an online competition devoid of irony, the archaeological site threatened by destruction was a strong contender for the name of Putin’s new weapon
Russian art world reacts to Putin's landslide win in presidential election
Fourth term comes amid escalating tension between Russia and UK, resulting in expulsion of British Council from the country
Drawings week hits Paris
The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US
New Russian law recognises contemporary art at last
Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change
Regulating Russian ivory trade is a mammoth task
Melting of the permafrost in Yakutia has led to a boom in fossil tusk gathering, causing problems for government and conservationists
Tretyakov and Rem Koolhaas have designs on Moscow's vast Soviet exhibition space
The Central House of Artists is set to be the largest exhibition venue in Russia
Artist burns Gothic structure made of twigs causing controversy in Russia
Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival
Urgent action needed to save Russia’s wooden architecture
Grassroots activists are leading a campaign to preserve the country’s unique, but sadly neglected, built heritage
Detention extended for Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky who set fire to bank in Paris
The controversial figure has gone on hunger strike in protest at “lack of transparency” over legal process
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
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
Andrei Vladimirovich Tolstoy
Mild-mannered but ambitious, he was known for uniting Russia’s increasingly divided art world
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
Despite the war of words, UK-Russia shows go ahead
But some exhibitions have been cancelled as political stand-off continues