Russia
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
Germany supports research into Russia’s wartime losses
Archives of the western allies will be searched for clues
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.
Culture cold war thaws between UK and Russia
Pressure eased over extradition of former KGB agent as Yuri Gagarin statue is unveiled in London
Impressionists and Modern auction report: Picasso and Dalí rule the rooms
Russian money behind many sales as records tumble
Russian contemporary market squeezed as collectors turn to tried and tested work
Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market
Russian art at auction: Buyers wary of unpredictable prices
Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst
Ukraine suffered “colossal” looting during World War II
New research challenges Russians’ claim that they own many cultural valuables from the independent state
Financial crisis scuppers Moscow World Fine Art Fair
Exhibitors fear that collectors will no longer make high-price purchases
Collector Stella Kesaeva’s plans for a new gallery in her garage
The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art
Georgia and Russia rattle their sabres over war damage
Both sides claim the other damaged historic buildings
Dresden takes major provenance research project to Russia
Strives to break restitution “logjam”
Tate Turners on tour: 'J.M.W. Turner' to be exhibited at Beijing's National Art Museum
Having travelled the US and Russia, the Turner exhibition will head to China
Russian government publishes first volume cataloguing fakes in the market
Russia’s Federal Cultural Heritage Protection Agency is set to publish the first volume of a catalogue of Russian paintings known to be fake
Iran's Saba Cultural Institute announces Russian Orthodox icons show
The news comes as unexpected due to suppression of religion freedom in the nation
Chinese buyers thin on the ground at first Shanghai art fair: ShContemporary in review
Nevertheless, dealers predict this will change as excitement surrounds international event
Hermitage nears conclusion of deal with Iran securing multiple joint exhibitions
The museum's director maintains that the agreement is no major coup
Russian art dealers released after a year in jail without trial
Couple claim that forgery accusations were the result of a property deal gone sour
Russian Oligarch Alexander Shadrin buys 40 Dalís
The works are on show in a local museum, and will travel the country next year
Orthodox Church seeks control of Moscow icon museum
The fate of Ryazan's Art and History Museum could set a precedent for restitution
Moscow dealers to open art centre in former wine factory
Businessmen and collectors fund $4m complex
A pilot restoration project modelled on the National Trust is being launched later this year in Russia
Putin looks to UK to save listed buildings
Billionaire to open first private museums in Russia
Viktor Vekselberg will establish galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow to display his own art as well as works belonging to other private collectors
Russian billionaires are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on art. None of them has spoken to the press about what drives their collecting—until now
Russian collector Pyotr Aven shows his hand
Russia’s largest private gallery opens
Collector and dealer Alexander Yakut's new enterprise is his most ambitious yet
Siberian billionaire funds $3m Hermitage exhibition tour
Industrialist Oleg Deripaska has become the Russian museum’s most generous private donor—even if his support is part of a public relations initiative
Russian Court sanctions Church censorship
Director and curator charged with “incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity”