Russia
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
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
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
Hermitage and Pushkin involve Putin in new museum row
The two institutions have clashed over the future of modern masterpieces
Museums caught in the crossfire of discrimination in Russia
Conservative and anti-gay campaigns hit museums
Collector Shalva Breus turns Constructivist cinema into Moscow art space
Soviet-era unofficial artists and videos are on the centre’s agenda
Tate spreads acquisition net to India and Russia
The museum is committed to diversifying their collection
Tate to launch two new acquisitions committees
The globalisation of Tate's collection continues
Anti-gay law clash in Russia may impact Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
Young Russians' art may challenge St Petersburg hate legislation
Pushkin Museum exhibition cited for rise in Russian tourism in Catalonia
Mr and Mrs Dalí draw Russians to Spain
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
Controversial sculpture divides Tatarstan
Muslim clerics say work by Buddhist artist Dashi Namdakov is offensive
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