Russia
State Pushkin Museumarchive
Collecting and collectors are the material of a new museum opening this month as part of the Pushkin Museum
Russia changing stance: It was all a terrible mistake, we love collectors really!
Exhibitionsarchive
Holy Russia at the V&A, touring exhibition is repackaged for the UK
Via many points in the US
Restitutionarchive
Russians "close down restitution commission"
Internal conflicts hamstrung the effort to return war loot to Germany
Restitutionarchive
Patriarch Aleksey II of Moscow and All Russia on restitution: "Places of worship first, museums second"
The official position of the Russian Orthodox Church, as explained by its spokesman
Restitutionarchive
Conservator on conflict with Russian Orthodox Church: "We saved Church art"
Negotiating the restitution of religious art is important, but it should not be at the expense of the institutions protecting Russia's cultural heritage
Collectorsarchive
George Costakis' dramatic tale of collecting the Avant-Garde in the Soviet Union: His own words
Some of his most prized works are now on show in the New York Guggenheim exhibition “The Great Utopia: the Russian and Soviet Avant-garde 1915-32”
Restitutionarchive
Hermitage to exhibit Bremen Old Master drawings
Director does not foresee restitution to Germany
Lootingarchive
Looted art publicly acknowledged by Soviet Minister of Culture
A commission will be set up at Gorbachev’s behest to look into cultural property removed to U.S.S.R.