Ancient city occupied by Islamic State was retaken by Syrian army with Russian support in 2017

But Russian president's remarks at eighth Moscow Urban Forum angered preservationists

Russian activist group describes performance as a tribute to dissident poet and artist Dmitri Prigov

Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova will continue to fund their contemporary art museum

Boris Mints’s institution says that exhibitions are continuing to run

Authorised works have been targeted alongside illegal ones

The Grabar Art Conservation Center has launched the Ovchinnikov Ikonoteka space, which is named in honour of renowned restorer

The Hungarian firm Gedeon Richter to fund three-year project to restore works from the Russian museum that relate to the concept of female beauty

Museum of the Family of Emperor Nicholas II in Tobolsk is Russia's first devoted to 'royal martyrs'

Football fans get free entry at Tretyakov, but no special treatment at Hermitage

Exhibition at Garage Museum includes stalker-like snaps of Pep Guardiola and live work charting Germany’s World Cup success—or failure

Hostile relations between Russia and the West following attempted poisoning of former MI6 spy may dampen bidding at London's Russian sales

Man who confessed to being drunk on vodka tore painting in three places on Friday evening

It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges

The Russian republic of Ingushetia is hoping that improved conservation will lead to Unesco status

Country's pavilion may be targeted as relations with the West deteriorate, Vladimir Aristarkhov says

New research centre helps descendants discover fate of their family members

Emilia Kabakov discusses the duo’s past in the USSR and their aim to stop it defining how they are perceived as artists

The lower level resembles Hogwarts, upstairs is a blindingly white “meditative space”

Stop the press!

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

Fourth term comes amid escalating tension between Russia and UK, resulting in expulsion of British Council from the country

The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US

Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change

Melting of the permafrost in Yakutia has led to a boom in fossil tusk gathering, causing problems for government and conservationists

The Central House of Artists is set to be the largest exhibition venue in Russia

Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival

Grassroots activists are leading a campaign to preserve the country’s unique, but sadly neglected, built heritage

The controversial figure has gone on hunger strike in protest at “lack of transparency” over legal process

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