Russian art
Russian guard who doodled eyes on $1m painting sentenced as scrutiny of museum intensifies
Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya
Alexey Beliayev-Guintovt—a Putin supporter who is one of Russia's best-known artists—discusses why he is happy his country's art market is in ruins
The artist, who has widely been accused of being a fascist, believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will free the country from "a Nazi dictatorship”
Finland seizes €42m of art en route back to Russia
The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan
Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's richest men, resigns from board of the Guggenheim Museum
New York institution condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its statement on the resignation
Russian guard who doodled on $1m painting speaks out: ‘I’m a fool, what have I done!’
The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy
Russian gallery guard charged after drawing eyes on avant-garde painting with ballpoint pen
Work by Anna Leporskaya from the 1930s is undergoing restoration after "lapse in sanity" by museum employee during first day on the job
Russian oligarch to open private museum in Riga
Institution will house Petr Aven’s collection of Russian and Latvian fine and decorative art
Siberian city often described as 'most depressing place to live in the world' to receive contemporary art museum
Former mall in Norilsk will provide 8,500 sq. m of space for art
Tair Salakhov, leading painter and 'father of new Russian art', has died aged 92
The Azerbaijani-born artist was one of the Soviet Union's most notable creatives during Khrushchev's cultural thaw
'No one feels ambivalent towards Russia': Jo Vickery on leaving Sotheby's, launching her art advisory and looking beyond politics
Despite its size and power, Russia is a blindspot for the international art market but Vickery wants to change that perception
Original or fake? Museum Ludwig puts its Russian avant-garde art to the test
New exhibition reveals 22 falsely attributed works discovered in German museum's collection
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Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's
Cache of Russian avant-garde works surfaces in regional museum's basement
Art historian Andrey Sarabyanov is planning a new exhibition of forgotten pieces by Kandinsky, Rodchenko and Stepanova
The Pushkin's From Dürer to Matisse show closed just two days after opening—here's a special guided tour
The team at Russian Art Focus were lucky enough to film the exhibition before the Covid-19 pandemic forced the Moscow museum into lockdown
Russian government quits as Putin rewrites constitution—with the help of key cultural leaders
Directors of the State Hermitage Museum and State Tretyakov Gallery are part of a team enlisted to create laws that will allow the president to remain in power
Pushkin State Museum to take control of nine contemporary art centres across Russia
Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020
The art market in Moscow is sustained by the new breed of super-rich businessmen—while their wives have opened a string of commercial galleries
“Most contemporary art collectors today are intellectuals who own their own company”
Russian avant-garde forgery case spreads to Israel
After hundreds of works are seized in Germany, police swoop in Tel Aviv
Collector Shalva Breus turns Constructivist cinema into Moscow art space
Soviet-era unofficial artists and videos are on the centre’s agenda
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
Dom Icony brings icons to the blind in central Moscow
Created in consultation with the Russian Society for the Blind, Nadezhda Gubina and her husband Igor Vozyakov have created a didactic and tactile exhibition
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
Christie’s sued by private Russian art collection over “fake” painting sale
Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev
Trends in collecting: Are domestic collectors ready to take on the world?
While the Russians are branching out, Indian collectors don't stray far from home
Russian contemporary market squeezed as collectors turn to tried and tested work
Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market
Rodchenko and Tatlin fakes force closure of Russian avant-garde exhibition at Finland's Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
Operations were halted after multiple experts questioned the authenticity of the exhibition's content, which had been sourced from private collections
Collector Stella Kesaeva’s plans for a new gallery in her garage
The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art
From Russia with art: meeting London's newest gallerists
Are these women the real deal?
Russian art collector could face seven years in prison
Vladimir Nekrasov has been charged with corporate tax evasion
Russian collector’s in negotiations to open Fabergé museum
The proposed museum will open at Baden-Baden in the autumn