PreviewExhibitions
Biggest ever Dalí show comes to Russia—where his work was banned during the Soviet era
More than 180 works will feature in the Moscow exhibition including a section focusing on Dalí's Russian-born wife Gala
PreviewExhibitions
Was Peter great? Moscow exhibition details tsar’s huge cultural impact
An avid patron of the arts and sciences, the emperor gave Russian society a new perspective on the world and elevated the country’s place within it
NewsRussia
Moving to the suburbs: vast museum collections centre destined for 'New Moscow'
State Tretyakov Gallery among 23 Russian museums planning to store and show works near former killing field Kommunarka
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf will head to Moscow's Garage Museum
The German curator was previously accused of conflicting interests between the Amsterdam museum and her private consulting work
NewsMoscow
Austro-Russian project looks beyond Red Square to find the real Moscow
Multi-institution programme aims to introduce contemporary art to the capital's residents
NewsBiennials & festivals
Moscow Biennale opening marred by 2017 controversy
Event’s president Julia Muzikantskaya accused of allegedly threatening artists and withholding payments
NewsGES-2
Russian billionaire's huge Moscow art hub—designed by Renzo Piano—will open in September 2020
Leonid Mikhelson says that the "frightening" cost that he had initially anticipated for the GES-2 complex has doubled
NewsContemporary art
Ragnar Kjartansson re-creates US soap opera for vast GES-2 culture complex opening in Moscow
GES-2 complex is located in a former power plant, built in 1907, located near the Kremlin
NewsArt crime
Man who stole painting in broad daylight from Moscow museum is sentenced to three years in prison
Denis Chuprikov took the landscape from State Tretyakov Gallery with the aim of "causing hype", he says
NewsPolitics
The artists at the forefront of Russia's democracy protests
Street art and digital art used as tools of subversion, as artists themselves bear the brunt of a brutal government crackdown
NewsConservation & Preservation
Moscow Kremlin Museums say ‘bravo!’ to restorers
State regalia, Russian icons and decorative pistols go on show in exhibition celebrating the hidden craft of conservation
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Shock tactics abound at 'carbon neutral' show in Moscow, with a live wolf, jellyfish and bees
Garage Museum's exhibition on the environmental crisis takes up the gallery’s entire space and could be the biggest yet on the topic
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Ilya Repin remains the provocateur in Moscow show
Visitors of a certain age may well be shocked to find that ultimately the Russian artist loathed the Bolsheviks as much as he did the tsars
NewsPrivate Museums
Grand opening of Russian billionaire’s power-plant museum is postponed to 2020
GES-2 will be part of Moscow's Museum Mile, linked to Garage, the Tretyakov and the Pushkin
NewsArt theft
Thief of Crimean painting at State Tretyakov Gallery apprehended
Brazen incident raises questions about museum security in Russia
PreviewExhibitions
Lost Frida Kahlo painting and Diego Rivera mural at centre of new show looking at couple’s Russian links
As the exhibition opens in Moscow, curators hope a photograph of the missing work might jog the memory of any witnesses
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Moscow residents petition Garage Museum to reject sponsorship from property developer
Activists say PIK Group's high-rise developments are environmentally unsafe and only aimed at making "super profits"
NewsTechnology
Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery develops blockchain app to bring Russian art to the world
Digital initiative will invite users to explore and sponsor more than 190,000 works in the collection
BlogIn the frame
Catnapped: abduction of moody moggie Begemot from Moscow museum sparks media frenzy
NewsRussia
Putin praises Moscow's urban development in wake of World Cup success
But Russian president's remarks at eighth Moscow Urban Forum angered preservationists
NewsConservation & Preservation
Russia opens new exhibition centre dedicated to icons
The Grabar Art Conservation Center has launched the Ovchinnikov Ikonoteka space, which is named in honour of renowned restorer
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Juergen Teller tackles football’s highs and lows in Moscow show
Exhibition at Garage Museum includes stalker-like snaps of Pep Guardiola and live work charting Germany’s World Cup success—or failure
NewsPhilanthropy
Russian billionaire’s Peri Foundation will keep paying for culture after arrest
It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges
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Moscow museum opens archives of Stalin's Gulag labour camps
New research centre helps descendants discover fate of their family members
NewsExhibitions
Soviet renaissance man El Lissitzky gets major double-show in Moscow
Exhibition of 400 works opens at State Tretyakov Museum and Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
CommentLeaders
Egon Schiele was not a sex offender
The 100th anniversary of Austrian artist’s death has arrived just in time for the #MeToo movement
Jane Kallir