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New Gallery Looks to Encourage 'Fresh Blood'

Last week saw the opening of MSK Eastside, a loft-space gallery in the heart of Moscow's central east side district that hopes to provide a platform...

A Good Cause: Giving Orphans a Loving Home

George Smyth, a 21-year-old student from Bristol University, England, moved to Russia in September 2011. He has spent the last two months living in Kitezh...

Israeli Artist Showing at State Solyanka Gallery

A retrospective exhibition of Israeli-born video artist Sigalit Landau opens at the State Solyanka Gallery on Friday as part of the Solyanka VPA project...

Gorky Park Gets Fan Park Ready for Euro 2012

Football fans unable to make it to Ukraine or Poland this month to watch the UEFA European Football Championship are invited to Gorky Park's Fan Park...

Turning Family Snaps Into True Art

Maggie Cardelus' exhibit "Total Environment" explores the concept of the home and family through a mix of slideshows, collages and delicate paper...

Marley, Libertines At Beat Film Festival

Beat Film Festival, which presents a range of documentaries on music and contemporary culture from all around the world, opened late Wednesday at the...

Dutch Festival Aims To Lure Expat Crowd

Moscow's Flacon Design Factory hosts a day of Dutch-themed festivities on Saturday aimed at expats and Muscovites. From noon until dawn the next...

A Good Cause: Join Charity Run, Boost Downside Up Fundraiser

Ksenia Chernyavskaya is the fundraising manager for Downside Up, a Russian charity providing support for children and families affected by Down syndrome...

Local Produce Focus as Foodie Festival Returns

Slowly but surely the Moscow food scene is changing, with demand from a growing number of foodies forcing restaurant chefs to become more creative...

Portraits of Elite's Kids on Display

Anna Skladmann's exhibition "Little Adults" gives viewers a rare glimpse into the closely guarded world of the children of Russia's newly rich elite...

A Good Cause: Expat Holds Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot

Brit Vitalij Farafonov came to Russia for the first time in 2007. He now works as director of internal control at TNK-BP in Moscow. Alongside his...

Henry Moore on Show in Kremlin

There has never been such a contrast of styles in the Kremlin, a modern bronze sculpture from one of the 20th century's great artists placed just...

British Pair Take On Baikal Run

Lucy Ward, 42, moved to Moscow from Essex, England, in 2010 with her partner Liam Halligan and their three children. On Saturday, the couple aims...

NY Times Doc Set to Be Shown

Andrew Rossi's documentary film "Page One: Inside The New York Times" will be shown this weekend at Digital October as part of the Beat Film Festival...

Save the City's Birds From Winter Death

With temperatures in Moscow predicted to plummet well below minus 20 degrees Celsius over the weekend, spare a thought for the city's bird population...

British Charity ARC Works for Disabled

Shona McGrahan arrived in Russia in 2003 and learnt of Action for Russia's Children, or ARC, at a meeting of the British Women's Club.

Plunge Into the Ice Water With Auskis for Charity

Expat group Auski is planning a charity event that will see expats and Russians jumping into an icy lake at Serebryany Bor to raise money for Moscow's...