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culture at risk

Russia's Hermitage Museum Calls for State Support as Coronavirus Craters Earnings

The famous museum says it has already lost half of its annual budget.

Quarantine Artwork

Russians Battle Confinement Blues With DIY Artwork Challenge

As boredom and restlessness set in under coronavirus quarantine, internet users are posting DIY versions of museum masterpieces.

#quarantinecreativity

Russia's 'Isolation Art' Takes the Internet By Storm

The creative challenge that has Russians recreating iconic artworks was an instant sensation — and we can't get enough.

private material

Russian Artist Under Investigation Over French Sexting Row

Pavlensky published an online sexual chat that caused one of President Macron's closest lieutenants to pull out of the Paris mayor race.

bloody valentine

Andrei Molodkin's Art Show 'Bloodline' Boldly Confronts the Language of Power

The show opens on St. Valentine's Day in Dublin.

Digital History

Eleven Centuries of Russian Patterns, Now Online

The archive contains over 7,000 authentic patterns created by the national groups of Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Empire.

Russian Gallery Puts Stickers Over Nude Art

“In my 20 years of art exhibitions, this is the first time I’m encountering this,” the artist said.

wash your hands

Russian Artist Gets Down and Dirty With Car Murals

Nikita Golubev uses just his fingers to carve out intricate images on trucks and vans across Moscow.

The Museum of Russian Impressionism

The Museum of Russian Impressionism is a modern Moscow museum which opened 2016 in a beautifully renovated former chocolate factory built in 1880.

Art against violence

Art Against Domestic Violence: Austrian YouAreNotAlone Show Opens in Moscow

The show is held in a private apartment to bring the subject home.

Flacon & Hlebozavod

Flacon and Hlebozavod are two former Soviet factories nicely renovated and converted to modern urban centers for design, shopping, exhibitions and events...

The Shape of Water in St. Petersburg

Claudio Koporossy’s exhibition captures the magic within Peterhof Palace’s fountains.

stolen painting

Court Jails Man Who Walked Out of Moscow Art Gallery With $1 Million Masterpiece

He pleaded guilty to the theft before a Moscow court and plans to appeal his sentence.

versatile personality

One of Russia’s Richest Men Has Become a Trip-Hop Music Artist

“Music stimulates intellectual activity that helps me to search and discover new business opportunities,” he said.

Moscow's Iconic Coat of Arms Gets Remixed and Reimagined

You see St. George slaying the dragon. Russian artists see a blank canvas.

Gagarin graffiti

Russia's Street Art Festival Unveils Sky-High Spray-Painting

Meet Russia's newest open-air art museum — the largest of its kind in the world.

build your own babushka

A Story of Art and Russian Grandmothers

A gallery of miniature scenes from Russian life made by artist Irina Verkhgradskaya.

No Sex and Drugs: Moscow Regulates Graffiti, but Who Owns the Streets?

Works depicting violence, pornography, profanity, tobacco, explosives and drugs are strictly forbidden.

Russian Artist Takes to Apartment Wall to Highlight Country's Social Issues

The photographs are set to the backdrop of an abandoned five-story building.

Artists remembered

10 Artists Who Were Victims of Repressions, Remembered in Street Art

The portraits of 10 famous Russian artists who fell victims to repressions in the Soviet Union are on display in Moscow.

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