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Russian Painter of Brezhnev-Honecker Kiss Graffiti Dies

Dmitry Vrubel was a non-conformist painter and dissident artist.

In Moscow, a Young Artist With Nomadic Visions

Leave Moscow's snowy streets for different lands and worlds.

art for the ages

The First Anatoly Zverev Art Prizes Awarded in Moscow

Moscow's AZ Museum honored artist Anatoly Zverev with shows, prizes, and celebrations.

art for the masses

Moscow's GES-2 House of Culture Opens a New Era in Art

The mission of the new House of Culture is to liquidate today's "cultural illiteracy."

art for the masses

Russia's Breakthrough Contemporary Art Market

How Russia's contemporary art market has gone from zero to booming in less than 30 years.

Eclectic Cosmoscow Art Fair Scored with Buyers and Sellers

An art critic new to Moscow reports on the annual art market and finds it very pleasing to the eye.

everyone's a critic

Muscovites Square Off Over City's New Shapeless Statue

Urs Fischer's massive sculpture will welcome a center of contemporary art in an old power plant.

sensational memorial

Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe, Russia’s Performance Artist Extraordinaire

The tribute to Mamyshev-Monroe reveals an artist of wit, intelligence and glamour.

St. Petersburg Start-Ups Make It Easy to Go Green

Ecodays showed converts and skeptics how to live an environmentally responsible lifestyle.

New Life for Abandoned Buildings in Russian Provinces

Volunteers, entrepreneurs and Russian towns are giving new life to old, abandoned industrial eyesores.

The Art Group Recycle Works Between the Virtual and the Real

Bring your cell or tablet to see beneath the surface of reality at St. Petersburg’s Manege.

pavlovian reaction

Ivan Pavlov Museum Gets a High-Tech High-Art Makeover

The Ivan Pavlov Memorial Museum gets a new life, where personal memorabilia meets experimental art.

new name in arts

Photographer Emmie America Takes Russia By Storm

The Russian photographer is the hottest and most controversial artist/activist in town.

Moscow Museum News: Awards Received and Offered

Two Moscow museums are celebrating awards, both being given and being received.

artistic sand box

Sand Stories: Performances Flow Through Your Fingers

For Yekaterinburg artist Yelena Kadyrova, drawing a line in the sand is her life's work.

When Andy Warhol Came to Moscow

As the show comes to an end, Peter Cheremushkin looks at its importance for Russian art and art lovers.

2021 look ahead

Moscow Arts Scene in 2021: A Spectacular Year Ahead

Cultural life came to a standstill last year, but this year arts lovers may get a double dose of culture.

Russian Covid Art and Online Culture Highlights of 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic pushed the arts to be more creative than ever imagined possible.

not mainstream music

Russian New Music Gets a Reboot

Russia's music scene is not resting on its historical laurels.

The Tyranny of Positive Thinking Debated Live Online

Winzavod and the Biennale of Youth Art are holding discussions in English on unusual topics for Russia.

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