Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya
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”
The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan
New York institution condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its statement on the resignation
The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy
Work by Anna Leporskaya from the 1930s is undergoing restoration after "lapse in sanity" by museum employee during first day on the job
Institution will house Petr Aven’s collection of Russian and Latvian fine and decorative art
Former mall in Norilsk will provide 8,500 sq. m of space for art
The Azerbaijani-born artist was one of the Soviet Union's most notable creatives during Khrushchev's cultural thaw
Despite its size and power, Russia is a blindspot for the international art market but Vickery wants to change that perception
New exhibition reveals 22 falsely attributed works discovered in German museum's collection
Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's
Art historian Andrey Sarabyanov is planning a new exhibition of forgotten pieces by Kandinsky, Rodchenko and Stepanova
The team at Russian Art Focus were lucky enough to film the exhibition before the Covid-19 pandemic forced the Moscow museum into lockdown
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
Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020
“Most contemporary art collectors today are intellectuals who own their own company”
After hundreds of works are seized in Germany, police swoop in Tel Aviv
Soviet-era unofficial artists and videos are on the centre’s agenda
The case has proved to be colourful, with Tatintsian counter suing Nussberg for at least $62m
Created in consultation with the Russian Society for the Blind, Nadezhda Gubina and her husband Igor Vozyakov have created a didactic and tactile exhibition
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
Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev
While the Russians are branching out, Indian collectors don't stray far from home
Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market
Operations were halted after multiple experts questioned the authenticity of the exhibition's content, which had been sourced from private collections
The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art
Are these women the real deal?
Vladimir Nekrasov has been charged with corporate tax evasion
The proposed museum will open at Baden-Baden in the autumn