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Exiled Russian Artist Philippenzo: ‘I Turned My Cell into a Creative Studio’

The contemporary artist discusses creating art in jail, visiting Ukraine after the Russian invasion, his first solo exhibition and more.

Artist-Designer Taras Zheltyshev Moves His Yoomoota Universe From Tomsk to Thailand

Zheltyshev, aka Yoom, won his first design award in Milan at age 23.

Contemporary Russian Art: Immigration or Compromise?

Russia's artists are increasingly left with two choices: to emigrate abroad or to silence their views on the war.

A Russian Artist Who Doesn't Hide Behind Words

An artist captures in words and images what people are feelings in Russia now.

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.

The First Anatoly Zverev Art Prizes Awarded in Moscow

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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