This week arts and crafts flourish under quarantine; a heatwave hits an unlikely place, and coronavirus fashion hits a new high (or low?).

This wonderful short animated film about a crocodile is our video of the week.

Peter Guppy of Prosperity Hardware thinks he has a Kazimir Malevich painting on his hands.

“The Birthplace of Russia” might be a little off the beaten path, but it houses plenty of surprises for the enthusiastic history buff.

“This is war. The enemy is invisible, but some lines of the front are clear. Today's difficulties, of course, are far from the horrors known to our history, and that includes the Blockade. That was much worse than today, and scarier.... The noble experience and mysticism of the besieged Hermitage remains with us always and serves as an example.”

- General Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky, in a Facebook post on how the Hermitage is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Since many people are stuck at home, cultural activities have to adapt.

Do you have an extra five hours? Why not watch this unique film!

Russian literature has an answer for everything. In the times of coronovirus, this is your guide.

A new exhibit dedicated to the history of tattoos is opening in Moscow.

Artist Aleksandr Tsypkov and a handful of other artists feel everyone, not just church-goers, should be able to see religious art. So naturally they are tagging bridges and underpasses with "iconic" images.

He was a talented artist but an even more gifted itinerate photographer. What he captured 120 years ago is remarkable.

Three Russian films have been shortlisted for the Oscars this year, in three different categories. Some critics say it is unprecedented and a sign the country's creative industry is on the upturn.