Asya Lisina created a beautiful and somewhat surprising cover for the current issue of Russian Life. We asked her to explain herself...

Petersburg’s most famous statue raises as many questions as it answers.

As opposition protests rock Moscow, we look at how contemporary artists have interpreted the actions of Russia's riot police.

In which Communists hate Georgian food, a cross is accidentally paved over, and the King of Spades rules Russia.

A journalist meets a painter in the distant outback of Siberia. They share a love for the untamed wilderness, and we learn a thing or two about the challenges of painting in the wild.

An interview with St. Petersburg photographer Viktor Mogilat, about his thought provoking art.

Predators, prey, and performance artists take the spotlight in this week’s TWERF.

On the foundation of Intourist and some of the beautiful posters they used to entice tourist to Soviet Russia.

In which an artist tries to get out of a job illustrating a brochure and ends up getting sucked into a Pushkin meme vortex.

Curious about Russian rock but don’t know where to start? Here are five bands to start your playlist.

Take a rocket launch into the dizzying expanses of Soviet space propaganda.

Ekaterina is an artist who is constantly sketching in St. Petersburg bars. Her hobby led to the creation of the Instagram blog “Between the Bars,” where she captures the city's bohemian atmosphere.