September 30, 2024 "Prison Doll" Artist Sentenced A Russian artist has been sentenced for his "extremist" art. Art Law Politics Russia File
August 08, 2024 And a Cat For Good Luck: Sasha Skochilenko is Free Sasha Skochilenko shared details of her life in detention. Art Dissent Political Prisoners Russia File
July 10, 2024 Sewing Images Over the past few years, Petersburgers have been noticing small pieces of fabric with skillfully made embroidery on the streets of the city. Art Dissent St. Petersburg Russia File
May 23, 2024 New Leonardos at the Hermitage? An exhibit backed by a close associate of the Kremlin claims, erroneously, to show paintings newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Art Culture St. Petersburg Russia File
May 15, 2024 The Power of the Zine Artist Anna Dial uses updated samizdat methods to publish her "zines" and avoid censorship. Art Dissent Literature Russia File
May 14, 2024 Theater Directors Face More Detention The trial of Zhenya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk has been postponed yet again. Art Dissent Law Russia File
May 10, 2024 Protecting The Ancients Why a Siberian Village is Choosing Petroglyphs Over Petroleum Art Dissent Environment Government History Regions
April 11, 2024 The Mural Stronger than Buenos Aires Police Russian artists painting a Navalny mural in Buenos Aires were interrupted by police after multiple complaints. Art Dissent Politics Religion Russians Abroad Russia File
March 28, 2024 Russian Artists Crash the Pompidou Russian artists brought unauthorized performance art to Paris's biggest contemporary art museum. Art Dissent Int'l Relations Russia File
March 26, 2024 Facing Up "Faces of the Russian Resistance" is a traveling art project that humanizes dissent in Russia. Art Dissent Political Prisoners Russia File
March 13, 2024 Centennial Celebration of Avant-Garde Art A century after it first opened, the Jewish Museum in Moscow recreated an exhibit of Jewish avant-garde artists from Chagall to Shterenberg. Art Culture History Russia File
March 04, 2024 Words from Behind the Glass Box A playwright and a theater director were arrested for a play criticizing ISIS. After months in jail, they spoke from their defendants' glass box. Art Culture Dissent Political Prisoners Theater Russia File