ARTISTS
2024
The State Tretyakov Gallery paintings allow visitors a glimpse into Moscow's people and history, Lin Qi reports.
2023
On May 15, it was reported that Andrey Rublev鈥檚 "Holy Trinity" icon would be returned to the custody of the Russian Orthodox Church by order of President Vladimir Putin.
CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art), a global network of museums and museum professionals, has raised the alarm over the removal of the Tretyakov Gallery鈥檚 director, Zelfira Tregulova, by the Russian culture ministry.
The Russian Ministry of Culture has removed the general director of Moscow鈥檚 Tretyakov Gallery after a complaint that accused the display of showing 鈥榮igns of destructive ideology鈥�.
Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin
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2022
The Ninth Moscow Art Biennale, scheduled to open at the Russian capital鈥檚 Tretyakov Gellery November 7, was officially canceled by the Russian Ministry of Culture on November 4, The Art Newspaper reports.
A new sale Rebel Spirits: Non-Conformist Art from Important European Collections will be held at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr on 8 November 2022 in Paris.
Aleksandr Vasiliev had used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on the stylised figures in a painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya
A Russian museum security guard has been convicted of vandalism after he drew two sets of eyes on a painting by Anna Leporskaya.
A Russian security guard at Yekaterinburg鈥檚 Yeltsin Center who doodled eyes on an abstract painting by avant-garde artist Anna Leporskaya last December was found guilty of vandalism by the local magistrate鈥檚 court on Monday.
The work was temporarily rehung for press, but the public will have to wait until a bulletproof "protective capsule" can be installed.
Around 200 valuable works had to be sent in five convoys of six trucks across Europe as war in Ukraine hampers shipping.
Politicians said it mocked a monument to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War
Artwork worth $46 million has been seized by Finnish Customs on its return to Russia, according to a statement from the government agency Wednesday.