The Russian city of Perm, 1,500 kilometres east of Moscow, is the start of Europe if you travel from Asia. Photographer John Peter Askew has visited regularly for two decades
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Last chance to delve into GeorgII Uvs’ Full Circle: The Beauty of Inevitability
Last chance to catch Saatchi’s current show Full Circle: The Beauty of Inevitability, featuring works which blend art and science by the acclaimed Russian artist GeorgII Uvs.
Continue Reading...Venice Biennale: Tabish’s Top 5 at Giardini
The top 5 includes whale hunting, dissolved nations, hanging keys, magical flowers and a convenience store
Continue Reading...Why the art world needs to ditch the rich Russians
As Russian investors snap up an even greater stake in the contemporary art world, Jonathan Jones asks if there can ever be a truly independent art press
Continue Reading...INTERVIEW: Alexander James
Alex James at House of St Barnabas
Continue Reading...The 10 most shocking performance artworks ever
The “10 most shocking performance artworks ever” and here they are:
Continue Reading...Pussy Riot: activists, not pin-ups
Clever, committed and courageous, Pussy Riot are the only band that mattered in 2012. They have used their year in the spotlight to expose injustice
Continue Reading...Russian museum could be prosecuted over Chapman brothers exhibit
St Petersburg prosecutors report 114 complaints that Jake and Dinos Chapman’s End of Fun insults visitors’ religious beliefs
Continue Reading...Russians join in call for Pussy Riot trio’s release
Moscow court extends Pussy Riot trio’s detention without setting trial date leading to more public acts of defiance around the world
Continue Reading...Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 – review
Royal Academy, London
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