The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art has kicked off in the capital. With various projects all around the city and beyond it, will offer the chance to see the latest achievements of international artists.
The Swiss town of Sisikon has unveiled a monument to the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin. Sisikon has joined the list of 10 foreign cities that already have outdoor statues of the 19th-century writer.
A brilliant novel by a Soviet writer Vasily Grossman, turned into a radio play on Radio 4, has stormed the British book market. Massive interest in the radio adaptation caused the UK residents go and buy the book.
A sum of some $373 million will be allocated by the state for the festivities and events marking the 250th jubilee of St. PetersburgÜs Hermitage Museum. One of RussiaÜs main museums - the State Hermitage is celebrating its anniversary in 2014.
Sotheby`s is set to auction an important collection of works created by one of the greatest masters of the early 20th century, Alexandre Benois.
The Femme Fatale show is coming to Russia. American pop diva Britney Spears will perform in St. Petersburg and Moscow on Thursday and Saturday within the world tour in support of her latest recording.
Art aficionados have descended on the Central House of Artists` building in the Russian capital for the annual Art Moscow get-together, where 40 galleries from 14 countries are showing off their best to attract savvy audiences with deep pockets.
Russia`s landmark Bolshoi Theater is to turn into a historic "home away from home" for one of America`s brightest talents, the star of the American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg.
Marc Chagall’s Mirror will go under the hammer at the Impressionist, Modern Art and Russian Art sale framed by the Sotheby`s auction house.
The decision of the Russian Oscar committee to nominate Nikita Mikhalkov`s box office flop Burnt by the Sun-2 for an Academy Award has provoked a wave of criticism among film buffs.
Be afraid, be very afraid! A spectacle spookier than Hollywood`s action adventure "The Mummy," and scarier than its sequel, "The Mummy Returns" - get ready for the strange and sinister Singing Mummies...
Up-and-coming Russian opera singers have scooped a roster of awards, including the coveted first prize of 10,000 euros, at one of the world`s leading vocal contests - the Competizione dell`Opera.
Six Russian singers have made it to the finals of one of the most prestigious opera competitions - Germany`s Competizione dell`Opera.
The latest Japanese animated feature from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki`s Studio Ghibli is finally coming to Russian screens. The Secret World of Arrietty tells a story of friendship between a 12-year-old boy and little Borrower Arrietty.
What brings back the best memories of childhood? Favorite cartoons and animation, of course. Moscow is getting its very own museum devoted entirely to this fascinating and engaging art form. The Animation Museum opens in the capital on Thursday.
Moscow`s Modern Art Museum has opened a display of art replete with absurdity and black humor. In the first ever retrospective show of necrorealism, its proponents explore ideology through death.
One of the world`s leading vocal contests - Competizione dell`Opera - an international competition for singers specializing in Italian opera- is taking place in the Russian capital for the first time in its history.
Their fixed faces convey as much emotion as if they were human, alive and mobile. An exhibition of gorgeous hand-crafted puppets has opened at the Vorobyovy Gory Metro Station in Moscow.
Russia`s largest interactive museum of animated film will open its doors this week in the capital. The one-off venue will be based at Moscow`s Polytechnic Museum.
The Russian presence in London will be as large as ever this autumn with a number of Russian films taking part in the London International Film Festival, including Aleksandr Sokurov`s award-winning Faust.
Director Aleksandr Sokurov, the only Russian participant at the 68th Venice Film Festival’s battle for the Golden Lions has premiered his Faust at the Lido on Thursday.
Moscow has opened its main book event for publishers and readers. Some 1,500 participants, over 200,000 books in dozens of languages and over 500 events await you at the All-Russian Exhibition Center and Gorky Park.
Experience the vision of the greatest documentary photographers of the 20th century. Moscow`s Garage Center for Contemporary Culture is set to open Leica-Academy - a series of master-classes with the legendary Magnum photographers.
Her voice is like fireworks, her charisma is captivating. The darling of the operatic stage, Russia`s Anna Netrebko, will open the new season at the Metropolitan Opera in the role of an ill-fated English queen.
Believe it or not, a legendary Russian conductor has become president. Maestro Valery Gergiev did not even have to forsake music for politics to become the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival.