Little Miss Sunshine
An exhibition of works by the youngest professional painter in the world, Aelita Andre, a four-year-old abstract painter of Russian origin, has opened in a SoHo gallery in New York.
Symphony music sweeps Moscow
The next edition of the Festival of the World`s Symphony Orchestras dedicated to the Day of Russia has opened in Moscow. The world`s top conductors will lead the best East European orchestras this year.
Moscow Film Festival announces its program
The main cinema event is set to kick off in the capital. The 33rd annual Moscow International Film Festival, which will run from June 23 through July 2, has announced its program for this summer.
Life through genuine Lolita glasses
Two portable typewriters, a selection of books and a butterfly net┘ What could serve as evidence to an unsolved crime in an Agatha Christie story is in fact the cherished legacy left behind by the author of Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.
Healed by art, happy on demand
Fed up with your daily routine? In search of inspiration? Head to the Art Healing Ministry in New York, where the quintessential conceptual artist - Russian-born Alexander Melamid - will help you recover with a twist of irony.
Main architecture festival opens in Moscow
Arch Moscow, the oldest and largest architectural event in the capital, which combines a commercial exhibition with an architecture festival, is being held in the city`s Central House of Artists for the 16th time.
Bernini`s Medusa comes to Moscow
The head of Medusa by genius baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini is the next in line in a series of mono-displays of Italian artistic masterpieces in Moscow.
Kremlin`s Armory Chamber comes to Florence
Jewels form the Moscow Kremlin`s Armory Chamber are on display in the Florentine Palazzo Pitti in exchange for the Medici Treasures that are currently on tour in Moscow.
Celebrating theatre art: Chekhov Festival kicks of in Moscow
On May 25 the Mossovet State Theatre is opening the latest jubilee edition of the Chekhov International Theatre Festival.
Flashback to the tragedy
The deadly 2002 siege of the Moscow Dubrovka theatre has become the backbone of a new performance being staged in New York.
Shakira to play her first solo gig in Moscow
Whenever, Wherever? No, not this time! Precisely on May 24 at Moscow`s Olympiisky Arena. One of the brightest Latin-American pop stars, Colombian beauty Shakira is heading to Moscow with a gig in support of her latest album The Sun Comes Out.
Elena admired at Cannes
A cinematic virtuoso, Russia`s Andrey Zvyagintsev, has picked up a Special Jury Prize for his latest drama Elena, which was screened at the world`s most prestigious film festival, at Cannes.
Florentine treasures on display in Kremlin
The exhibition that offers to see the collection of arts and sophisticated handiwork that used to belong to the well-known Florentine dynasty, Medici, is opening in the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin.
Tolstoy`s library nominated for UNESCO Memory of the World Register
The personal library of Russian writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoy has been included on the list of over 80 of this year`s nominees for the Memory of the World Register List of the United Nations culture agency.
Sarkozy`s story turned into film
One of the films gaining the biggest buzz on the French Riviera has been described broadly as "the story of a man gaining power and losing his wife."
Moscow gets first private Museum of Jewish History
The first private Museum of Jewish History has opened in Moscow. The museum`s collection covers more than 200 years of the history of Jewish life in Russia from the late 18th century through to the late-Soviet period.
Saudi heritage on display at Hermitage
An exhibition of the archaeological treasures of Saudi Arabia has opened at St. Petersburg`s Hermitage Museum.
Climbing the tree of life
Film buffs from around the world lined up from the early morning to get into the world premiere of "The Tree of Life," the latest drama from US director Terrence Malick and a candidate for the Golden Palm award at Cannes.
London to celebrate legend of Russian ballet
A ballet extravaganza will take over London as the London Coliseum will host a gala celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th Century - Galina Ulanova.
Cinema has to do with pain and fear
One of the world`s most radical directors, the man behind "The Isle," South Korean Kim Ki-duk, presented his latest drama in Cannes.
Heavy metal veterans say goodbye to Russia
A German band that imprinted their names on the souls of several generations of Russians are beginning their farewell tour across the country on Thursday.
Russian artist with a Japanese soul
An exhibition dedicated to the 125th anniversary of an outstanding avant-garde artist who is responsible for the Russian translation of the famous "The Manifesto of Futurists" has opened at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Russian Sparrow hopes to soar to Eurovision finals
The future of the Russian contestant in the next Eurovision Song Contest is to be decided on Tuesday night. Aleksey Vorobyov, who took the stage name Alex Sparrow, will sing his "Get You" entry, under number seven.
Russian children`s magazine - the world▓s oldest
Murzilka, a monthly literary and art publication for children aged 6 to 12, has been listed by the Guinness World Records as the longest running children`s magazine in the world.
Easter Festival`s concert crowns Victory Day
Moscow`s Easter Festival, the brainchild of the celebrated maestro Valery Gergiev has come to an end with a closing concert in the capital`s Poklonnaya Gora, the traditional area for Victory Day festivities.