Prosecutors Seek Prison Time for Art Curators
Prosecutors asked Moscow's Tagansky District Court on Monday to sentence Yury Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeyev , who are accused of inciting religious hatred by organizing an art exhibit, to three years in prison, Interfax reported.
Apparent Demise of AMG Hits Russia?s Arts Publishing Industry
Anyone browsing Russian newsstands for an art magazine to read on the long flight or train ride home would be forgiven for thinking that Russians just don?t care about the subject.
Deichtorhallen Shows Works by Leading Russian-Ukrainian Sergey Bratkov
A man passes the photo series 'Army Girls' by Russian photo artist Sergey Bratkov in the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, 17 June 2010. The exhibitions 'Heldenzeiten' ('Times of Heroes') by Bratkov and 'Silent Wishes' by Japanese Nobuyoshi Araki can be visited from 18 June to 29 August 2010. EPA/FABIAN BIMMER.
What the Russian papers say
Costly pleasures: The fifth-generation fighter / Invest in real economy, not stocks, urges Shuvalov / Eastern Overtures: Poland votes for Russia / Moscow film festival opens with little pomp and ceremony / Russia to be flooded with spam
California museum celebrates French Art Deco cars
OXNARD, Calif. -- Outside, it's just another building in an Oxnard office park -- though it's the only one flying the flags of the U.S. and France. Inside, it's an homage to automotive luxury, an assemblage of French Art Deco cars of the 1930s and 1940s with such fabled names as Hispano-Suiza, Delahaye and Delage.
Business Is Brisk at Basel Art Fair
Art Basel, the holy grail of contemporary art fairs, opened in Switzerland on Thursday and is as big and boisterous as ever, with galleries from 37 countries.
