The Russian Committee of the International Museum Council has written to the Chairman of the Russian Government, Viktor Zubkov, lobbying him in respect of the scandal (and passim) surrounding the Tretyakov Gallery's Sotsart show. The letter apparently asks Zubkov to disregard the petition from multiple "social organisations" asking for TG director Valentin Rodionov's dismissal (RIA Novosti, in Russian).
Meanwhile, the Rodionov-Sokolov lawsuit has moved to a new court and the hearing date is now unknown (Lenta.ru, in Russian).
A Square of Russian Heroes has been opened in the park by the Central House of the Artist. The first hero honoured: Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the eponymous gun (RIA Novosti, in Russian).
Vasili Tsagolov's show in Tsekh Gallery, Kiev, reviewed in Kommersant (in Russian). This is not investment advice, it is simply a flight of fantasy by an unqualified observer, but if you want to put money into contemporary Ukrainian art, Tsagolov could be your guy.
And also in the Ukraine, someone has bought a canvas by Surikov in a second-hand shop (STB, in Russian). Apparently someone found a Malevich in an attic in Chernovtsy a year ago.
The latest station of the Moscow metro has opened: Sretensky Bulvar. I believe the images in the embrasures (not clear what the technique is) are by Ivan Lubennikov.
