Bread and Soviet circuses – a letter from Baku
The artist Taus Makhacheva is fascinated by the subversive side of an art form that found great favour in the USSR
A wacky Wunderkammer in Los Angeles
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is full of natural and man-made curiosities that inspire genuine wonder
The museums of Belgrade are well worth a visit – now that they’ve finally reopened
After years of closure, the National Museum in Belgrade and MoCAB are both open again
How the city of Kyiv is reckoning with its Soviet past
This year’s Kyiv Art Week celebrated a creative renaissance in the Ukrainian capital, but difficult questions about the city’s architectural heritage remain
Royal pets and Russian revolutionaries
Two exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich demonstrate the gulf between royal and popular culture in the build-up to and aftermath of the 1917 revolution
The James Turrell cure for election day blues
‘Hopefully some nice, trippy light installations will take my mind off the madness’
Letter from Moscow
Does Moscow now have its Tate Modern, in the new Garage Museum of Contemporary Art?