Irina Burmistrova

For Melbourne-based visual artist and sculptor Nina Sanadze, the Georgian Civil War of the early 1990s remains a painful memory. Born in the former Soviet state of Georgia, Ms Sanadze migrated to Australia in 1996.   The Churchie Emerging Art Prize 2021 winner's latest artwork, “Call to Peace”, is a replica of a similarly named monument by the Soviet sculptor Valentin Topuridze, which was installed atop a theatre in the Georgian town of Chiaturi i…

Georgia is becoming a sanctuary for Russian migrants who say they can no longer live and pay taxes in a country aggressively at war, and where they risk arrest, unemployment and isolation from the rest of the world.

The Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale may sit silent and empty but a new monument has been installed outside in honour of the victims of Russian and Soviet terror, both past and present. In late October, Soviet-born, Melbourne-based visual artist and sculptor, Nina Sanadze, went to Venice to participate in an event organised by one of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Russian civil society known as Memorial. The 2022 Peace Prize was jointly awarded to human rights advocate,…

The Australian Open tennis tournament opened on Sunday in Melbourne. Hear about this year's changes, Australian and Russian-speaking players. Last year's tournament champion Arina Sabalenka invited community representatives to the matches.

Boris Grebenshchikov and BG+ will have three gigs Australia. In an interview with SBS Russian, Boris Borisovich explains why Aquarium became BG+ and talks about music, truth, Russia, Australia, freedom and non-freedom.

Julia Leontyev is a Melbourne based artist originally from Odessa. “Every job I do is a search. I'm going through a tunnel and entering into a different reality,” she says.

One of our finest artists Vincent Namatjira painted the portrait of the country's richest woman Gina Rinehart. She reportedly wants it gone.

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) hosts the Pharaoh exhibition, dedicated to three thousand years of ancient Egyptian art and culture. The exhibition was created in partnership with the British Museum as part of the Winter Masterpieces series. Listen about the exhibition and other important…

This year, her turtle won an international soft toy competition in Germany and won a Teddy Oscar. Listen to the interview about lives of teddy-makers, the Teddy Bear Bazaar exhibition, and the collection of Australian animals as Vikings.

How was Wi-Fi invented? Why did they grow a mould room at the institute? Who gifted people the joy of hearing? And what does this have to do with shells on the beach? The second season of the podcast "Koo-koo, kookaburra!" is all about Australian inventions. Audio in Russian only.