Nadya Tolokonnikova News & Updates

In Russia, speaking out against the government is dangerous. So is singing

Nadya Tolokonnikova, a member of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot, knows how dangerous it ...

Oct 02, 2026 • Boise State Public Radio

She sang “Get rid of Putin” in a Moscow cathedral - Listen to what happened afterwards

Pussy Riot member Nadya Tolokonnikova recounts how a 2012 anti-Putin protest inside Moscow’s Cathe...

Oct 02, 2026 • TED on MSN

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova L.A. Installation “Police State” at MOCA Halted Amidst Downtown Protests and National Guard Deployment

Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the provocateur art collective Pussy Riot, found her new Los Ange...

Jun 12, 2025 • Deadline.com

Art Imitates Life: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova’s 10-Day Prison Performance at MOCA LA Exhibition

A decade after her highly publicized imprisonment in Russia, Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonniko...

Jun 06, 2025 • Deadline.com

Nadya Tolokonnikova Makes an Art of Rage

Installation view of RAGE at OK Linz. Pictured, Nadya Tolokonnikova, still from the video "Putin’s...

Jan 02, 2025 • Hyperallergic

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova talks UkraineDAO NFT and why she's 'really tired of the global community being complacent about what Putin does'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was almost exactly 10 years...

Mar 02, 2022 • Yahoo

Nadya Tolokonnikova’s Feminist Artwork Vandalized in Austrian Chapel

The Pussy Riot co-founder installed her "Sex Dolls" work in a deconsecrated chapel as part of an exh...

Dec 10, 2024 • Artnet

Nadya Tolokonnikova

Nadya Tolokonnikova, a Russian conceptual artist and political activist, gained international recogn...

Mar 01, 2024 • Observer

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova is reclaiming their body through sex work

As we gloss through the cover images for this story, Tolokonnikova (who’s nonbinary and uses she/t...

Dec 09, 2022 • Alternative Press

Nadya Tolokonnikova - Queerly Beloved

Join us for the 13th annual Queerly Beloved at 1015 Folsom, San Francisco's legendary queer undergro...

Jun 28, 2025 • SF Station

Three Generations of Feminist Artists Convened in Miami to Launch a Participatory NFT Project and a Reproductive Rights Protest

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova teamed up with Judy Chicago and Michele Pred on a pair of empowerin...

Dec 02, 2022 • Artnet

Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina Are No Longer Part Of Pussy Riot

Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina are incredibly brave women who went through a hell that the ...

Feb 05, 2014 • Under the Radar

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Placed on Russian “Wanted” List

Pussy Riot co-founder, activist, and conceptual artist Nadya Tolokonnikova has been placed on Russia...

Mar 29, 2023 • Hyperallergic

Das Pussy-Riot-Mitglied Nadya Tolokonnikova ist eine international bekannte Künstlerin. In Köln sind Ihre Werke jetzt zu sehen.

Das Pussy-Riot-Mitglied Nadya Tolokonnikova ist eine international bekannte Künstlerin. In Köln si...

Sep 04, 2026 • WDR

Exclusive: How Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Is Using Crypto to Fight for Equality

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Mar 03, 2022 • Time

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova on Reclaiming Her Prison Time Through Art

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Jun 20, 2025 • MSN

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova debuts ‘Punks Not Dead’ exhibition in Los Angeles

Nadya Tolokonnikova, famed co-founder of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, debuted her...

Jan 18, 2025 • Deadline.com

‘I Don’t Want to Give Up on Hope’: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Creating Art in Exile

Even the most radical, anarchic movements of their day are eventually canonized by institutional pow...

Jul 03, 2024 • Artnet

‘Putin Is Scared Of Artists’— Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova On Her Political Art And New Feminist Film ‘Hope’

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Mar 10, 2023 • Forbes

Nadya Tolokonnikova: Pussy Riot

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Oct 10, 2024 • Rochester Institute of Technology

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Is Placed on Russia’s Most Wanted List

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nadya Tolokonnikova, the found...

Mar 29, 2023 • Yahoo

Life’s A Bitch: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talks new album, ICE, and Only Fans

When art begets art, there’s no stopping the ferocity of flow, especially for a fierce female with...

Jun 17, 2026 • Yahoo

Pussy Riot: CYKA review – debut album from iconic Russian agitators is let down by blunt-force EDM

On a disappointing record helmed by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, corny guitars and generically mo...

Jun 12, 2026 • The Guardian

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova talks “audacious” debut album ‘CYKA’: “I want to cause trouble”

Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova has spoken to NME about the band’s “audacious” debut...

Jun 12, 2026 • NME

Nadya Tolokonnikova Builds a Prison of Her Own

Performance documentation of Nadya Tolokonnikova, "POLICE STATE" (2025) (photo by Yulia Shur, courte...

Jun 09, 2025 • Hyperallergic

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Shares Statement After Being Put on Russian Authorities’ Wanted List

Nadya Tolokonnikova, a founding member of Russian feminist punk band and protest performance artists...

Mar 29, 2023 • Yahoo

How Nadya Tolokonnikova turned her body into a missile

Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova channelled the ghosts of friends, her late mother, and a chil...

Jun 11, 2026 • The Line of Best Fit

Nadya Tolokonnikova, Creator of Pussy Riot, to Headline Benefit Event for the American Folk Art Museum

The American Folk Art Museum has announced an electrifying benefit event headlined by Nadya Tolokonn...

Apr 23, 2024 • BroadwayWorld

Pussy Riot to release debut album, share “CANDY DOPAMINE” (ft. Avenged Sevenfold)

Pussy Riot have announced that they will be releasing their debut full-length album. It is called CY...

Jun 02, 2026 • Punknews.org

Artists Are Protesting the Gender Pay Gap Through Billboards Across America

Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova recently launched a crypto organization to raise funds for...

Mar 13, 2022 • Hypebeast