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The Garage Museum in Moscow, Russia was reportedly raided by police last week – allegedly for housing pro-LGBTQ+ content. Reports emerged on Friday that Russian officials were raiding the Garage Museum. A channel of Russian news outlet…

UNESCO has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Odesa in Ukraine, which led to the destruction of heritage sites, in “the strongest terms”. Audrey Azoulay (Director-General, UNESCO) gave a detailed statement saying: “This…

The 3rd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Latvia (RIBOCA) has been canceled owing to the Russian ties of its founder. Ever since RIBOCA was founded, the Russian heritage of its founder Agniya Mirgorodskaya has been a…

Russian artist Ilya Kabakov, who always criticized the Soviet way of thinking through his raw and creative installations, died at the age of 89 on Saturday. His family confirmed his death on social media the same day. Ilya Kabakov made a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the return of Andrei Rublev’s Trinity to the Russian Orthodox Church, but art experts disagree. ‘Icon of the Holy Trinity’ is a 15th-century artwork created by Andrei Rublev. The painting,…

The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow has been asked by the Russian government to align with state ‘values’ after a complaint. The issue began after an alleged written complaint by a person named Sergei Shadrin. In the complaint, Shadrin…

German authorities seized 30 paintings, worth almost $5 million, from the superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The news of the seizure was first reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung on Monday. The works were seized from…

Russian museum director Yevgeny Roizman was the latest to be arrested for speaking against Russia’s war in Ukraine. Roizman is well-known as the founder and director of the Nevyansk Icon Museum in Yekaterinburg. He is also a former mayor…

A Sunday panel by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) strongly condemned the actions of its Russian members during the Ukraine invasion. The panel was hosted a day ahead of the 3-day General Conference Prague 2022. Titled…

The National Gallery in London has renamed a painting by Edgar Degas from “Russian dancers” to “Ukrainian dancers” after calls for correction. The early 20th-century painting features a dancing troupe, observed by Degas in Paris one…