Ukraine

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 Venice Biennale has announced an open-air exhibition for Ukrainian artists, in support of the country, merely days before the formal opening. The Piazza Ucraina, the said exhibition, will be curated by the curators of the existing…

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…

The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has committed $2.5 million for Ukrainian artists affected by the war, as well as at-risk Ukranian heritage sites. The New York-based foundation announced on Wednesday that it will donate the said amount…

Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the latter will launch an NFT museum to preserve the history and culture of Ukraine. Alex Bornyakov (Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Ukraine) revealed the plans for the museum on Twitter. Titled…

The Kuindzhi Art Museum, dedicated to Ukrainian painter Arkhip Kuindzhi, has been reportedly destroyed in the Russian bombardment of Maripaul. The news of the museum's destruction was first broken by the Ukrainian website Local History.…

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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, France has withdrawn 15 artworks set to appear in an exhibition at Kremlin Museum in Moscow. The exhibition at Kremlin Museum, titled “The Duel: From Trial by Combat to a Noble Crime”, was set…

A number of paintings of renowned Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko were reportedly burnt during a Russian attack on Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum. The news came from a social media post by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…