Ukraine

The ascendancy of the new Pope Leo XIV was marked by a gift from President Zelenksyy and appreciation of a van Gogh. On Sunday, after the first Sunday mass since his ascendancy as the new Holy Father, Pope Leo met with Volodymyr…

UNESCO has granted enhanced protection status to two Ukrainian heritage sites affected by the ongoing war. Amidst the Russian attack on Ukraine which has continued for almost three years, the cultural wing of the United Nations has…

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 Director-General of UNESCO has announced an aid of $10 million for the restoration of the art landscape in Ukraine. Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of UNESCO, had a two-day tour of the country earlier this week. Joined by…

To mark the first anniversary of the ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine has issued postal stamps with a Banksy mural on them. The mural was painted outside a burnt building in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, in November last year. It…

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…