
Russia-Ukraine war
On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Art Newspaper looks at the human and cultural costs of the conflict, the art world’s efforts to support displaced institutions and individuals, and how Ukraine’s built and artistic heritage has been used to tell the opposing narratives of war.
Canada imposes sanctions on director of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
Canada is the first country other than Ukraine to sanction Mikhail Piotrovsky for his support of Russia’s invasion
State Tretyakov Gallery employee killed on frontline
Vladislav Polenov first made the news after he was drafted in the partial mobilisation launched by President Vladimir Putin last September
'Cancelled' St Petersburg show honouring Timur Novikov finally opens—with censorship
Artists accuse the Russian Museum—which blames technical issues for the delay—of covering up parts of their works
Historic Kherson cathedral struck by Russian shelling
Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year
Kyiv Biennial 2023 to travel across Europe with focus on 'war and displacement'
This year's exhibition will first open in the capital and two other Ukrainian cities
Russian attacks on Odesa damage Orthodox cathedral
The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco
Ukraine's historic sites under threat from dam burst
A new report confirms flooding adjacent to the house museum of the self-trained Ukrainian artist Polina Rayko in Oleshky
Riga biennial cancelled after outcry over organisers' Russian links
The third Riboca had already been delayed twice because of the war in Ukraine
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on bringing her punk protest art and a prison cell to New Mexico
One of the Russian dissident collective’s co-founders, Tolokonnikova is showing Pussy Riot’s work and her own at Container, an art space in Santa Fe
Hermitage Amsterdam gets new name and three new museum partners
The museum, which broke ties with the St Petersburg museum after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will now be known as H’art
Russia's 'Trinity' icon to stay at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral for another month
Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century work, which was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church last month, will also no longer be restored at the State Tretyakov Gallery
Artists who stayed in Ukraine navigate cultural war and actual warfare in new documentary
“Rule of Two Walls”, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows artists in Ukraine after the launch of Russia’s invasion
Devastating dam collapse in Ukraine has apparently flooded house museum of late artist Polina Rayko
The self-taught painter's image of a dove has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance following Russia's 2022 invasion
Fragile Trinity icon installed at Moscow cathedral in time for Pentecost
President Putin ordered the transfer of the medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers
Russian authorities confirm that famous 'Trinity' icon will be transferred to church despite protests from restorers and art historians
The announcement that President Putin will return Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece has sparked criticism from experts due to its fragile condition
A pioneering Ukrainian American modernist’s wartime imagery gains new relevance
Janet Sobel has gained belated recognition for developing drip painting before Jackson Pollock, but a new exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum in New York focuses on her work during the Second World War
Putin now orders return of Russia's most precious icon to the church
Following the restitution of the silver Nevsky sarcophagus last week, the handover of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity has sparked concerns among conservators
Fire damages Russian cultural centre in Cyprus
Moscow officials describe that blaze as a "terrorist attack"
Now is the time to honour not censor Russia’s dissident artists
The director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, which is home to the world's foremost collection of Soviet nonconformist art, says recent calls to censor all Russian art in light of the war in Ukraine oversimplify the issue
Ukrainian artists reflect on Russia’s war at Expo Chicago
Kyiv-based Voloshyn Gallery is showing works by two emerging Ukrainian artists on its stand at Expo Chicago
Pro-Putin Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky speaks out again in support of war in Ukraine
The veteran Russian museum chief tells Kremlin newspaper that war is “a means of cultural exchange”
Unesco chief vows to help rebuild Ukraine’s heritage and culture—but $6.9bn investment is needed
Audrey Azoulay met President Zelensky and toured sites in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Odesa during an official visit to the country this week
What has happened to visitor numbers at Russian museums since the start of the war?
As Russia leaves the world cultural stage following its invasion of Ukraine, we look at how its art institutions have reacted
Inaugural New York fair for Ukrainian artists wants to show that the country is ‘a solution, not a problem’
The event, called I Am U Are, is demonstrating that Ukraine’s creative industries are alive and kicking despite Russia’s invasion
How one year of Russian sanctions have shaped the art market
Businesses urged to tighten approach to client background checks as US subpoenas auction houses for sales records
US authorities seek forfeiture of $75m in luxury real estate linked to sanctioned Russian collector and the former director of his museum
Vladimir Voronchenko, the founding director of the Faberge Museum, has been indicted and named in a civil forfeiture complaint against billionaire Viktor Vekselberg as part of US efforts to crack down on sanctions evasion
US imposes sanctions on Russian culture minister
Olga Lyubimova, who has served as Russia’s top cultural official since 2020, was sanctioned by the European Union late last year
Ukraine benefit exhibition blossoms in Los Angeles
A pop-up exhibition in aid of Ukrainian relief efforts has opened in Los Angeles following a stint in New York
Moscow museum director removed after complaint against institution’s lack of ‘traditional Russian spiritual and moral values’
Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin
US authorities subpoena auction houses in effort to crack down on violations of Russian sanctions
Prosecutors in New York are seeking auction house sales information going back years in order to track potentially illicit transactions by sanctioned Russian collectors