
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.
Twitter storm erupts over Ukrainian president's Vogue photoshoot with Annie Leibovitz
Some say the images, alongside First Lady Olena Zelenska, are in poor taste as the battle with Russia continues while others argue it will promote Ukraine's cause
The plight of women artists impacted by the Russian invasion explored in New York exhibition
The show at Fridman Gallery features the work of artists who have faced emotional and logistical difficulties due to war
PinchukArtCentre reopens in Kyiv with exhibition of photographs documenting cost of war with Russia
Private museum opens doors for first time since Russia invaded Ukraine
Russian embassy takes offence at Vladimir Putin clown and rainbow picture
Russian officials in Switzerland say they are “outraged” by LGBTQ connection and “war criminal” label
Ukrainian churches and places of worship devastated by war
As Russia's war continues, conservation is proving impossible—but heritage groups, priests and volunteers are doing their best to document the destruction
Cold War era returns as cultural ties are severed between Russia and US
Cultural understanding “cancelled” as Russia withdraws from 1998 memorandum and museums wind down “all direct communications and collaborative work”
The romantic story behind a Russian photographer's version of Klimt's Kiss painting, restaged for Ukraine
Andrey Kezzyn recounts how hearing a tale of two lovers separated by the war spurred him to remake the famous art historical image
‘No one can interfere with our offensive’: Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky compares Russian export of culture to country’s ‘operation’ in Ukraine
St. Petersburg museum also announces “a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the US”
British Council teams up with Ukrainian Institute to provide nine-month platform for creatives from besieged nation
The initiative marks 30 years of formal cultural relations between the two countries
New St Petersburg fair launches during Art Basel as Russia’s art scene copes with new reality
The new 1703 contemporary art fair, sponsored by the Kremlin-controlled Gazprom, overlaps exactly with the Swiss fair, which has long been a destination for Russian collectors
Ukrainian bride performance erupts onto Art Basel's Messeplatz
Russia-Ukraine war enters the spotlight at the Swiss fair with Isagus Toche's Chernobyl Bride work
Is Ukraine's cultural heritage under coordinated attack?
Sites are suffering widespread destruction, but a coalition of organisations is working to provide evidence of deliberate targeting by Russian forces
Ukraine misses out on UK cultural protection money
British Council has so far failed to get extra emergency funding to save ravaged heritage
Director of Moscow’s Second World War museum says he is ‘proud’ to be sanctioned over war in Ukraine
Aleksandr Shkolnik was added to list of sanctioned individuals by the UK and Australia, and is the first Russian museum director to be targeted
Seized antiquities sent from Ukraine to go on show at British Museum
Hoard of medieval metalwork had been illegally mailed to the UK, and will be sent to Kyiv museum when safe to do so
Russian Fabergé treasures from V&A show still being held in UK because of sanctions over Ukraine
Among the pieces are the first Fabergé Egg and a golden cigarette box made for the Rothschild family, which were both acquired by the oligarch Viktor Vekselberg
Ukraine fundraiser shines intriguing light on art, wealth—and a flexible approach to morality
'Brave Ukraine' event—presided over by Christie’s and held at Tate Modern—shows a cultural crowd keen to distance itself from the oligarchs it once wooed
Georgian galleries unite for first Tbilisi Gallery Weekend in support of Ukraine
Commercial spaces will exhibit and sell works made by artists during Russia’s invasion
Masterpieces from Morozov collection return to Russia from France—but three works have been retained
Around 200 valuable works had to be sent in five convoys of six trucks across Europe as war in Ukraine hampers shipping
Ukrainian artists stage war crimes exhibition at Russia House in Davos for World Economic Forum
Show opens ahead of Ukrainian President Zelenksy's address at the global summit
Venice gets political: how the art world's biggest stage has become a focal point for Ukrainian protests
From demonstrations to a presidential address, the Biennale city continues to be a creative platform to criticise Russia's war
'Malevich is not Russian': activist group takes to Instagram to demand that Ukrainian heritage is recognised
Student-run Shadows Project aims to defend Ukraine’s cultural history and has in its sights Western institutions that identify Ukrainian art and artists as Russian
Australian artist creates mural in Ukrainian city of Odessa, comparing Putin to bloodthirsty warlord from The Hobbit
The work was made in collaboration with local poet Viktor Solodchuk
A Russian collective brings artists from Ukraine and Russia to a residency in New York
The Russian artist Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov and Ukrainian artist Pavlo Grazhdanskij are currently residents at ISCP in Brooklyn thanks to sponsorship from the collective AES+F
What will happen to sanctioned Russian oligarch’s Fabergé treasure, now V&A's show has closed?
The return of the Easter Egg on loan to the UK from Viktor Vekselberg’s Panamanian company could well now be complicated
Pussy Riot's Masha Alekhina flees Russia disguised as a food courier (aided by Ragnar Kjartansson)
Alekhina has been arrested six times in the past year for protesting against Putin and the Kremlin
Paintings rescued from Ukraine—by being rolled up in drainpipes—offered in Sotheby's humanitarian fundraising sale
Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine
Kyiv museum curators bravely criticise war by telling stories of its collection's historic objects
Online articles by staff at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine show how items resonate with the war-torn country
Russians are selling art to fund the war in Ukraine—and not all of it appears to be real
An allegedly fake Kandinsky and NFTs of Ukrainian cities' coats of arms are among the works being offered to support Putin's aggression
Russian forces reportedly stole valuable art from museums in Melitopol and Mariupol
A curator at the Melitopol Museum of Local History has also been kidnapped, according to local reports