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.
Sanctions on Russian oligarchs put focus on assets and art stowed away in Swiss freeports
Legal loopholes of secretive customs complexes are in the spotlight again as pressure ramps up on Russian owned assets
Unesco under pressure to pull world heritage meeting from Russia
UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Has the art market recovered? A deep dive into the Art Basel/UBS report
Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie
Hermitage branch in Amsterdam rebrands after cutting ties with Russia
The venue has reopened with an exhibition series focusing on Dutch masterpieces, starting with Vermeer’s Milkmaid
How a Berlin artist-led collective is helping Ukraine’s marginalised refugees
Bridges over Borders aims to address structural disadvantages faced by BiPOC and LGBTQ+ refugees
Ukrainian government sells NFTs combining art and tweets to fund army
The drop comes from the Meta History Museum of War, the official collection of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation
The G7 countries have banned art exports to Russia—we asked legal experts what this really means
While it is still legal to sell art to a Russian individual, conducting business with anyone on a sanctions list could result in fines or a prison sentence
‘Let’s stop this war’: the plight of Ukrainian gallerists and what they are doing to help their artists
Following the Russian invasion, some art dealers and their artists have left the country, some have stayed—but all are finding ways to help their compatriots
Letter from the editor | 'Culture can build bridges, but it can also man the barricades'
As the war in Ukraine unfolds, The Art Newspaper continues to strive to make its coverage truthful, informative, illuminating and impactful, says its editor Alison Cole
Sotheby’s and Ketterer Kunst among auction houses to ban some Russian buyers
The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence
'Ukrainian culture is alive as long as there are people ready to defend it'
Art workers in the war-torn country have created a territory of hope amid the terror of war
Culture in the crossfire: Ukraine's key monuments and museums at risk of destruction in the war
Museum staff, heritage custodians and volunteers are racing against time to safeguard the country's cultural treasures, many of which, ironically, are connected to Russia
French museums rally to protect art collections in Ukraine with truckload of emergency supplies
A delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials was organised by Icom France
Australian artist couple pack up their video cameras and head to Ukraine to film impact of war
George Gittoes and Hellen Rose will create a large “peace mural” in Kyiv and develop collaborative videos and performances with locals
Russian dealers make way for Ukrainian galleries at Liste fair in June
Fragment and Osnova galleries will give their stands to The Naked Room and Voloshyn from Kyiv
Korean exhibition organisers refuse to return Russian works early
A museum in Yekaterinburg sent 63 pieces to a show on the Russian avant-garde at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul—and now wants them back
Mariupol museum dedicated to 19th-century artist Arkhip Kuindzhi destroyed by airstrike, according to local media
Ukrainian port city has been under constant bombardment since the outbreak of the war with Russia in February
Glass art about animals in the Chornobyl exclusion zone takes on new edge
Sibylle Peretti’s glass sculptures, on view in New York and Washington, focus on the wildlife around the Ukrainian nuclear plant that has been taken over by the Russian military
How Poland's museum community is stepping up to support Ukrainian colleagues
Cultural institutions in the neighbouring country are sending emergency aid and housing refugees
German museums offer curator jobs to Ukrainian and Russian refugees
Berlin-based Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is supporting roles for a one-year period
Russia bombs Mariupol art school sheltering 400 civilians, Ukraine claims
Women, children and elderly residents were among those in the G12 Art School building that was destroyed this weekend, according to local authorities
JR creates giant photo installation of five-year-old Ukrainian refugee Valeriia in city of Lviv
Street artist made the work for the cover of Time magazine
UK sanctions Russian oligarch behind major Fabergé egg loan to V&A exhibition
Ukrainian-born mining billionaire Viktor Vekselberg lent the first Imperial Easter egg to the London museum through his foundation
Russia has shut down Instagram—what now for its online art community?
On Monday, Moscow branded the Meta company an "extremist organisation", effectively criminalising the use of Instagram and Facebook in the country
Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams call off Russian art auctions in response to war in Ukraine
The sales, popular with London-based Russians and regional collectors in Russia alike, had been scheduled for June
France launches €1m fund to help Ukrainian and ‘dissident Russian’ artists fleeing war
Culture ministry initiative will offer three-month residencies and an emergency telephone service
Museum building heavily damaged in Ukraine's battle-ravaged city of Chernihiv
Director has been posting emotional updates on Facebook as Russian forces shell area
European institutions pull loans from Moscow exhibition about the history of duels
Museums in the UK, France, Austria and Spain recalled their works, effectively postponing the Moscow Kremlin Museums exhibition indefinitely
Historic Ukrainian monastery—sheltering hundreds of refugees—narrowly escapes destruction after Russian air strike
Cathedral building has suffered external damage as bombs land 50m away