Once known for its celebrity-filled opening parties, the Kyiv institution now foregrounds stories of survival and resilience in wartime Ukraine

In this week's episode, Ben Luke discusses an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, learns about Paula Rego's interest in Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, and explores a floral still life by Gluck featured in a new group exhibition at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge.

Suspended from a crane, the work is meant as a metaphor for the country's ongoing precarious situation during the war

Targeted attacks on electric and water supplies amid freezing conditions are further complicating the work of cultural organisations

Artists Lana Chornohorska and Yurii Kostyshyn and philosophy student Timofey Anufriev have all died in recent weeks

The Beijing-born artist and activist has recently spent time near the front line in Ukraine and is unveiling a major new commission in Kyiv—a large-scale installation responding to armed conflict—as well as a site-specific intervention made from Lego on a Ukrainian train

As Ukraine’s president prepared for a high-stakes visit to Washington, DC, the Chinese artist and activist visited Eastern Ukraine

Syria is set to receive $5m including for Palmyra, while a further $9m has been earmarked to address the impact of climate change on heritage, mainly in Africa

The video and installation artist donated her prize money to the Ukrainian armed forces

While physically defending their country, Ukrainian artist’s work provides oxygen for urgent issues that demand attention and dialogue, writes Björn Geldhof, the artistic director of the PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv

The work will travel across Ukraine, emblazoned across a passenger train

Coalition of Cultural Workers says more than three million objects remain in endangered areas

Celebrating the life and work of the Australian performance artist, how Ukrainian artists and institutions are continuing to resist, and a close look at a pair of works from an Oslo exhibition

UN heritage body grants 'provisional enhanced protection' to the Odessa Literary Museum and the National Historical and Memorial Reserve Babyn Yar

A ceremony to announce the award, which had been delayed by Russia's full-scale invasion, was held in Kyiv last week

Satellite imagery and geospatial analysis reveals extent of damage to sites in occupied region

In the midst of an ongoing war, the PinchukArtCentre’s Future Generation Prize will award $100,000 to one of 21 shortlisted artists

An additional $1m in funding for preservation and conservation efforts follows new import restrictions to help curb Russia’s looting and trafficking of Ukraine’s heritage

The satellite fair’s new director visited Kyiv in the spring to forge partnerships with artists and dealers there

Through Vatican mediation, the museum researcher was freed alongside nine others earlier this summer

Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been transformed by Russia into a “historical and archaeological park”

Mariupol museum’s Oleksandr Hore, trapped in Odesa, is documenting losses and monitoring looting

“Some of the works that we’re selling here, I’m very confident that in three years they will double in price,” says Mriya gallery founder Artem Yalanskiy

Alina Dotsenko of the Kherson Art Museum explains how her team is working to find stolen objects

Edward Akrout is launching Kyiv Art Sessions at the Old Sessions House this weekend

Meanwhile, the Royal Academy in London prepares to launch a major survey of Ukrainian Modernist art in the wake of Russia’s invasion

In tributes, friends and colleagues described him as “icon of the Ukrainian queer underground” and “a holy man”

More than 100 Ukrainian museum professionals, meeting in Berlin, pledge to rebuild a modern, inclusive cultural sector

The Pereyaslav Rada sculpture celebrates a historical agreement between the two nations

President Zelensky's wife gave a video address to visitors of the show in Venice