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

A photograph of the "egg" has yet to be released, leading to heightened speculation

As Russia's war continues, conservation is proving impossible—but heritage groups, priests and volunteers are doing their best to document the destruction

But the artist's mother warns that worst is not over as prosecutors can still appeal for a resentencing

Cultural understanding “cancelled” as Russia withdraws from 1998 memorandum and museums wind down “all direct communications and collaborative work”

Born in the Soviet Union, the artist reflects on how works by her and husband Ilya have taken on new meaning since the war

St. Petersburg museum also announces “a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the US”

Works by Oleksandr Bohomazov, priced up to €1.75m, will be presented by James Butterwick and Modernism galleries

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

Sites are suffering widespread destruction, but a coalition of organisations is working to provide evidence of deliberate targeting by Russian forces

Tsvetkova, who is currently on trial on charges of disseminating pornography, is one of a growing cohort of dissidents to be labeled 'foreign agents'

Aleksandr Shkolnik was added to list of sanctioned individuals by the UK and Australia, and is the first Russian museum director to be targeted

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

Alekhina has been arrested six times in the past year for protesting against Putin and the Kremlin

The artist, who has widely been accused of being a fascist, believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will free the country from "a Nazi dictatorship”

Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine

A curator at the Melitopol Museum of Local History has also been kidnapped, according to local reports

Fleeing the war with Russia, hundreds of artists have headed to the Zakarpattia region in the west of the country

In April and May, the auction house will sell works to support the World Monuments Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières and CORE, the relief organisation founded by Sean Penn

Politicians said it mocked a monument to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War

Vladimir Putin’s deputy chief of staff will put $12.1m towards helping cultural projects that have been targeted due to “their patriotism and loyalty to the country” since the invasion of Ukraine

Sasha Skochilenko replaced price tags with news reports about bombings in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

Town of Trostianets has pushed out the Russian army but has suffered widespread destruction

The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan

The unidentified artist is pictured in front of Moscow monuments laying face down, hands tied behind his back in a pose that has become synonymous with the atrocities

Mikhail Piotrovksy, who has been criticised for his silence on the war in Ukraine, says the museum will continue its international projects outside Europe

The venue has reopened with an exhibition series focusing on Dutch masterpieces, starting with Vermeer’s Milkmaid

The drop comes from the Meta History Museum of War, the official collection of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation

The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence

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