Sophia Kishkovsky
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
Fabergé egg allegedly found by US officials on $300m yacht seized from Russia oligarch
A photograph of the "egg" has yet to be released, leading to heightened speculation
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
Russian artist Yulia Tsvetkova—who faced six years in prison on pornography charges for her drawings—is acquitted in court
But the artist's mother warns that worst is not over as prosecutors can still appeal for a resentencing
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”
'Art will go back underground': artist Emilia Kabakov on the war in Ukraine and the fate of the Russian art world
Born in the Soviet Union, the artist reflects on how works by her and husband Ilya have taken on new meaning since the war
‘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”
One of Ukraine's leading avant-garde artists to get major presentation at Tefaf Maastricht
Works by Oleksandr Bohomazov, priced up to €1.75m, will be presented by James Butterwick and Modernism galleries
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
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
Russian justice ministry declares feminist artist Yulia Tsvetkova a 'foreign agent'
Tsvetkova, who is currently on trial on charges of disseminating pornography, is one of a growing cohort of dissidents to be labeled 'foreign agents'
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
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
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
Alexey Beliayev-Guintovt—a Putin supporter who is one of Russia's best-known artists—discusses why he is happy his country's art market is in ruins
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”
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
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
Ukrainian artists find sanctuary in residencies in the Carpathian mountains
Fleeing the war with Russia, hundreds of artists have headed to the Zakarpattia region in the west of the country
Christie's aims to raise $1m for Ukraine in string of benefit sales
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
Russian artist Oleg Kulik faces prosecution for 'rehabilitating Nazism' with sculpture shown at Art Moscow
Politicians said it mocked a monument to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War
Russia boosts arts funding as sanctions start to bite
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
St Petersburg artist faces prison after anti-war protest in grocery store
Sasha Skochilenko replaced price tags with news reports about bombings in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol
Ukrainian cultural site where Tchaikovsky once composed music damaged by Russian forces
Town of Trostianets has pushed out the Russian army but has suffered widespread destruction
Finland seizes €42m of art en route back to Russia
The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan
Russian artist stages protest performance against Bucha massacre
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
Isolated by Russia boycotts, Hermitage director calls for 'cultural bridges between the nations'
Mikhail Piotrovksy, who has been criticised for his silence on the war in Ukraine, says the museum will continue its international projects outside Europe
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
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
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
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