Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the historic centre of Lviv join Odesa on Unesco’s endangered list

Blue Shield workers have been able to access and gather evidence in destroyed cultural buildings and heritage sites in Ukraine. What have they found?

Appeal brings artists and institutions together to raise funds to support survivors and long-term reconstruction

Around 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced following attacks, and efforts to restore shrines and other buildings have stalled due to ongoing security concerns and a lack of funding

Conservators are raising the alarm in the ancient Turkish city as seismologists warn that an earthquake is all but inevitable within the next two decades

Admission will be raised by €1 to support relief efforts in the affected Emilia-Romagna region

At least 13 people have died and thousands have been evacuated as the Emilia-Romagna region battles its worst floods in 100 years

Many archaeological landmarks and religious sites in the region have been heavily damaged or destroyed

Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket

Art organisations and artists are rallying to provide money for disaster relief in the region

The Art Newspaper probes the complex issues arising from the removal of the Kherson Museum’s collection, sent to Crimea for “safekeeping”

Images show disappearance of churches and cemeteries in the Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhchivan regions at the centre of the largely ignored conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Different methods of protecting heritage during times of war are explored with mixed success in this challenging read

Culture will be central to the country's recovery—enabling people to process trauma, share a common identity and articulate shared experiences

Ukrainian culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko says buildings have been damaged including the Khanenko Art Museum and the Kyiv Art Gallery

The Unesco World Heritage Site is closed while conservators assess the damage to the almost 1,000 ancient statues, while the island's mayor claims the fire was started deliberately

While some museums and art spaces escaped largely unscathed—thanks to a mix of thorough preparation and meteorological luck—others in the most devastated areas remain unreachable

As Unesco pledges $350,000 to safeguard sites, questions are raised about the country’s long-term commitment to restoring and protecting key locations in the face of the climate crisis

Dating from the ninth to the 13th century, the stelae were once considered sacred

The pieces include paintings by Frederic Leighton, John Everett Millais and Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The International Council of Museums says revised protocol will allow it to more readily “address conflicts”—and could lead to the expulsion of Russia from the organisation

Exhibition builds on a project to document Ukraine's monumental and contested public art created during Soviet era

The Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine, a popular pilgrimage destination, collapsed on 20 August after rubble from a landslide struck its roof

Plus, the Cezanne blockbuster at The Art Institute of Chicago and Nicola L.’s Gold Femme Commode at Alison Jacques

These five missing paintings might still survive—possibly looted and secreted away

The titanium People’s Friendship Arch above the statue will remain but be renamed the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People

Amid Russia’s savagery we must maintain a clear ethical stance when intervening to protect culture

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

Culture ministry earmarks EU pandemic recovery funds to mitigate the impact of future disasters on religious buildings around the country

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