
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.
Inaugural New York fair for Ukrainian artists wants to show that the country is ‘a solution, not a problem’
The event, called I Am U Are, is demonstrating that Ukraine’s creative industries are alive and kicking despite Russia’s invasion
How one year of Russian sanctions have shaped the art market
Businesses urged to tighten approach to client background checks as US subpoenas auction houses for sales records
US authorities seek forfeiture of $75m in luxury real estate linked to sanctioned Russian collector and the former director of his museum
Vladimir Voronchenko, the founding director of the Faberge Museum, has been indicted and named in a civil forfeiture complaint against billionaire Viktor Vekselberg as part of US efforts to crack down on sanctions evasion
US imposes sanctions on Russian culture minister
Olga Lyubimova, who has served as Russia’s top cultural official since 2020, was sanctioned by the European Union late last year
Ukraine benefit exhibition blossoms in Los Angeles
A pop-up exhibition in aid of Ukrainian relief efforts has opened in Los Angeles following a stint in New York
Moscow museum director removed after complaint against institution’s lack of ‘traditional Russian spiritual and moral values’
Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin
US authorities subpoena auction houses in effort to crack down on violations of Russian sanctions
Prosecutors in New York are seeking auction house sales information going back years in order to track potentially illicit transactions by sanctioned Russian collectors
Art trade benefits as wealthy Russians flock to sanction-free Dubai
The emirate, currently a haven for 'half of Moscow', is enjoying a post-pandemic economic boom
Russian artist flees LGBTQ crackdown
Yulia Tsvetkova was acquitted on charges of distributing gay ‘pornography’ but strict new laws have forced her to leave the country
Exhibitions in 2022: the best shows and major trends of the year
Big hitters were the subject of major shows, from Donatello in Florence to Faith Ringgold in New York and Alice Neel in Paris
Museums and heritage in 2022: industrial unrest, climate protests and damage to historic artefacts in Ukraine
New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany
The Year in Art: We take a look at 2022’s biggest stories—and what they mean
Plus, our writers sit down to discuss their favourite works of the year
How the war in Ukraine reveals the heightened politics of Unesco
Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month
Police detain group attempting to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wall
The work is one of seven the artist created in war-torn areas of the country last month
The last hurrah? Art world excess at Art Basel Miami Beach
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
Ukrainian Modernist masterpieces transported from Kyiv under missile fire find refuge in Madrid exhibition
Survey show at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza will open with an address by President Zelensky and a symposium calling for a European cultural deal with Ukraine
Banksy shares behind-the-scenes video of his Ukraine interventions
The secretive artist has dropped a short making-of documentary chronicling his guerilla interventions in war-torn Horenka
Fake video claims German auction house will raise funds for Ukraine by selling—and then destroying—Russian art
Bolland & Marotz in Bremen issued a statement this week saying it was "outraged" by the incident
New platform offers mentoring and financial aid to art students in Ukraine
Bursaries and a "Sister School" network of universities across Europe have been organised by UAx Platform to support war-affected Ukrainian students and staff
Banksy creates mural on bombed out building in Ukraine
The secretive artist apparently created a stencil of a gymnast amid the wreckage of a building in a city northwest of Kyiv
'We must accelerate efforts to protect Ukraine’s culture,' says British Council chief
Culture will be central to the country's recovery—enabling people to process trauma, share a common identity and articulate shared experiences
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky applies for Unesco World Heritage status for Odesa
The strategic Black Sea port city, home to a famous opera house and controversial Catherine the Great statue, has been the target of Russian bombing
What do exiled Russian art world figures think of the war? We spoke to three in Tbilisi to find out
A museum director, theatre director and artist describe the lack of hope—and warn that cultural sanctions may cause the intelligentsia to unite against the west
State Hermitage Museum curator quits over Russia's war in Ukraine
Dimitri Ozerkov, the head of the contemporary art department, made the announcement on Instagram after months of silence
Immersive Anne Imhof exhibition—planned for Moscow and cancelled due to war in Ukraine—opens in Amsterdam
The celebrated German artist has created an installation at the Stedelijk Museum that marks a step away from the elaborate performance works for which she is best known
Tbilisi Art Fair attempts to distance itself from Moscow politics
Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, exhibitors at the third edition of Georgia's premier commercial art event hoped to dispel the idea that the nation "exists on the periphery of Russia”
Former Dallas Contemporary director Peter Doroshenko to take the helm of New York’s Ukrainian Museum
Doroshenko, a Chicagoan of Ukrainian heritage, was the founding president of the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv and was the commissioner of the country’s Venice Biennale pavilion three times
First Cosmoscow fair since Russian invasion of Ukraine to open with no foreign galleries and internal complaints of censorship
“Understandably” no Ukrainian dealers applied to take part in the tenth anniversary edition of the Moscow fair
William MacDougall, founder of UK's largest Russian-focused auction house, has died
Founded in 2004, MacDougall's was the first international auction house to have representatives in Moscow and Kyiv