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.
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?
Damaging any of the sites inscribed in the agency's new list qualifies as a ‘serious violation’ to the 1954 Hague Convention
Andrei Vitalievich Maglin is holding thousands of works from the Ukrainian city of Kherson
Canada is the first country other than Ukraine to sanction Mikhail Piotrovsky for his support of Russia’s invasion
Vladislav Polenov first made the news after he was drafted in the partial mobilisation launched by President Vladimir Putin last September
Artists accuse the Russian Museum—which blames technical issues for the delay—of covering up parts of their works
Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year
This year's exhibition will first open in the capital and two other Ukrainian cities
The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco
A new report confirms flooding adjacent to the house museum of the self-trained Ukrainian artist Polina Rayko in Oleshky
The third Riboca had already been delayed twice because of the war in Ukraine
One of the Russian dissident collective’s co-founders, Tolokonnikova is showing Pussy Riot’s work and her own at Container, an art space in Santa Fe
The museum, which broke ties with the St Petersburg museum after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will now be known as H’art
Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century work, which was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church last month, will also no longer be restored at the State Tretyakov Gallery
“Rule of Two Walls”, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows artists in Ukraine after the launch of Russia’s invasion
The self-taught painter's image of a dove has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance following Russia's 2022 invasion
President Putin ordered the transfer of the medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers
The announcement that President Putin will return Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece has sparked criticism from experts due to its fragile condition
Janet Sobel has gained belated recognition for developing drip painting before Jackson Pollock, but a new exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum in New York focuses on her work during the Second World War
Following the restitution of the silver Nevsky sarcophagus last week, the handover of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity has sparked concerns among conservators
Moscow officials describe that blaze as a "terrorist attack"
The director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, which is home to the world's foremost collection of Soviet nonconformist art, says recent calls to censor all Russian art in light of the war in Ukraine oversimplify the issue
Kyiv-based Voloshyn Gallery is showing works by two emerging Ukrainian artists on its stand at Expo Chicago
The veteran Russian museum chief tells Kremlin newspaper that war is “a means of cultural exchange”
Audrey Azoulay met President Zelensky and toured sites in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Odesa during an official visit to the country this week
As Russia leaves the world cultural stage following its invasion of Ukraine, we look at how its art institutions have reacted
The event, called I Am U Are, is demonstrating that Ukraine’s creative industries are alive and kicking despite Russia’s invasion
Businesses urged to tighten approach to client background checks as US subpoenas auction houses for sales records
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
