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Article date: Monday, March 21, 2022

Russia Bombs Art School in Mariupol, Ukraine

Russia recently attacked an art school in Mariupol. The bombing took place on March 19, 2022 in Mariupol’s Livoberezhny District where nearly 400 women, children and elderly were sheltering, Mariupol city council reports.

Article date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria

The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world’s largest cultural organisations, stated on Tuesday that it deliberated to return most of its assortment of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.

Article date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Prized Turner Paintings Return to Britain for the First Time in a Century

Two ground-breaking pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) will return to the UK for the first time in over 100 years, as part of a new National Gallery focus exhibition.

Article date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Prized Turner Paintings Return to Britain for the First Time in a Century

Two ground-breaking pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) will return to the UK for the first time in over 100 years, as part of a new National Gallery focus exhibition.

Article date: Saturday, March 5, 2022

Russian Owned Phillips Pledges Proceeds from its London March Sale to Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Russian owned auction house, Phillips, has pledged to donate 100% of the proceeds from the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale from March 3, 2022, to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society.

Article date: Saturday, March 5, 2022

Hermitage Amsterdam Breaks Off its Relationship with Russia

It is with difficulty that the supervisors, directors, management and employees of the Hermitage Amsterdam break ties with the Hermitage Saint Petersburg. Over the past decades, the collaborations with Russian colleagues have been harmonious...

Article date: Saturday, March 5, 2022

UNESCO Voices Concern on the Developments in Ukraine

UNESCO is deeply concerned by developments in Ukraine and is working to assess damage across its spheres of competence (notably education, culture, heritage and information) and to implement emergency support actions.

Article date: Friday, March 4, 2022

Russian Forces Strike Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Site in Kyiv, Ukraine

BYHMC Advisory Board Chair Natan Sharanksy: “Putin seeks to distort and manipulate the Holocaust to justify an illegal invasion of a sovereign democratic country is utterly abhorrent...

Article date: Thursday, March 3, 2022

Pyotr Petr Aven Stepped Down as a Trustee of the Royal Academy Trust

With various sanctions increasingly being placed on Russia and Russians around the world, many art and cultural institutions are also following suit resulting in Pyotr Petr Aven stepped down as trustee of the Royal Academy Trust.

Article date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Painting by Kandinsky Transferred to Heirs of Former Jewish Owners

The painting 'Bild mit Häusern' by Wassily Kandinsky has been transferred to the heirs of the Jewish former owners. The painting has been the subject of a dispute between the municipality of Amsterdam and the heirs.

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Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.

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