The decision comes just months after the Metropolitan Museum of Art said it would remove the family’s name from seven exhibition spaces.
Tag: Art
As Big Shows of Russian Art End in Europe, Some Wonder What’s Next
Museums in London and Paris are grappling with questions about how to get art back to Russia, and whether the works will ever be seen again in Europe.
The Overlooked Stone Carvers of Escolásticas
A small town in Central Mexico is home to around 200 open-air carving workshops, from which an astonishing array of sculptures continuously emerges.
Russian Filmmakers and Other Artists Face Boycotts Over Ukraine
A Russian moviemaker with Ukrainian roots and relatives in Kyiv denounced the war. The Glasgow Film Festival dropped his film anyway.
In Miami, a Ukrainian Art Show Becomes Unintentionally Timely
A Kyiv couple stage a socially charged exhibition in South Florida as their Voloshyn Gallery back home becomes a bomb shelter.
Treasured Paintings Burned in Russian Invasion, Ukrainian Officials Say
Roughly 25 works by the painter Maria Primachenko were destroyed at a museum in Ivankiv, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Russian Artists Speak Out Against War, but Fear Reprisals
Two Russian artists have pulled out of the Venice Biennale and thousands are signing antiwar petitions.
The Comforts of Nostalgia
Popular culture is taking us back to the past.
When Architects Made Worlds
MoMA explores an era of sweeping change, when South Asian architects — pioneering women, among them — redefined the postcolonial era and helped construct new nation states.
Museum Security Guard Adds Eyes to Painting’s Faceless Figures
The guard at a museum in Russia has been suspended after he used a pen to draw on “Three Figures,” an avant-garde painting from the 1930s.