Politics French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine A Ukrainian photographer, Artem Iurchenko, took the portrait of the little girl. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Politics New York City Mayor Eric Adams Appoints Laurie Cumbo as Culture Czar, Despite Pushback From Community Leaders Cumbo is the founder of Brooklyn’s Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 18, 2022
Politics Tate Severs Ties With Two Oligarch Donors as a New Round of Sanctions Hit Russian Elites Viktor Vekselberg and Petr Aven are no longer affiliated with the museum group. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 14, 2022
Politics Photographers Are Mobilizing to Sell Prints to Benefit Ukraine—Here’s Our Running List of What You Can Buy Where You can collect art and support Ukrainian relief efforts. By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2022
Politics Two Artists Traveled to Kyiv Last Month for an Opening. They Ended Up Staying to Build Metal Tank Traps for Ukrainian Forces Ukrainian painter Volo Bevza and photographer Victoria Pidust found themselves stranded in a war zone. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 7, 2022
Politics Dissident Artists Applaud France’s Decision to Cancel a Matisse Loan to China in Protest of Its Silence on Russia "It's the least the international art world can do," said one exiled Hong Kong artist. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 4, 2022
Politics Directors of Russia’s Top Art Museums and Fairs Are Resigning En Masse Leaders at the Pushkin Museum, the VAC Foundation, and the Cosmoscow fair have stepped down. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 4, 2022
Politics Russian Oligarch Vladimir Potanin Steps Down From the Guggenheim’s Board After Two Decades Potanin was one of a group of oligarchs who met with the Russian president at the Kremlin last week. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022
Politics Russian Billionaire Petr Aven Resigns as a Royal Academy Trustee as Arts Institutions Face Mounting Pressure to Cut Ties with Russia The museum says it returned the donation Aven made to support its current Francis Bacon exhibition. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 2, 2022
Politics ‘Everything We Say Can Be Used Against Us’: Russian Art Workers Weigh the Risks of Speaking Out Against the War in Ukraine Actions that were once considered risky are now in many cases outright dangerous. By Sarah Cascone & Katya Kazakina, Mar 1, 2022
Politics Russia Has Bombed Babyn Yar, Site of a Memorial to Ukrainian Jews Executed by Nazis At least five people were killed and another five were injured in the incident. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 1, 2022
Politics Oscar Murillo, Tai Shani, and Other Artists Are Pulling Their Work From a Manchester Museum to Protest Its Director’s Ouster The former director faced backlash after staging a show that supported Palestine. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2022
Politics Artists Are Halting Collaborations With Russia—But Not Everyone Agrees That Cultural Boycotts Are the Right Approach As the military invasion of Ukraine continued over the weekend, artists requested the closure of their ongoing exhibitions in Russia. By Anna Sansom, Feb 28, 2022
Politics The Organizers of Ukraine’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Say They May Not Be Able to Stage the Event ‘Due to the Danger to Our Lives’ "If we continue being passive observers of the situation, we will lose everything." By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2022
Politics ‘I Am Not Running From My Home’: Pavlo Makov, the Artist Representing Ukraine in the Venice Biennale, on Selling Art to Help Arm the Front Lines Makov spoke to Artnet News from his home in Ukraine's second-largest city, where he is sheltering with his family. By Kate Brown, Feb 24, 2022
