‘Cultural catastrophe’: Ukrainians fear for art and monuments amid onslaught

Museum housing folk art already destroyed as other institutions fear works could be looted and warnings over world heritage sitesRussia-Ukraine crisis: live newsMillions of artworks and monuments are at risk from Russia’s military onslaught in Ukraine, with one museum already burned to the ground, the global arts organisation Getty has said.Ukrainian scholars are warning of an “unfolding cultural catastrophe”, Getty said in a statement from James Cuno, the president and chief executive officer of the J Paul Getty Trust. Continue reading…

Museum housing folk art already destroyed as other institutions fear works could be looted and warnings over world heritage sites

Millions of artworks and monuments are at risk from Russia’s military onslaught in Ukraine, with one museum already burned to the ground, the global arts organisation Getty has said.

Ukrainian scholars are warning of an “unfolding cultural catastrophe”, Getty said in a statement from James Cuno, the president and chief executive officer of the J Paul Getty Trust.

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