ArtReview: Ukraine Cultural Heritage

Art historian Polina Baitsym talks to museum directors and curators in Ukraine who, in recent weeks, have turned galleries into crisis centres and bomb shelters. But amidst the carnage, there has been a concerted effort among art workers to protect cultural heritage too. What motivates people – in such a perilous situation – towards this duty, Baitsym asks: to snatch artworks from the fires?Elsewhere: watch Sooun Kim’s experimental music video Born Beneath; Gareth Damian Martin unravels the art-historical resonances within blockbuster videogame Elden Ring; Tom Whyman traces philosophies of artmaking and authenticity, beginning with Plato and ending in comedian Nathan Fielder; and Fi Churchman raises a pint to Guinness’s century of mythmaking.

En Liang Khong, Director of Digital