Looted Ukrainian works of art show up in Russian museums and art galleries

These photos show valuable paintings looted by the Russian occupiers from the Kherson Art Museum, then transported and unloaded at the Central Museum of Tavrida in Simferopol, occupied Crimea. (Image credit: Tetiana Chudiakova, tverezo.info).

ℹ️ Ukrainian Ministry of Culture reports about 800 cultural heritage objects damaged by the occupiers. Most of them are places of worship. A collection of Scythian gold from the Melitopol Museum has been plundered. More than 2,000 unique objects have been looted from museums in Mariupol. In November 2022, the Kherson Art Museum lost almost 15,000 works – 80% of the museum’s collection.

ℹ️ Looted Ukrainian works of art find their way not only to Russian museums, but also begin to appear in private Russian galleries and on Russian sales portals. Our More Than Poland Foundation monitors such cases.

????In April, we are going to Kiev for meetings on helping to protect Ukrainian and Polish cultural heritage in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, the More Than Poland Foundation has been working to save works of art in Ukraine