Met Museum trains ‘monuments men’ to save Ukrainian cultural heritage

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Since the war began, the Met has been researching artworks and artists mislabelled as Russian and reclassifying them as Ukrainian. Read more at straitstimes.com.

appears to have flooded the house museum of self-taught artist Polina Rayko, according to the foundation managing the artist’s legacy.

In 2022, Capt Ruehrwein participated in a simulation at the National Museum of the United States Army, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where officers learned the basics of forensic documentation, emergency preparedness and war-zone conservation techniques. “Before you touch or move anything, photograph it,” instructed Ms Lisa Pilosi, head of objects conservation at the Met. “That could be used as evidence in criminal court.”

Members of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command listen to Ihor Poshyvailo, co-founder of the Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, on a video call from Ukraine, explain the steps being taken in Ukraine to save art and works of cultural importance. PHOTO: NYTIMES

 

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