Save Ukrainian Art

This is a war on the very essence and existence of Ukraine. Along with our people and our infrastructure, our heritage and our identity are under attack. Putin has continuously challenged the notion of a historically sovereign and distinct Ukrainian state, often employing colonial rhetoric to justify the Russian repression of Ukrainians.

“With each invasion, some loss of culture is inevitable,” says Taras Voznyak, director of the Lviv National Gallery. “Putin knows that without art, without our history, Ukraine will have a weaker identity. That is the whole point of his war - to erase us and assimilate us into his population of cryptofascist zombies.”