{"id":1477,"date":"2022-03-28T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T05:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2022-03-28T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T05:11:47","slug":"south-korea-museum-is-the-latest-to-refuse-to-return-loaned-art-to-russia-amid-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/south-korea-museum-is-the-latest-to-refuse-to-return-loaned-art-to-russia-amid-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Museum Is the Latest to Refuse to Return Loaned Art to Russia Amid Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A museum in\u00a0Seoul, South Korea has declined a request to return a group of 63 works by Russian avant-garde artists on loan from the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts in\u00a0Russia. It is the latest tension to arise between international cultural institutions and their counterparts in Russia following the country\u2019s war on\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The traveling exhibition for which the works were loaned, \u201cKandinsky, Malevich &amp; Russian Avant-Garde,\u201d is currently at its final stop in Korea at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, after going on view throughout Europe at the end of December.\u00a0<span class=\"read\">It will remain open as scheduled until April 17,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the\u00a0<em class=\"font-text-light-italic italic\">Korea Times<\/em><\/a>, which first reported the news.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Similar situations have arisen across Europe since Russia launched its war on Ukraine in late February.<\/p>\n<p>In Milan, more than 20 works were loaned to a museum owned by Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo from the Russian state-backed network of Hermitage museums for an exhibition tilted \u201cGrand Tour: The dream of Italy from Venice to Pompeii.\u201d Additionally, two paintings were loaned to the city\u2019s Palazzo Reale for its \u2018Titian and the image of women in 16th century Venice\u201d exhibition. Russia\u2019s Ministry of Culture requested the return of those works and others in elsewhere in Italy, which those institutions have acquiesed to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I read the letter I felt bitter because culture should be protected from war but these are difficult times,\u201d Palazzo Reale director Domenico Piraina\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Reuters earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Paris, the Foundation Louis Vuitton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\">refused to close an exhibition<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to modern art from the holdings of late 19th century Russian collectors Mikhail and Ivan Abramovich Morozov, citing logistical obstacles related to the war. The collection is prized in Russia and was approved by Russian President\u00a0<span class=\"css-16f3y1r e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Vladimir V. Putin to be sent to France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Seoul exhibition f<span class=\"read\">eatures a range of Russian artists, from abstraction painters Wassily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">Kandinsky<\/a> and Kazimir Malevich to Natalia Goncharova and Alexander Rodchenko, whose works span photography and design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The showcase was the first to bring many key Russian art historical figures to public view in Korea. It drew support from Russian officials, including the Kremlin\u2019s Korean ambassador Andrey Kulik, who praised the exhibition during an opening ceremony in Seoul in December. In his remarks,<span class=\"read\">\u00a0Kulik noted that cultural exchange has long forged links between the two countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the end of February, Kulik warned that ties made with Korea over the past 30 years could \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">change course<\/a>,\u201d in a statement after Seoul\u2019s government announced it would join an international sanctions effort to punish the Russian Federation for its invasion in Ukraine. As part of the action, Seoul\u2019s foreign ministry said it would bar export of key materials to Russia and freeze access to seven of Russia\u2019s largest banks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A museum in\u00a0Seoul, South Korea has declined a request to return a group of 63 works by Russian avant-garde artists on loan from the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts in\u00a0Russia. It is the latest tension to arise between international cultural institutions and their counterparts in Russia following the country\u2019s war on\u00a0Ukraine. 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