How does one lead a museum during wartime? That is the question that Yuliia Vaganova, director of the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv has been facing for over three years. In this interview by Suzanne Laemers, she speaks about the impact of the Russian invasion on the museum, how the museum is coping, and her hopes for the future.

“In June, the exhibition Old Masters from Kyiv in The Hague opened at Museum Bredius in The Hague. The exhibition was prompted by Abraham Bredius’ visit in 1897 to Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko in Kyiv, whose collection forms the core of the Khanenko Museum.” (…) Continue reading…

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