's international culture envoy has slammed decisions taken by major galleries in the United Kingdom and the United States to switch references from Russia to Ukraine, describing the moves as politically motivated.
Just last month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reclassified Ivan Aivazovsky, Arkhyp Kuindzhi and Ilya Repin as Ukrainian artists, previously ranked among Russian artists. Similar decisions have followed in other Western galleries when it comes to Kazimir Malevich, Ilya Kabakov, Sonia Delaunay-Terk and Louise Nevelson, who were also born in modern-day Ukraine under Russian Empire control.
A painting from the circa 1899 series by French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, widely referred to in literature as"Russian Dancers," is now called"Ukrainian Dancers" by the National Gallery in London and"Dancers in Ukrainian Dress" by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Degas' only reference to this work, according to the National Gallery, was during a July 1, 1899, lunch with the daughter of another famous Impressionist painter, who noted in her diary that Degas had invited her to see the works as they were underway without mention of any particular title. "As for Edgar Degas' pastels, the questionable explanations given to condone the deed, display an elementary disregard for author's rights and historical context," Shvydkoy said.
Other scholarly sources place the introduction of the blue and yellow flag as taking place during the 1848 series of European revolutions known as the Springtime of Nations, during which Ukraine was divided between the Russian and Austrian Empires.
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