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Destruction of a Ukrainian Museum in Marioupol

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

The museum in the besieged port city of Mariupol, dedicated to 19th-century artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, was destroyed by an airstrike Monday morning, media reports and the head of the Ukrainian Artists' Union said. The collection also houses works by his contemporary Ivan Aivazovsky.