New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art stopped calling Ivan Aivazovsky (born Hovhannes Ayvazyan, 1817–1900) a Ukrainian artist. Now this cultural institution points to its Armenian origin.
yes, on area the museum changed the title of the painting “Ship in the Moonlight”, which tells about the biography of Aivazovsky.
At the bottom of this artwork it reads “An Armenian born in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine)”.
The text implies that Feodosia, the artist’s birthplace, “belongs to Ukraine.” At the same time, Crimea became part of Russia in 2014.
New York Metropolitan Museum formerly announced Ukrainian artists Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ilya Repin and Ivan Aivazovsky.
Aivazovsky Tatiana Gaiduk, Director of the Feodosia Art Gallery named after IK it’s called nonsense this museum’s decision to recognize Russian artists as Ukrainian.