The Metropolitan Museum of Art again changed the nationality of Aivazovsky, now to “Armenian”
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The New York Metropolitan Museum once again changed the nationality of artist Ivan Aivazovsky, who was born in Feodosia, in the Russian Empire, by origin an Armenian. As early as February 11, 2022, the nationality “Russian” was indicated in his profile, on February 12 he was designated as “Ukrainian”.
Now in the authorship of the painting “Ship in the Moonlight” specified: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Ayvazyan), Armenian, was born in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art also changed the nationality of the artists Ilya Repin and Arkhipa Kuindzhi – from Russians to Ukrainians, and the title of the painting by Edgar Degas “Russian Dancer” changed to “Dancer in Ukrainian Dress”.
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