Lisa Korneichuk is the editor-in-chief of Navigating the War as Artists in Ukraine, a handbook published earlier this year by Ukraine’s Museum of Contemporary Art, a non-government organisation which, in 2022, co-founded the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund. Korneichuk told The Art Newspaper about the gaping hole left by artists going to war, and how this issue is being addressed.“In Ukraine, the topic is unavoidable—any man aged 25 to 60 can be drafted—so we felt it was important to address it and include voices of artists who are now serving,” she wrote. “One of the profound losses of war is that it pulls these people out of social and professional life.“We believe it is crucial to support artists in the military so they can maintain a presence in the professional and public sphere, even if they are absent, unable to travel, or to produce new work. Ensuring their continued participation should be a priority for organisations that support artists in crisis worldwide.”https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/13/ukrainian-artist-david-chichkan-killed-on-frontline