Art

The history of Ukrainian documentary cinema

The Revolution of Dignity is widely considered the starting point of the revival, or “new wave”, of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking. The need to film events on the Maidan, particularly the crimes of the security forces of the then-president, and...

What is the repatriation of cultural property? Experiences after World War II and during the Russo-Ukrainian war

The term “repatriation” is heard more and more as discussions around returning Ukraine’s cultural heritage gather steam. Some are looking to other nations’ colonial and postwar pasts as a guide for how these return processes might unfold.
This material seeks...

Kherson Art or inspired by Polina Raiko

Outside the metropolis, contemporary art is more of an exception than a norm. However, the artists behind the Polina Raiko Charitable Fund and the Kherson Museum of Contemporary Art are challenging this notion. In a regular Kherson apartment, Viacheslav Mashnytskyi...

Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation. Part 8

The Resistance

Stopping tanks with their bare hands, downing an enemy drone with a can of tomatoes, repelling information attacks round the clock, or finding essential supplies for the military in mere minutes — that’s how Ukrainians, who oppose the Russian...

Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation. Part 7

“If you had studied properly, you wouldn’t have gone to Chornobyl” – what else can we say to the Russian army? It looks like they have never bothered to learn history (not to mention physics, specifically the topic of radiation).

Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation. Part 5

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are human titans who are defending Ukraine from enemies so well that the whole world admires them. They are unbreakable, courageous and human. Thanks to them, the Russian Federation has failed to occupy our cities,...

Saving Maria Prymachenko’s Paintings

On the fourth day of Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian media published the heartbreaking news that Russian occupiers destroyed the museum of local history in Ivankiv, which contained the paintings of Maria Prymachenko, the world-renowned representative of naïve art. This story,...

The reaction of foreign artists to the war started by Russia

Art is also a weapon. At a time when social networks are blocking “awkward” hashtags and posts with photos and videos, the works of artists are becoming significant evidence of everything that is really happening.