News
Historic Kyiv Cathedral Ablaze After Russian Strikes
Deadly bombardments across Ukraine sparked the fire in the UNESCO site, an 11th-century Christian monastery.
Ukraine
Art Review
The Ukrainian Pavilion’s Deer Seen Around the World
Before arriving in Venice, Zhanna Kadyrova’s “The Origami Deer” undertook an epic journey mirroring those of displaced Ukrainians.
News
Pussy Riot and Topless Activists Rally Against Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale
The art collective and the feminist group FEMEN displayed Ukrainian flags and chanted as police blocked access to the pavilion.
Art Review
The Memory of a Nation Finds a Home in Lviv
Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, The Stammering Circle situates artmaking in a context of violence, resistance, resilience, and fundamental humanity.
News
Trump’s Funding Freeze Leaves Ukrainian Cultural Heritage in Limbo
Experts worry for the future of vital preservation programs as the US State Department reviews its policies.
Opinion
The Hopeful Light of the Synagogue of Gwoździec
After the devastation of the Chmielnicki Massacres, there began an outpouring of mysticism and a steadfast commitment to joy in the face of hopelessness.
Art
A Cry of Rage by Ukrainian Women Artists
In Women at War, art is a counterattack, a means by which a victimized populace fights back.
Film
In a New Doc, Ukrainians Are Seen and Russians Overheard
Intercepted pairs intercepted phone calls by Russian soldiers to friends and family back home with images of post-battle scenes around Ukraine.
Art
Ukrainian Artists Address the War Head-On, Obliquely, and Grittily
Amidst wreckage sites and bomb shelters, artists are making work, manufacturing drones, and celebrating life.
Art
How Ukraine Refashioned Modernist Art
In the Eye of the Storm conveys how Ukraine came to be a thriving center of avant-garde art in the early decades of the 20th century.
News
Anti-War Artist Released as Part of Russia-US Prisoner Swap
Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko was given a seven-year sentence for an art project and protest that criticized Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Art
Maria Prymachenko Cultivated Whimsy as Resistance
An exhibition in Warsaw invites visitors to ponder works by the late Ukrainian artist, whose surreal depictions of nature often incorporated critiques of human behavior.