News
New Residency Gives Ukrainian Artists a Platform in LA
Founded by LA-based curator Asha Bukojemsky, Kyiv to LA will host six artists from Ukraine across different participating venues.
Ukraine
Art
In Minneapolis, a Russian Museum With an Identity Crisis
Many in the local Ukrainian community want the museum’s name to be changed to reflect the many artworks in its collection by artists from former Soviet states.
News
Getty Trust Pledges $1M to Conserve Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
The funds will support on-site conservation, packing and storing, and even salaries for Ukrainian heritage professionals.
News
Russian Missile Strikes Damage at Least Seven Museums in Kyiv
Ukraine’s defense minister called the strikes, which targeted power plants and civilian areas, “war crimes.”
News
Using Spatial Reconstruction to Investigate Russia's War Crimes
Forensic Architecture and the Center for Spatial Technologies exposed the historical symbolism of a Russian strike on Kyiv TV Tower near Babyn Yar, the site of a Holocaust mass grave.
Opinion
How Ukrainian Folk Art Became a Tool of Resistance Against Russia
Ukrainian people have been using folk art, music, and traditions to resist the war and foster hope.
Film
10 Films to Get to Know Ukraine
From music and architecture to comedy and horror, these films showcase Ukrainian culture and its long-held ethos of resistance.
News
Ukrainian Museum Documents the War Through Objects Left Behind
Curators at the Maidan Museum in Kyiv are sifting through the rubble for items that “tell the story of ordinary people’s lives, of their deaths."
News
Ukrainian Soldiers Unearth Ancient Greek Amphorae During Trench Dig
The artifacts are estimated to date from 400 to 300 BCE, when Greek settlements existed along the northern shores of the Black Sea near Odesa.
Opinion
Art Writers Must Stop Parroting Putin's Talking Points About NATO
Cammie Tipton-Amini's opinion piece "When Ukraine Was Newly Independent and Everything Was Possible" employs simplistic whataboutism that dangerously echoes Putin's lies.
Art
Standouts and Historic Firsts by Eastern European Artists and Curators at the Venice Biennale
Sculptures by Hungarian artist Zsófia Keresztes, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas’s Polish Pavilion transformation, and more highlights from this year’s show.
Opinion
When Ukraine Was Newly Independent and Everything Was Possible
British photographer Martin Parr’s images from the resort city of Yalta in the 1990s capture Ukraine’s challenging transition toward newfound freedom.