During a conflict between municipal guards and activists protesting the privatization of Kyiv’s cinemas, a group of over 300 protesters was met with violence and homophobic slurs.
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Posted inArt
Crimea’s Amazing History Told Through Art
Amazing Stories of Crimea attempts to show the historical diversity of cultures in Crimea spanning several centuries.
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Political Art Exhibitions in Ukraine Face Attacks and Censorship
In December, a professor at the National Academy of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine damaged a student’s artwork depicting the Russian army as phalluses. This follows a number of attacks on political artworks by rightwing groups across the country.
Posted inBooks
Ukraine’s Monumental Soviet-Era Mosaics
Often unremarked or dismissed as state propaganda, Ukraine’s Soviet-era mosaics are also artworks in themselves that speak to a complex history.
Posted inIn Brief
Masked Men Destroy Exhibition at Kiev Art Space
On February 7, men wearing balaclavas stormed into the Visual Culture Research Center and destroyed an exhibition of work about the Maidan Revolution by artist Davyd Chychkan.
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Good Bye, Lenin! Ukraine Dismantles Its Largest Monument to the Communist Leader
Ukraine’s largest monument to Vladimir Lenin is finally coming down, and you can join local spectators in watching the whole ordeal live.
Posted inFilm
An Artist’s Quest to Confirm a Chernobyl Conspiracy Theory
The Russian Woodpecker is a documentary about zombies.
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Lenin, I Am Your Father: Darth Vader Engulfs Ukrainian Communist Statue (and Brings Free Wifi)
A city in Ukraine has gone over to the dark side.
Posted inNews
Soviet Symbols Going Up and Coming Down
It’s been nearly a quarter century since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but the physical reminders of Central and Eastern Europe’s communist past are still provoking controversy.
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Kiev’s Attractive New Police Force Told to Pose for Selfies with Civilians
When 2,000 new police officers were sworn into duty in Kiev last Saturday, Ukrainians couldn’t help noticing how attractive the recruits — a quarter of them women — looked.
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Russian Militants Blow Up Contemporary Art Installation in Ukraine
The cosmetic symbol of Donetsk’s regeneration was blown up this month by Russian separatists who have, since last spring, been waging a war that’s once again reduced parts of the city to rubble.
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A Public Art Project Casts a Shadow Over Moscow, Crimea, and Ukraine
A towering statue of Vladimir the Great is causing a great deal of anger in Moscow and beyond.
