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Ukrainian art and culture
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Legendary art home of Ukrainian folk artist drowns in rising waters after dam blast
Following the Kakhovka Dam explosion, the Polina Raiko Home-Museum was submerged underwater, as reported by Semen Khramtsov, an…
Ukrainian art festival Bouquet Kyiv Stage 2023 to be held in Tbilisi
The Ukrainian art festival Bouquet Kyiv Stage will take place April 28-30 in Tbilisi, as reported by Suspilne…
First illustrated book about Russo-Ukrainian war to be published after huge support on Kickstarter
A Ukrainian creative team, Books & Cartoons, has prepared the first illustrated book about the Russo-Ukrainian which includes…
Ukrainian children paint their destroyed city of Mariupol
[editorial] Mariupol school of arts, like many other organizations of the destroyed and occupied city, was relocated to the…
“Hey Hey Rise Up”: Pink Floyd revived Ukrainian military anthem
[editorial]The anthem of the historical Ukrainian Sich Riflemen inspired Pink Floyd to release its first brand new song…
Ukraine’s 30: prominent Ukrainians who changed the country and the world. Part 1: Culture
On August 24, 2021, Ukrainians celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, a landmark date in…
Paraska Plytka Horytsvit, “Ukrainian Vivian Maier,” returns to the limelight
Paraska’s creative output includes more than 4,000 photographs and about 500 books. She wrote many of her…
How a Ukrainian school teacher created a “mini-Louvre” in a remote village
[editorial]Guided by a passion for “aesthetic education”, a history teacher and his students created a “mini-Louvre” in their…
Beyond Go_A: a playlist and guide to modern Ukrainian folk music
[editorial]Ukraine’s Go-A Band which took fifth place in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is just the peak of…
Why was Ukraine’s Eurovision performance by Go_A so mesmerizing?
The sacral solar cycle Back in prehistoric times, the lives of humans revolved around the sun. Each year,…
Ukraine’s Go_A makes it to Eurovision grand final with archaic pagan tune to awaken spring
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian participation in the contest, the band chose a song…
Ukraine’s post-Maidan cinema renaissance continues to blossom
One of the recent developments of the industry was Ukraine’s participation in the European Film Market during the…
Honoring Heorhii Narbut: the making of a Ukrainian brand
On Nov. 7 the Chicago-based Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) hosted “Honoring Heorhii Narbut.” This event was…
Documentary rediscovers iconic designer of 1917 Ukrainian state symbols. Watch it here
Read also: Takflix: a platform where you can finally watch Ukrainian films online The project Narbut XXI marks…
GogolTrain: Europe’s first art train amps up Ukraine’s cultural mobility
GogolTrain is said to be the first art train in Europe. In the world, such an art project…
Meet the activists saving unique stone “embroidery” on Soviet-era houses
Once, Ukrainian film writer Oleksandr Dovzhenko visited Nova Kakhovka to create the script for his future film, “A Poem…
Art lovers recreate Ukrainian masterpieces in COVID-19 confinement
Of course, while we must do our utmost to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, it is worth…
All you wanted to know about Ukraine in one book and on one YouTube channel
[editorial] Travelbook. Ukraine – illustrated edition in the educational entertainment format. 1,200 extraordinary discoveries, the most interesting and…
10 interesting facts about Ukrainian folk artist Mariya Prymachenko
Mariya Prymachenko was a self-taught artist whose popular work of the naive or primitivism genre portrayed Ukrainian folk…
Grandfather’s hut turned into Hutsul art residence in heart of Carpathians
Read also: Ukrainian mosaic: five unique ethnic groups Situated in the village of Yavoriv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the location has…