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Red Ukraine’s Modernism
For a lover of Soviet avant-garde art, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s is a tipping moment for a ...
This past summer, the artist returned to Ukraine for the first time in more than three decades and reconnected with a depleted-yet-hungry art scene.
Reports from Ivankiv, north-west of Kyiv, say that the local museum and its art works have been burned down by Russian forces. Inside were 25 paintings by the celebrated Ukrainian folk artist ...
Ukrainian George Voronovsky (1903–1982 ... even from Jentleson and the High which possesses the finest collection of Southern folk art in the country. “I often hear from people who have ...
Mueller, who serves as the museum’s deputy director, knew Russia’s war on Ukraine would evolve during the exhibition’s ...
This re-imagining of Byzantine icons further integrates mosaics and folk art from Ukraine with the contemporary edge of geometric Cubist and Constructivist forms, patterns and vivid color. With ...
The Unknown” has opened at the National Museum of Decorative Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv, along with the presentation of the ...
“‘Chervona Kalyna’ translates into English as ‘red viburnum’ and it’s a very common plant in Ukrainian gardens and forests. There are many folk songs where kalyna is a symbol of Ukrain ...
It’s a thought never far from his mind as he puts the final touches on planning for the annual Ukrainian Folk Festival. “Obviously we as Ukrainians are very, very nervous about this,” he said.