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Poems inspired by Ukrainian women win Kobzar Book Award – 2020

The Shevchenko Foundation has been dedicated to the promotion and development of Ukrainian Canadian culture since 1964. The Kobzar™ Book Award, instituted by the Foundation

Ukraine’s ‘railroad ladies’ – in pictures

In Ukraine, the railroad traffic controller profession still exists – and about 80% of workers are women. They spend long shifts in small dedicated buildings

At the Front Line: contemporary Ukrainian art in Canada

“At the Front Line. Ukrainian Art, 2013–2019” explores how visual artists interpret and conceptualize the turbulent political and cultural situation in Ukraine of the last

Marc Jacobs shoots photo campaign in Ukrainian model’s hometown

The industrial Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk isn’t an obvious location for a fashion shoot. But a new campaign from Marc Jacobs features the city, home

Rural Ukraine at the break of 20th century as seen by landscape painters

Nowadays you can hardly find a place that has never been depicted in photographs. Some of the locations have become so popular among Instagram-bloggers that

His Hats Are Worn by Bella Hadid and Madonna

Name: Ruslan Baginskiy Age: 30 Hometown: Lviv, Ukraine Now Lives: With his mother in Kyiv, Ukraine, while his two-bedroom apartment undergoes renovation. Claim to Fame:

Hopes and dreams of the bigger world

Maidan set art free from the fight for the political agenda, since everything has become a part of the political agenda. On the other hand,

Podcast: Prima Ballerina Iana Salenko: Behind The Stage Curtains

5-time gold medalist Iana Salenko is one of the most famous and established ballerinas in the world. Today she is going to talk to us about

The ‘Crying’ Ceramics Of Kosiv: Ukrainian Pottery Gets UNESCO Listing

The ceramics created in a western Ukrainian town for three centuries have been designated as a piece of global heritage by UNESCO. The artisans of

Photographic discovery is a window into Soviet-era Ukraine – photo essay

In the remains of a bombed-out Soviet darkroom, hundreds of rolls of film were discovered rotting among the rubble by the photojournalist Samuel Eder earlier