Art & Design

Status Symbol: National Emblems Of The Former Soviet Union, Then And Now

The RFE/RL photo gallery, “Status Symbol: National Emblems Of The Former Soviet Union, Then And Now,” curated by Amos Chapple, presents a striking visual comparison

Documentary rediscovers iconic designer of 1917 Ukrainian state symbols

The film Brand Makers (Brendari) is director Nadia Parfan’s account of the Ukrainian school of graphic design founded by “patriarch” Heorhii Narbut and continued by

Breathtaking Art of the Lost Decade: The Art of Ukrainian Sixties book

Osnovy Publishing is releasing pre-orders for the first-ever English edition of its groundbreaking book The Art Of Ukrainian Sixties. Rich in detail and its scope,

Aleks Goloborodko left troubled Ukraine with his family to start a new life as an artist in Canada

Aleksandr (Aleks) Goloborodko writes beautifully. An email requesting an opportunity to chat is returned with an artfully crafted response that includes, “I would like to

Icon Painting School “Radruzh” of the Ukrainian Catholic University offers a unique online studying program

In this time of quarantine and world-wide struggle with the coronavirus, we can easily become victims of panic, stress and depression… Or we can use

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

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

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,

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

Making Ukrainian Twig Brooms

A folk talisman and a classic household item – the twig broom has become a trademark for one eastern Ukrainian village. There, brooms are made