Culture
Alla Horska was an artist who came to embrace her Ukrainian roots. Throughout her career, she necessarily encountered Ukraine’s often violent and tragic past.
May. 26
War in Ukraine
What’s happening in North America? Many performers and cultural figures are traveling across the ocean to help raise money and awareness for Ukraine’s fight.
May. 18
The well-known Ukrainian vyshyvanka designer said that a few years ago, the traditional embroidered shirt had been seen as something exotic. Now it's commonplace formalwear that's even sold abroad.
May. 16
Ukraine
Nataliia Feshchenko, a Ukrainian artist from Kyiv, is currently a refugee in Barcelona. She recently opened an art studio. Kyiv Post's Chief Editor Bohdan Nahaylo interviewed her outside her gallery.
May. 12
Europe
Ukraine’s representatives, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, performing the song “Teresa & Maria,” clinched third place with a total of 453 points.
May. 12
This year’s Eurovision contest has so far been dominated by calls for Israel to be excluded over its war in Gaza, which the organizers rejected.
May. 4
Odesa
Ukraine’s most internationally acclaimed sculptor has just completed a project in Odesa that coincides with Easter celebrations throughout the country.
Apr. 28
War in Ukraine
Not only has the war led to greater visibility for Ukrainian culture, it has also spurred musicians to compose works that convey the nation’s current struggle, pain and hope.
Apr. 26
US
Co-founder of the New York Group, the avant-garde poet and novelist has pushed the boundaries of what is possible with language and form more than any other Ukrainian writer.
Apr. 21
Canada
A veritable renaissance of Ukrainian theater was on display in Canada, where the works of contemporary playwrights were read and discussed against the background of classics.
Apr. 7
Russia
The Kyiv-born author of “The Master and Margarita” was dismissive of Ukrainian language and culture and is now a target of a “decolonization” campaign
Apr. 4
Cinema
Star Wars actress and cultural ambassador cancels lucrative contract, settles on a sum of 50 percent of a different, upcoming Netflix production.
Apr. 2
Art
When the war came down on his home, Ukraine’s best-known sculptor felt compelled to transform the destruction into a defiant act of creative transformation.
Mar. 31
One of Ukraine's bright young stars in the cultural sphere Oleksandr Khomenko, tells Kyiv Post's Chief Editor, Bohdan Nahaylo, about a major project he's involved in - a feature film The Slovo House.
Mar. 30
Ukraine
The role of art in countering Russian aggression cannot be underestimated. By elaborating traditional Ukrainian motifs, one artist confirms a distinct tradition that debunks Putin’s myths.
Mar. 30
Ukraine
Bakota is famous for its awesome landscape, millennium-old cave monastery and its enigmatic ancient dolmen.
Mar. 16
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The melody from Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, a city the Russians are desperately trying to capture and rid of Ukrainians.
Nov. 10