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Malevich’s Kyiv Period Is Newly Fashionable
This October saw a remarkable conference take place in Kyiv on the legacy of the great artist whose Ukrainian ties are only now garnering...
Making Modernism: On Odessa’s Most Pristine Parisian, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
The remarkable Odessa educated, French-Russian-Jewish artist Vladimir Baranov-Rossine was killed in the holocaust, but his work lives on. In recent decades he has become...
A Dialogue With Historian Serhii Plokhii
Serhii Plokhii is one of the most prominent contemporary historians specializing in the history of Ukraine across the English speaking world. Plokhii is the...
Docudays UA Launches Professional Filmmaking Platform DOCU/PRO
Docudays UA, held this year from March 24 to March 31, is launching a new platform DOCU/PRO, the purpose of which is to familiarize...
Lenin’s Tumble: The Iconoclasm Of Ukraine’s Decommunization
Ukraine's official efforts at Decommunization were passed into law by the Verhovna Rada in the spring of 2015. Secret security service archives were opened...
2017 Academy Awards Nominations: An Overview
Oscar nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards were announced on January 24th 2017 by Oscar winners and nominees Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki,...
A Talk With Pioneer Of Soviet Rock Music Journalism Artemy Troitsky
Artemy Troitsky is a journalist, music critic, promoter and broadcaster who played a vital role in popularizing independent Soviet rock music, as well as...
Letter From Odessa: The Non-Socialist City, Capitalist Realism And Donald Trump
A scholar of Stalinist architecture muses on its strange revivals in 21st century Russia and Ukraine.
During each of the past two summers, I spent...
On Yefim Ladyzhensky: Art Critic Barry Schwabsky And Artist Sanya Kantarovsky Discuss The Legacy...
One of the more unusual exhibitions of last year’s art world calendar took place at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City: “Odessa:...
Lobanovskiy Forever: New Documentary Directed By Anton Azarov
Football fans are looking forward to seeing the new film about legendary coach Valery Lobanovskiy. Anton Azarov, film director from St. Petersburg, shot more...
