An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
(THE CONVERSATION) Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. What she has illustrated – as well as ...
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Ukraine’s Forbidden Frescoes
Ukrainian painter Mykhailo Boichuk and his circle of socialist artists perished in Stalin’s 1930s repression, destroying much ...
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The Silencing of Russian Art
Russian audiences don’t want an exclusive diet of heavy, morose, emotionally draining art on themes of war and sacrifice. Retaining a sense of normalcy, and even of fun and entertainment ...
The hunt for Ukraine’s stolen artworks
For Ukrainians, more than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war isn’t just being fought in the trenches.
This is not Moscow: the Russian ambassador to Bulgaria was forced to leave the exhibition in Sofia
Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova was forced by pro-Ukrainian activists to leave the exhibition in Sofia.
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Putin must sign – or go down as the first Russian leader in a century to concede territory
With his threat to ‘ruin’ Russia if it refuses or breaks the Ukraine ceasefire deal, Donald Trump no longer sounds afraid of whatever the Kremlin could throw at him, says Sean O’Grady ...
Ukraine Aid Not Discussed in Trump-Putin Call, US President Tells Fox News
U.S. President Donald Trump said aid to Ukraine was not discussed in his call on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir ...