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The National Art Museum of Ukraine has just opened an exhibition of objects from the compound of former President Viktor Yanukovych, including a folk-art portrait of him made of poppy seeds and beans. A folk-rock group, all women, performs a raucous cabaret at night, while other artists busily produce videos about the aftermath of the mass uprising.

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