Culture
Russia
Russian Writer Bulgakov Deemed Symbol of ‘Russian Imperialist Policy’
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
April 4, 2024
Cinema
Ukrainian Actress Cancels Netflix Deal After Refusing to Play a Russian Woman
Star Wars actress and cultural ambassador cancels lucrative contract, settles on a sum of 50 percent of a different upcoming Netflix production
April 2, 2024
Art
Mikhail Reva: Stirring the Soul – With Shrapnel Transformed Into 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.
March 31, 2024
Ukraine Has Great Young Talents - Director, Scriptwriter, Oleksandr Khomenko is One of Them
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.
March 30, 2024
Ukraine
Brushes Against Bullets
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.
March 30, 2024
Ukraine
Bakota – Ukraine’s Beautiful and Mysterious Atlantis
Bakota is famous for its awesome landscape, millennium-old cave monastery and its enigmatic ancient dolmen.
March 16, 2024
Mariupol
'20 Days in Mariupol' Award Presentation Cut Citing 'Time Constraints'
Despite winning the Oscar for “Best Documentary Feature Film” the moment they got the award to celebrate its achievement was missing from the highlights program.
March 12, 2024
Ukraine
Zelensky on Vital Importance of Defending Culture During Wartime
Ukraine’s president on the 210th anniversary of the birth of Ukraine’s national poet Taras Shevchenko stressed the importance of safeguarding the nation’s culture.
March 10, 2024
Shevchenko and Aldridge: Black and White Artistic Brothers in Arms Against Slavery
How Ukraine’s national poet and former serf bonded with a visiting Afro-American actor and former slave.
March 9, 2024
Ukraine
Ukraine’s Femmes Fatales
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we remember some of their representatives from Ukraine who amazed with their beauty, brains, resilience, creativity and sex appeal.
March 8, 2024
War in Ukraine
Veselka: The Rainbow Ukraine Feeds New York
Set in Manhattan’s hippest neighborhood, this Ukrainian coffee shop with humble origins has seduced refugees, artists and Hollywood stars alike. Now it’s starring in its own film.
Feb. 23, 2024
Ashen Glory: The Revolution of Dignity, 10 Years After – Part 1
Part One of a four-part excerpt from the author’s unpublished novel Ashen Glory: War Within, set amid the four climactic days of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity in February 2014.
Feb. 18, 2024
Ukraine
Singer Mari Cheba: Who am I - who are we
Kyiv Post Chief Editor Bohdan Nahaylo talks with singer and representative of Ukraine's new generation of cultural artists, who combine patriotic and civic activity with universal values - Mari Cheba.
Feb. 10, 2024
Kyiv
Ancient Graffiti to be Digitized in Kyiv's St. Sophia
Digitizing Ukraine's cultural heritage continues in Kyiv.
Jan. 13, 2024
Ukraine
Sahaidachny: Ukrainian Leader Whose Cossacks Saved Europe From Ottomans
The Ukrainian Cossacks’ victories under Petro Sahaidachny’s leadership inspire the present-day defenders of Ukraine to outfight the Russians with skill and courage rather than numerical strength.
Dec. 31, 2023
Books
OPINION: Chief Editor’s Choice - Book of the Year
Russia’s War against Ukraine has focused interest on Ukraine and resulted in a splurge of books about this hitherto largely ignored country. So, what is our Chief Editor’s choice from among them?
Dec. 30, 2023
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