Every artist’s journey is different. In individual interviews and requested opinion pieces with multidisciplinary Ukrainian artists, we make sure our nation’s brightest and most creative voices are heard.
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VATAHA Recommends: Revelation
Hope, light, strength, love: Ukrainian dance couple Vladyslav Detieuchenko and Veronika Rakitina bring an artistic vision of resilience and light in darkness to The Netherlands with their first regional tour Revelations. A programme of three contemporary dance pieces that carry a strong message of survival and a struggle for freedom…
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Vlad & Veronika Bring Revelation Across the Netherlands
Following their 2025 Holland’s Got Talent victory, Ukrainian contemporary dancers Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Veronika Rakitina have embarked on a tour across the Netherlands with Revelation. The pair discuss their artistic partnership, their foundation and dance company Stitching n’Era, and the experiences of war and displacement that inspire Revelation.
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Lisa Weeda: Mooi Boek Over Oekraïne
Award-winning Dutch-Ukrainian author Lisa Weeda has published her first children’s book titled Mooi Boek Over Oekraïne, which “pulls the readers into the story and feeds them [Ukrainian] history and culture while they are on an adventure.” VATAHA’s co-founder Oksana Savchuk even features as a character in the book!
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Hanna Hrabarska: open to a lot
Over a year after receiving a Letterenfonds grant, Ukrainian photographer Hanna Hrabarska discusses her latest photobook, open to a lot. She explains her turn toward intimacy, memory, and inner life, while reflecting on how Ukraine remains inseparable from her identity.
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Graduation Show 2026: WdKA in Rotterdam
In this first of a three-part interview series of Graduation Show exhibitions, we visited the presentations from two Ukrainian students at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, which ranged from steampunk-inspired folklore to 50 black envelopes containing letters from Gen Z questioning their luck in life.
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Correcting the Narrative: Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary
In this interview, we had an extensive conversation with the founders of the online platform Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary: a compilation of articles by 24 professionals who explain historical events in Ukraine in a clear and accessible way, challenging dominant narratives that are often hard to apply in particular contexts.
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VATAHA Recommends: War is Personal at FOAM Amsterdam
At FOAM Amsterdam, Julia Kochetova transforms war into something intimate and impossible to ignore — where poetry, photography, and space hold together memory, grief, and the names that must not be lost.
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VATAHA Recommends: 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
Bringing harrowing humanity again to the film screen, Mstyslav Chernov’s second documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) demonstrates how exceptional film editing and storytelling can reinvigorate international audiences’ attention for Ukrainian defense efforts in a time of wartime media fatigue.
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Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 1)
In the past three years, VATAHA’s event manager Nadiia Davydenko has organized over 20 stand-up shows with Ukrainian comedians that have raised more than 2 million EUR in military donations.
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Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 2)
How does crowd work differ between Ukrainian audiences at home and abroad? Read our sequel interview to learn why her line-up of stand-up comedians continue to make jokes for (and sometimes about) their home country.
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6 (more) Ukrainian Books to Gift This Christmas
Discover the perfect Christmas gift with our curated list of 6 more Ukrainian books, ranging from classic Ukrainian literature to a bilingual poetry collection. Celebrate Ukrainian culture this holiday season by sharing them with your loved ones!
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Mariia Ponomarova: “Ukraine-Washing” in Western Filmmaking
In this interview, Ukrainian filmmaker Mariia Ponomarova discusses the harm Western filmmakers can do by extracting Ukrainian narratives in documentaries without meaningful collaboration with or benefit to Ukrainians.