Ukrainian Art

  • Run for Ukraine 2024

    Run for Ukraine 2024

    On Ukraine’s Independence Day 2024, VATAHA’s third annual memorial run put Ukrainian fallen defenders of art and culture in the spotlight. Over 500 runners crossed the finish line to commemorate fallen heroes and destroyed Ukrainian cities.

  • Contradictive Reality. Exhibition of Young Ukrainian Photographers in the Fotomuseum in The Hague

    Contradictive Reality. Exhibition of Young Ukrainian Photographers in the Fotomuseum in The Hague

    On June 15 at Fotomuseum in The Hague opened a special teenage photo exhibition titled Contradictive Normality inspired by Boris Mikhailov’s exhibition “BORIS MIKHAILOV. UKRAINIAN DIARY”. In an exclusive interview we talked with the curator of the project Teen art Club, Nicole Katenkari.

  • Art Project by ANNA KAKHIANI

    Art Project by ANNA KAKHIANI

    How often do phrases such as “don’t cry” or “keep smiling” go out of place or are opposite, making us feel better? As a starting point of Anna Kahiani’s artistic research, she refers to speech patterns and recognizable phrases in situations that require empathy based on recurring situations that happen to refugees and migrants.

  • Introducing the winning projects of the Letterenfonds Foundation!

    Introducing the winning projects of the Letterenfonds Foundation!

    We have great news to share with you! Five artists from our Ukrainian community won grants from the Support Programme for Ukrainian Artists 2024 financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands! This means that very soon you will be presented with very diverse Ukrainian…

  • Vyshyvanka: United by Embroidery

    Vyshyvanka: United by Embroidery

    VATAHA’s embroidery workshops are in full swing: throughout the Randstad, Ukrainians come together to connect and create art in vyshyvanka workshops. With nothing more than just yarn and wooden pegboards, VATAHA co-founder Uliana Bun has organized over 25 workshops at festivals and community centers that keep the art and heritage of Ukrainian traditional embroidery alive.