Vasyl Ilnytsky

Talented Ukrainian artist, architect, graphic artist, and painter, corresponding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, People’s Artist of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts, head of the Transcarpathian branch of the National Union of Artists (NUA...

On October 12, following the debates on the language clause of the Ukrainian law “On Education,” the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved most of the proposals of Hungarian and Rumanian members. The PACE resolution condemns rather harshly the fact that...

While admiring extremely sensual and positive emotion-promoting paintings of the famous Zakarpattian painter Vasyl Svaliavchyk, I plunge into the world of my carefree childhood on every occasion. Here, the viewer gets to see spruce-timbered huts that cling to a steep hill in the village’s...

An exhibit commemorating the 125th anniversary of Yosyp Bokshai, a noted painter, co-founder of the Transcarpathian school of art, was organized by his today’s colleagues at the Bokshai Museum in Uzhhorod. Experts say this display is probably the best ever held.Museum director Francisca...

“Hungarian Motifs” exhibit at the Palanok Castle offers dozens of works submitted by noted Lviv artists. “Traveling across Europe, Lviv artists often visit Hungary. Many of them have been on repeated plein air tours of that country and the magnificent Hungarian landscapes, tidy...

In the late January of this year, “Profile,” a traveling retrospective exhibit of leading Transcarpathian painters and sculptors, was opened in Miskolc, Hungary (see The Day, No. 5, January 28, 2016). The exposition comprised 71 artworks by 31 authors who represent diverse...

The halls of Yosyp Bokshai Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum these days display the uniquely-colored Carpathian landscapes – at “Echoes of the Carpathians,” the anniversary exhibition by Honored Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Brenzovych, who has recently turned 65.The display includes...

In recent years, this natural phenomenon of Uzhhorod has became the city’s main attraction in spring – the blossoming of sakura is a perfect background for open-air art, festivals, concerts, and videoclip filming. There is a full-scale pilgrimage of people who wish to enjoy the spring...

The Transcarpathian Regional Yosyp Bokshai Art Museum is hosting an unusual exposition – a solo exhibit of Volodymyr Mykyta, member of Ukraine’s Academy of Arts, National Taras Shevchenko Prize winner, People’s Painter of Ukraine, Honorary Freeman of Uzhhorod, to mark his 85th...

The book by Zakarpattia writer and journalist, a winner of a number of all-Ukrainian and oblast literary prizes, Oleksandr Havrysh, Legends of Silver Rus’ includes six legends, which tell about the most important castles of the Silver Land. “Whereas a number of big prose works have been...