Alla Akimenko

The exhibition is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and is entitled “NATO-Ukraine: The Security Formula.” The display was created with the support of the NATO...

The State Collection of Stringed Musical Instruments, held by the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine in Kyiv, has welcomed a new exhibit, an antique violin. Its maker, according to preliminary expert findings, was the legendary craftsman Anatoly Leman, and it is dated to 1908.The...

What is it like to feel a painting only by your fingers, by the touch? The citizens of Sumy can now try to grasp this kind of perception. Congress Centre of Sumy State University is hosting an exhibition entitled ARTouch. The display features eight paintings; one of them was made by Kyiv-based...

About 500 visitors – this is the statistics of photography connoisseurs that come every day to get acquainted with the works presented at the 18th International Photo Exhibition Den-2016 in Sumy.The exhibition of the best 140 photographs from the past year’s contest will...

The first city to win the right to host the display of the best photographs of the 18th International Photo Exhibition Den-2016 is Sumy. Den’s Days here are going to last from January 20 to February 5, 2017. Overall, 140 selected photographs from the “Family Album of...

Sumy’s artists are more and more actively taking a patriotic stand. A new art platform was opened recently in the city on the premises of the Ukrainian Banking Academy (UABS). Although it is not the first cultural and charitable project for the UABS, it is very important not only to this...

An unveiling ceremony of the memorial plaque to Brotherhood of Taras took place in the village Hlynsk, Sumy oblast; the establishment of the plaque was initiated by the Center of National Revival.It was in Hlynsk in summer of 1891 that the ground of the unique document, the Program which for the...

Sumy is Ukraine’s first city, where it was officially decided to hoist the European Union flag side by side with the National Flag. The fountain, known up to now as “Friendship of Peoples,” has been renamed as “European.” The decisions to this effect were adopted by...

Den’s Photo Exhibit enriched and expanded the cultural space of Sumy in November 2013. Thousands of Sumy residents and visitors to the regional capital made use of a chance to see works by professional and amateur photographers from all over Ukraine. All these photos have in common that...

On April 8, when Roman Catholics around the world were celebrating Annunciation, a special exhibition opened in Sumy Roman Catholic parish of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The exhibition was timed to church holiday.About 70 photographs depict women awaiting the miracle of birth....