Borys Korpusenko

We speak very much of the Bard as a poet and much less as of a prose writer and artist. Taras Shevchenko is for us a fighter for Ukraine’s freedom, a symbol of the nation’s spiritual life and independence. But we rarely remember Shevchenko as a human being full of passions, feelings, steady tastes...

When fall comes around, people crave the warmth and comforts of home. The Day invites its readers to visit its 10th photography exhibit. Our project has long been dubbed “Ukraine’s family album,” which visitors peruse, sharing in the emotions of the photographers and their...

Even avant-garde buffs are puzzled when they see Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square . What message did the artist want to convey? Nature is green, the sun is red, the moon is yellow, and outer space is violet. But why a black square — does it signify pitch darkness, the black holes of the...

The Kyiv-based Tempora Publishers specialize in memoiristic-archival and historical literature. Among its publications are unique books about little-known or completely unfamiliar facts, events, and personalities of Ukrainian history. Some are reprints of works published in the early part of the...

The title of the current show at the Koncha-Zaspa art gallery is Kolo Zaspy (Zaspa Circle). The word “circle” has several connotations, including the sacred symbol of infinity. It is also often used to describe certain communities — e.g., friendly, professional, scholarly, or creative circles. A...

Ikebana is a traditional Japanese art that conveys one’s mood and world outlook through flower arrangements. This art, which combines the technique of making floral compositions and a subtle philosophy of life, was born when the Japanese decided to reproduce the beauty of the natural landscape...

Among the great many periodicals people, especially residents of remote regions of Ukraine, learned about our newspaper thanks to The Day’s traditional annual photo contest that will mark its 10th anniversary next year. In the past nine years the best photos have been displayed in Lviv, Lutsk,...

On June 12 The Day’s team arrived in Chechelnyk, a small town in Vinnytsia oblast. After visiting the series of wonderful exhibits in Kyiv, Ostroh, Kharkiv, and Chernivtsi, some people would be taken aback by the choice of Chechelnyk as the site of The Day’s photography exhibit. But we have always...

The 3rd Kontakt International Documentary Film Festival, named in honor of Larysa Rodnianska, is occupying an increasingly important place in Kyiv’s cultural calendar. This year’s festival is taking place in the congress hall of the President Hotel (Hospitalna Street) and the Zhovten and Kyiv...

A roundtable discussion on the problem of homeless children recently took place in Kyiv’s Ukraine House. Organized by the Oleksandr Feldman International Charitable Foundation, the roundtable “Does Being Homeless mean No Rights?” was accompanied by an exhibit of shocking photographs, called “...