Kostiantyn Rylev

The National Art Museum of Ukraine (6 Hrushevsky St.) recently saw the opening of an exhibit by the outstanding Ukrainian artist Tetiana Yablonska (1917-2005). Among those present at the launch were the artist’s sister and daughter. The exhibit features Yablonska’s final works from 2003-2005....

I spotted the chopper in the middle of that street in downtown Kyiv; no one could’ve missed exiting the Metrograde. And there was a mounted militia detail to make the scene even more memorable. The whole thing was the rear detail of the parade shortly to take place. A woman ran into a nearby...

Eight years is quite a chunk of time. Two four-year cycles indicate certain maturity. In what way has Den (The Day) matured? Its intellectual level and well balanced, if somewhat ironic, tone has often been noted. What I would like to emphasize now is that our newspaper long ago surpassed the...

Andriyivsky Uzviz (Kyiv’s premier tourist street) is the best place to seek aesthetic thrills on the annual Days of Kyiv at the end of May. The closer I approached it, the more hawkers I came across. The pretend marriage-registration office was working at full blast. Couples were...