Liudmyla Lutytska

Den’s 19th International Photo Exhibit has been open for a week already and has harvested a lot of grateful reactions: for being truthful and brave and for helping open society’s eyes to the developments in the country. And also, for giving hope. This is exactly what student Hanna...

“I was very scared when the events in the Donbas began. I thought, what Kharkiv would be like, and would they move on it? Yes, most residents of Kharkiv region support Ukraine, and we are always with Ukraine. But, unfortunately, not everything depends on our choice alone. There is an external...

In the early 19th century, there was a 3,000-strong cooperative in Reshetylivka, Poltava region, which specialized in making unique carpets (“kylyms”). About 1,000 weavers were making veritable objects of art. But today Reshetylivka carpet-making is on the verge of extinction. Only 11...

An impressive and highly symbolic mural has appeared on a wall of the building on 28, Pushkinska Street, in Kharkiv. It is opposite this building that a German Evangelical-Lutheran church, known in the city as “Kirche,” was opened and blessed in 1913. The church was torn down in 1958,...

Scholar of Japanese culture Svitlana Rybalko has put on display in Kharkiv her collection of unique kimonos which were worn in the 20th century. They include a few furisodes, dubbed “the flower among kimonos,” which girls wore on the coming of age day, children’s kimonos, and...

Artist Volodymyr Nepomniashchyi has been principal of the Illia Repin Children’s Art School in Chuhuiev, Kharkiv oblast, for about 10 years and has taught in it for almost 20 years. There are a lot of solo exhibits and participations in international competitions under his belt. The...