Culture

As Ukraine faces severe blackouts due to ongoing Russian attacks, acclaimed Ukrainian architect and designer Victoria Yakusha will debut Land of Light II at Design Miami 2025—a powerful light installation crafted from sustainable materials.

In an interview for UNITED24 Media, photographer Yelena Yemchuk reveals that she returned to Kyiv with no intention of taking pictures—but an organic encounter with memory, muse, and the momentum of women staying behind in wartime, gave rise to the project Mnemosyne. Her first exhibit in Ukraine, it is currently on display at  The Naked Room gallery in Kyiv.

Ukrainian ethno-band DakhaBrakha has unveiled its new music video project, Dytyatochko ( Little Child ), which brings attention to the harrowing issue of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia.

From smashing a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty urn to carpeting the vast halls of the Tate Modern with millions of ceramic sunflower seeds, the career of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been defined by large-scale statements. The very established artist, who started off as a dissident not only in China but in the art world itself, talks to us about his time in Ukraine.

The Circularity on the Edge installation, an innovative architectural and art project, is on display at the Venice Biennale Architettura 2025.