In The Face of War, Ukrainian Art and Artists Defy the Impossible

A day after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Kyiv-based curator Maria Lanko put a small suitcase and three boxes of copper funnels into her car’s trunk and drove west. The traffic was packed on the way out toward the Ivano-Frankivsk region, but she managed to drive until a small village in Pavshyno, where a friend hosted her for a couple of nights. From there, Lanko headed to Eastern Europe, first crossing the Romanian border, then traveling on to Hungary, Austria, and northern Italy. Milan was the final destination in the curator’s mission to safely transfer the 78 funnels,… Read Full Article