Ukrainian artists are pressured by their worldwide friends who nonetheless entertain the naive concept that the aim of tradition is reconciliation.
They need to push again towards these initiatives, however stroll a tightrope as they should however maintain western consideration, says Kiyv-born curator and artwork historian Kateryna Botanova, who can be a recurring Eurozine writer.
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Learn Kateryna Botanova’s articles in Eurozine, together with the 2 she discusses on this episode:
Defined by silence
The Ukrainian artwork that was destroyed – and the artwork that by no means occurred
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