What is Ukrainian painting now?

Panel Discussion

Painting, historically grounded in its socio-political context, has been a medium through which times of crisis, ideological shifts, and cultural transitions are both recorded and reinterpreted. In Ukraine, painters have persistently mirrored both the shifting environment and the existential conditions of human experience.
This conversation focuses on the inheritance of visual memory – how it evolves under conditions of crisis. By foregrounding the personal and political entanglements of artistic work before and after the onset of full-scale war, the panel opens questions on how Ukrainian painting continues to be an archive of a collective memory.

Yehor Antsyhin, artist, Vienna
Polina Baitsym, art historian, curator, Vienna
Danylo Kovach, artist, Vienna
Olena Shtepura, artist, scenographer, Vienna
Moderation: Ania Zorh, artist, researcher, founder prolet.AIR artist union, Vienna

In cooperation with Office Ukraine.