What to do while in Ukraine

  Ukrainian graffiti artist RUBAE presented the first book with his own works. In it, the artist collected 132 graffiti, created by him on freight cars of trains of the "Kovalska" construction company from the fall of 2018 to the winter of 2022. The basis of the works is the interpretation of the logos of famous international and Ukrainian companies from RUBAE, which the artist himself calls "his main asset". "The main goal of creating this book was to document a unique period in the history of graffiti and popularize the underground among people who do not belong to this culture," the artist wrote. So far, 500 copies of the book have been released. It has already been launched for pre-sale. You can order via the link Rubae .

  Until April 20, House of Europe in cooperation with the Ukrainian Startup Fund is holding a competition for creative startups. We invite businesses from the creative industries to compete for a chance to represent Ukraine at the international startup competition Creative Business Cup BRIGHT in Denmark. 💡Creative Business Cup is an international competition for creative startups that has no analogues. Companies from more than 80 countries will compete for the title of the best startup of the year in front of investors and industry professionals. 🧶Creative startups that: 📌consider creative competencies to be their main asset; 📌position themselves as a Ukrainian company; 📌 work through a Ukrainian legal entity: FOP, LLC; 📌have a finished product or prototype with market potential; 📌have ownership rights to the product or prototype; 📌 have not yet received investments of more than 1 million dollars. 🤩What will the winner get? 🔹Participation in the international Creative Bus...

  The EQUAL project on Spotify is created to promote equality of women in the global industry and consists of a set of EQUAL music selections and sister programs. It is broadcast in 187 countries of the world, in particular in Ukraine. Spotify chose Jamala as the first Ukrainian ambassador for the global playlist and the first in its history — EQUAL Ukraine for International Women's Day. The track of the Ukrainian singer Take Me To A Place from the mini-album "Call" opens two music selections at once. In addition, the performer took part in the creation of playlists, providing recommendations on the strongest female artists of the Ukrainian scene. The March music selections of EQUAL Global and EQUAL Ukraine, which unite the most powerful female voices in music, are already available for Spotify users.

  Ukrainian online cinema Takflix released a selection of short animations " Secrets of Girls ". The collection includes five cartoons by Ukrainian animators: "Petrivka_requiem" about the decommunization of Kyiv; "Me and my fat ass" about accepting one's own body; "Deep Water" about female sexuality; "Tiger Roams Nearby" about getting out of a mental crisis; "Get out, Masha" about the real and online worlds.

In Kyiv, an exhibition of the 60-year-old artist Lyubov Panchenko with Ukrainian national motifs will open in the Gulliver shopping center. The exhibition will feature paintings and collages, sketches of wardrobe elements and photos of outfits created by the artist. The event will last until the end of February. Also, on February 3 at 6:30 p.m., the lecture "Amazing Lyubov Panchenko" will be held in the art space on the fourth floor of the shopping center. It will be read by Olena Lodzynska, head of the Sixties Museum, researcher of Lyubov Panchenko's work. Entry is free with prior registration.

  Nadia Parfan was in the Middle East when Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. "In this personal film-essay, she documents her painful return home," reads the film's description. The New Yorker published an international version of the film, where the author tells her own story with a voiceover in English. The Ukrainian-language version of the film can be watched in the Takflix online cinema until February 2 (only on the territory of Ukraine).