earthlingMykhaylo Palinchak: Untitled, 2022
A monument to Dante Alighieri, protected with sandbags against Russian shell attacks.
SherBeareth@appassionato @photography @ukraine
That’s both heartbreaking and tragic. But they can’t be moving all the art anywhere safe, nowhere is safe.
Articles about Ukrainian artworks plundered by Russia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_theft_and_looting_by_Russia_during_the_invasion_of_Ukraine
Why thank you!! That’s so kind. I visited Ukraine in 1983 and absolutely loved it, but the Soviets were in charge of museums. ‘Nuff said.
I’ll have to go thru my old pics of Kyiv and see if the public statues were left public. Love her. It’s an incredibly old city.
Church of Nativity, Novoekonomichne, Jose Colon
#churches
Medieval sculptures known as babas stand on Mount Kremenets overlooking Izium in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. One was damaged during Russia’s occupation of the area in 2022. Marushchak has since arranged the removal and safe storage of these and many similar sculptures across eastern and southern Ukraine.
Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian
