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Culture
Fedir Stryhun, a People's Artist of Ukraine and longtime actor and director at Lviv's Maria Zankovetska Theatre, has died in Lviv in his 87th year. His son Nazar announced the news on Facebook.
Sofia Lysenko · 24 Oct 2026
Culture
A therapeutic garden at VDNH in Kyiv has won a New European Bauhaus Prize, taking the top spot in the local democracy and inclusion category among more than 700 applications. Its team plans to create similar spaces, including at rehabilitation sites for soldiers.
Sofia Lysenko · 20 Oct 2026
Culture
Maria Rizak has created the visual identity for the 2027 Bologna Children's Book Fair: six landscapes in needle and thread, themed "Landscape" as a response to border conflicts around the world.
Sofia Lysenko · 19 Oct 2026
Culture
Falling drone debris and a fire at Adrenalin City in Lutsk on 13 October damaged "Cosmogony", described as Ukraine's largest painting. One of its six parts, "The Future", was destroyed, the museum's director said.
Sofia Lysenko · 16 Oct 2026
Culture
Kyiv city authorities say facsimile copies of Ivan Fedorov's "Bukvar", printed in Lviv in 1574, will go to all the capital's schools, reproducing even the wooden binding and handwritten notes of the original.
Sofia Lysenko · 14 Oct 2026
Culture
Ukraine's Cabinet has approved new rules on using cultural monuments and their grounds, aimed at preventing damage during repairs, construction and earthworks. They also cover building heights around monuments.
Sofia Lysenko · 14 Oct 2026
Culture
Writer and veteran Artur Dron will author this year's National Radio Dictation, to be read live on 27 October by singer and volunteer Dasha Astafieva and teacher Artur Proydakov.
Sofia Lysenko · 14 Oct 2026