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War-Torn: Art in Times of Conflict

March 18, 2022

War lays waste to cities, hospitals, theaters and museums and drives millions to flee. Ukraine is fighting for its very survival.

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Ukraine | Sophienkathedrale in Kiew
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What will become of its cultural heritage and what questionable cultural alliances does this war reveal?

 

Ukraine | Historische Altstadt von Lviv mit Schloss - Weltkulturerbe
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Ukraine’s cultural heritage at risk

Russia's missiles also threaten Ukraine's cultural and artistic heritage. UNESCO sites such as historic Lviv and the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves are at risk, as are countless churches, museums, galleries, and memorials. How can they be saved?

 

Images of flight, suffering and fear

Photographer Florian Bachmeier has been documenting the violent conflict in Ukraine for years: on the Maidan, in Crimea, in Donbass. When war broke out, he traveled to the Polish-Ukrainian border to capture moments of flight and fear.

 

Euromaxx | Baltic Sea Philharmonic
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Cultural patronage or artwashing? Russia’s Nord Stream 2

The Baltic Sea Philharmonic was founded to musically connect the nations adjoining the Baltic Sea. Initiator and sponsor: the Russian pipeline operator Nord Stream 2. Should this cultural partnership be re-evaluated in light of the Ukraine war?

 

Valentin Silvestrov Berlin
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Composer Valentyn Silvestrov on the war in his homeland

Valentyn Silvestrov is one of Ukraine's leading contemporary composers. In early March he and his family fled Kyiv for Berlin. Soon after his arrival in the German capital, he took part in a solidarity concert for Ukraine.

 

 

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