The Day Weekly DigestIsak TARTAKOVSKY: 100 years of inner dialogueThe Day Weekly DigestBy Vadym LUBCHAK, Photo replicas provided by Olena PALAMARCHUK Isak Tartakovsky is by far the only Ukrainian artist whose paintings have adorned practically all republican exhibits of the late 20th century, an artist whose numerous canvases are being ...

State of the artFinancial Times... the worst of times: Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art”: the opening lines of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities paint Kiev as a place of both uncertainty and optimism. Contemporary art came to Ukraine in 1993, just two years after the ...and more »

Plain DealerSeth Chwast and his mother, Debra, on art and autism: 10 Minutes With ...Plain DealerToday he is an accomplished painter who has sold his work all over the world. Debra of Cleveland Heights published a memoir last year called "An Unexpected Life: A Mother and Son's Story of Love, Determination, Autism and Art." Seth and Debra spoke ...

'American Vanguards' Opens At Amon Carter Museum June 9Antiques and the Arts OnlineGraham was a painter, theoretician and mystic whose advanced ideologies ultimately affected the course of American Modernism. Born in the Ukraine to aristocratic parents, Graham seemed an unlikely figure to be such a pivotal force in American art — he ...

The Day Weekly Digest“Odarka Kyselytsia's Magic of Color”The Day Weekly DigestBesides, in 1996 the artist received Sydir Vorobkevych Regional Prize and in 1997 – the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. Paintings by Odarka Kyselytsia are now stored in Chernivtsi Art Museum, Chernivtsi Museum of Regional Ethnography, ...

S.African president opens case against artistKyiv Post (subscription)President Jacob Zuma is asking the High Court to order the gallery to remove the painting on the grounds it violates his constitutional right to dignity. The gallery and the artist argue that freedom of expression, also protected by the constitution, ...and more »

US should prioritize the protection of US citizens abroadUPI.comCompare the tough US response to Yulia Tymoshenko's imprisonment in Ukraine with Washington's silence on US citizen Zack Shahin who has languished in jail in Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates. On May 1, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...and more »

News of the world in photos: Justice for war crime victimsSeattle Post Intelligencer(AP Photo/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix) El Greco's painting, 'Laocoon', is watched by a visitor during a preview of the exhibition of 'El Greco and the Modernism' at the Museum Kunstpalast in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday. The exhibition lasts from April ...and more »

The Day Weekly Digest“Altar of Nations” made of 250000 pysankasThe Day Weekly DigestAccording to the artist, the wooden Easter eggs were painted not only in Ukraine but in 42 countries around the world by many people willing to contribute to the project. Among the Ukrainian participants were professional egg painters, artists, ...

World Soccer Daily: 10 stories you need to read, 18th May, 2012World SoccerAfter he was signed by FC Dallas, painting both helped to fill the long hours of spare time after training and to decorate the walls of his new apartment. Since then, he's produced dozens of paintings, giving them to friends and family or auctioning ...and more »