Ukraine. Destroyed cultural assets. Looting and bombing: How Russian occupying forces are destroying Ukraine's heritage.

Photographs from Odesa, Borodyanka, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, the Sumy and Donetsk regions, as well as the texts about the creation of these photos, which the authors personally experienced - a photo chronicle of the war in Ukraine in connection with Russia's military invasion.

With photographs by: Marichka Bilous (Dnipro), Boris Bukhman (Odesa), Tetiana Fomenko (Kyiv), Sergiy Kononenko (Mykolayiv), Evgeny Sosnovsky (Mariupol), Nelli Spirina (Kyiv), Inna Yermakova (Luhansk / Kyiv), Volodymyr Zahrebelnyi (Kyiv)
Curation: Elena Pagel and Iryna Guziy

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EXHIBITION
22. November 2024 until 10. January 2025

Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 10:00 - 16:00
and by appointment

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After the beginning of this all-out war, cameras in the hands of photographers and ordinary civilians became a "weapon" that showed the world the crimes of the Russian Federation. A "weapon" that Ukrainians used to convey the truth to the world about the war that Russia unleashed in Ukraine in 2014 and launched a full-scale offensive in February 2022.

Our exhibition participants, journalists and photographers, say they need to tell more about this story, as witnesses to this catastrophic humanitarian crisis and the terrifying prospect that the whole world could be dragged into a war with Russia. The Ukrainian photographers featured in this exhibition document the destruction at the risk of their own safety. Not all of them have accreditation from the security authorities to take pictures. Some work at the risk of arrest because filming in public places is currently prohibited due to the military situation in the country and the security services. Their courage and dedication allow us to realise the extent of the losses our culture suffers in times of conflict. The photographs shown in the exhibition were taken from 2022 to 2024.

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Further information at www.kulturaktiv.org

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This exhibition is sponsored by the Osterberg Foundation for Art and Culture.

The project Gallery nEUROPA is funded by the State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion. This measure is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament as part of the funding programme "Wir für Sachsen".