Born in the post-WWII Soviet Union, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, Vladimir Dikarev received his training at the Uzhgorod Fine Arts College. Situated near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary, the thousand-year-old Uzhgorod is the westernmost of Ukraine’s regional centers. While at school, Vladimir combined his academic studies with his extracurricular interests in eastern and western philosophy, poetry, […] Read more
In mounting this exhibition, The Museum of Russian Art stands with the people of Ukraine, as well as with those in Russia and around the world who oppose war, authoritarianism, and oppression. As a museum dedicated to art and culture, TMORA believes in the power of artists to bear witness, challenge injustice, and give voice […] Read more
A Yugoslavia-born sculptor, Zoran Mojsilov received his art education at the University of Belgrade, graduating in 1979, and later trained with the renowned Yugoslavian sculptor Matija Vuković. As a conscientious objector, he taught art at a military psychiatric hospital in 1981 and later went to Paris to escape the narrow confines and restrictions of the […] Read more
By Alex V. Cipolle – Reporting from Minneapolis – Oct. 18, 2023 This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. Click for online version “Bird” is a painted metal and wood sculpture by Leon Hushcha, a Ukrainian American artist […] Read more
The exhibition presents works by Olga Volchkova. Painted in the traditional style of Eastern Orthodox icon-painting, these works are far from being traditional. Volchkova’s icons present familiar vegetables, fruit, herbs, and other plants as divine beings, paying long-overdue tribute to the spiritual dimension as well as the fundamental role plants provide to safeguard life on […] Read more
