In folk belief, the paintings protect people from sorrow and evil. Every family has at least one practitioner and the tradition is taught at all levels in the local schools, making Petrykivka painting ...

Reports from Ivankiv, north-west of Kyiv, say that the local museum and its art works have been burned down by Russian forces. Inside were 25 paintings by the celebrated Ukrainian folk artist ...

Ukrainian George Voronovsky (1903–1982 ... even from Jentleson and the High which possesses the finest collection of Southern folk art in the country. “I often hear from people who have ...

Anna Senik, pioneer of Ukrainian ethno-photography, works with museums, craftspeople and ethnologists to create atmospheric photoshoots with models wearing traditional authentic folk garments, as ...

Among her students was Anatol Petrytskiy, whose particularly beautiful and versatile projects explored Orthodox religion, ...

at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill. Pysanky are an ancient art, made in Ukraine and other Slavic countries for centuries. Though many people call them ...