Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky makes an urgent plea at the Venice Biennale for the art world to shine a light on Ukraine:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the crowd at"This Is Ukraine: Defending Freedom." Photo: Julia Halperin
Office of the President of Ukraine and its culture ministry, includes Ukrainian artists like Maria Prymachenko and Tetyana Yablonska with international figures such as Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, and J.R. A Murakami diptych with blue and yellow flower faces, created after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, provided the backdrop for the press conference.
He then showed a short clip of a woman in a bunker calling on the international community for help. The video was recordedAsked about the future of his Kyiv foundation ahead of the official program, Pinchuk said, “I’m dreaming about a victory exhibition—what we will show when we win the war.”
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