About
Residents
of the hero-city of Kharkiv
About
Street art on ruins
" With your hands down, it is inconvenient to strangle the scum" by Kharkiv art town Hamlet
"Helping Hands" by V. Kozhushko. A young artist died on August 30, 2024, from a missile fired by the Russians at Kharkiv
... we can see red poppies which remind society: "Never again"...
Every day, Kharkiv suffers from shelling, especially its historic center
Shrapnel-scarred facades of buildings from the late 18th and 19th centuries and shattered windows — this is what our heritage looks like now.
"Ukraine, Kharkiv, Resilience" reads the canvas covering a broken window.
This is what office windows look like today
Fantastic raccoons gaze back at you from a café wall, refusing to let daily bombings shake your optimism
Even the bank branch is "on trend."
Shattered storefronts have transformed into “art windows.”
Before the war, mannequins in stylish clothes looked out from the windows…
Now, bright flowers catch the eye of passersby
These were once shop windows, too
A cozy courtyard in the center — for a moment, it feels like you’re back in peaceful times, before February 24, 2022...
Brightly colored birds... Since the war began, birdsong has been scarce in the city; they can’t withstand the blasts
...one day, they will return
Never before I have seen so much thirst for life in my city, a thirst that, under the threat of death, has poured out into the streets with art.
