The city has been buzzing with big art shows these days. Following Arsenale 2012, the 1st Kyiv International Biennale for Contemporary Art open through 31 July, the First Contemporary Sculpture Festival runs from 2 June through 2 July

Several art villages have sprung up alongside ecological settlements in Ukraine

Rooney Mara shares with the Ukrainian Week what difficulties she has faced playing Lisbeth Salander

Modern German-language drama is coming onto Kyiv theater stages. Foreign authors are largely looking to answer the question, “Who am I?” as they, sometimes provocatively, address the critical issue of identity – something Ukrainians themselves are grappling with

In the West, there is growing demand for women's literature, the favored genre of young emancipated female megalopolis residents. Ukraine also has books in this genre but they are special in their own way

Łukasz Saturczak speaks about his novel Galicia and the relationships between Ukrainians and Poles in border regions

Cai Guo-Qiang, the Chinese artist known worldwide for his visual effects at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing, descended 1,040 meters into a Donetsk mine this spring. His ‘coverage’ is presented in an art project displayed in the workshops of a one-time Donetsk plant, producing insulation materials, now known as the Isolation. Art Initiative Platform from 27 August through 13 November.