UKRAINIAN SCULPTURE AND ICONS: A History of Their Rescue

Ukrainian Icons accompanied an eponymous exhibition designed to underline the importance of preserving Ukraine’s cultural inheritence. Part One shows the collections of President Viktor Yushenko, Petro Honchar, Ihor Hryniv, Volodymyr Koziuk, Vasyl Vovkun, and Lidia Lykhach in conjunction with a scholarly examination of these relics of sacral art. Part Two complents the works with an article by cultural historian Serhii Bilokin on the history of the destruction of museums and cultural patrimony.