Art as Protest—and Therapy—in War-Ravaged Ukraine

Art inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine fills Rivne, a city in northwestern Ukraine within a three-hour drive from the Polish border—where an exhibition of 44 paintings by Ukrainian artists opened last year at The Euro Gallery.

“Every moment is precious,” one artist said. “If I have a last opportunity to say something, I have to make it through art by telling the truth.”