#RazomRecommends: While schools may be out for the summer, learning and exploration do not need to stop. July offers plentiful opportunities to engage with Ukrainian arts and culture – offering a glimpse into the resilience, bravery, and ingenuity of the people who are defending the values of the free world.
16 May – 24 August 2025| NYC
Village to Modern: Ukrainian Folk Art from the Vasyl and Maria Petryshyn Collection
The Ukrainian Museum’s newest exhibit traces the journey of traditional village crafts to modern artistry, showcasing the richness of Ukrainian visual culture. Folk art’s bright colors and bold patterns influenced avant-garde artists to experiment with new techniques and styles, leading to the development of innovative and groundbreaking artworks.

16 May – 24 August 2025| NYC
Jurij Solovij: Abstracting Time
The first comprehensive survey exhibition of Ukrainian artist Jurij Solovij at the Ukrainian Museum in New York presents a significant opportunity to explore the multifaceted contributions of a distinguished artist who adeptly navigated the complexities of culture and identity through his work.
🔗https://www.theukrainianmuseum.org/jurij-solovij-abstracting-time/

26 June – 10 July 2025 | NYC
FAINA: The Shape of Vitality & Drevo
The Ukrainian Institute of America hosts a two-part exhibition by Ukrainian architect, designer, and artist Victoria Yakusha, founder of the live design brand FAINA. Bringing together a decade of creative evolution with a new body of work, this exhibition invites viewers into a world shaped by memory, presence, and the vitality of form.

28 June – 1 November 2025 | Brockton, MA
Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art
Fuller Craft Museum proudly presents a multimedia exhibition celebrating Ukraine’s rich artistic heritage and enduring creative spirit. Highlighting the profound role of traditional crafts as acts of resistance and cultural preservation, the exhibition features Zaporizhzhya embroidered textiles, hand-painted pysanka (Easter eggs), Crimean-Tatar ceramics, Hutsul wood art, and Petrykivka painting.
🔗https://fullercraft.org/exhibitions/soul-of-a-nation-voices-of-resilience-in-ukrainian-folk-art/

2 July – 7 September 2025 | Chicago
Courage of a Nation: Photo Exhibition by Howard G. Buffet
The extraordinary photo exhibition Courage of a Nation, by Howard G. Buffett, Ukraine’s largest private donor, will be on display at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago. The photo exhibition is a selection of images taken by Howard G. Buffett between April 2022 and January 2025, including more than 63 days along the front lines.

10 July 2025 | 7-9pm | NYC
Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, and Anton Varga) Artist Talk and Premiere Event
A seated conversation and varenyky (aka pierogi) with Ukrainian artist collective, Open Group, in celebration of the New York institutional premiere of their 2024 work, Repeat After Me – a portrait of civilian victims of and witnesses to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, arranged to follow the format of a karaoke sing-along video.
🔗https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/open-group-artist-talk-and-premiere-event/

11 July 2025 | 6:30 pm | NYC
Meet & Greet with Open Group Ukrainian Artist Collective
The Ukrainian Museum and the High Line are pleased to co-host a Meet & Greet event at the Museum where participants will be able to enjoy wine and personal conversations with the collective’s permanent members, Yuriy Biley and Anton Varga, and hear from them about Repeat After Me and their other projects.

12 July – 14 September 2025 | Chicago
Entangled Expressions: Exploring the Labyrinth of Linearity
An immersive journey into the realm of meandering and undulating lines, where art converges with the intricate patterns of nature, mathematics, and human expression. This exhibition features the captivating works of three visionary artists who ingeniously navigate the complexities of lines, knots, and entanglements, each employing a unique medium to articulate their profound explorations.

25 July| Ongoing| NYC
2000 Meters to Andriivka at Film Forum
In his follow-up to Oscar®-winner 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, Pulitzer-winning AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov again immerses us in the invasion of Ukraine — this time during the 2023 counteroffensive. Embedded with a small Ukrainian platoon on a high-stakes mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka, Chernov and colleague Alex Babenko hole up in trenches, shadowing soldiers as they inch forward through forest, minefields, shellings, and artillery fire. This first-person witness to war’s cruel reality intersperses with intimate, moving moments — conversations that reveal the bare humanity of young men on the front lines who dream and fear and hope.

27 July| Pine Plains, NY
Words to America from Ukraine
A moving cultural evening blending wartime Ukrainian poetry, music, and community in support of Razom for Ukraine. Set in the beautiful Hudson Valley at the Stissing Center for Arts and Culture, just 100 miles from NYC, this special event features poetry in translation, traditional Ukrainian folk music, inspiring speakers, food, drinks, and a live auction.
