As western leaders worked overnight, in Minsk, to negotiate a cease-fire in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, heavy fighting is said to have escalated. The ceasefire, described as "fragile," goes into effect at midnight [GMT] on Saturday. Information. Meanwhile, in the old city of Kiev, overlooking the shipyards of Podil, the Izolyatsia Foundation of Donetsk boldly continues its exhibition, education, and outreach programs in … Read the full Story >>
While New Yorkers were standing in line for tickets to the thrilling new “Macbeth” that has, according to the New York Times, transformed the Park Avenue Armory into a war zone, pro-Russian separatists wearing masks and armed with Kalashnikovs invaded Izolyatsia Foundation, an innovative arts center in Donetsk, Ukraine, and set up a makeshift armory. In a tale of betrayal and ambition that Shakespeare might … Read the full Story >>
In June this year, DART contributing editor, Margaret Morton, reported on the takeover by pro-Russian separatists, of the Izolyatsia Foundation Art Center, in Donetsk, Ukraine. A month later, she reported that the separatists, who had turned the art center into a military training base, had also interfered with the international investigation of the Malaysian Airways Flight 17 crash site. Today she forwarded an article from … Read the full Story >>
