On November 19, the National Museum of Ukrainian Literature in Kyiv will open an exhibition entitled "Fragile!" about the destroyed stained glass windows of Mariupol.
The exhibition is based on a photo project by Mariupol photographer and journalist Ivan Stanislavsky, who documented the city's unique stained glass windows before they were destroyed.
The project is also supplemented by publications on the life and work of Alla Horska and the artists of the 1960s from the collections of the National Museum of Ukrainian Literature. A special highlight of the exhibition will be an installation in support of prisoners of war.
The exhibition was organized by the cultural team "City of Mary" — a community of Mariupol residents who, while in exile, preserve the cultural heritage and identity of their native Mariupol.
This was reported by Mariupol — a tourist city.
During the opening of the exhibition, there will be presentations by museum workers, researchers of monumental heritage, artists, and a tour of the exhibition, which will introduce the history of the project's creation, the symbolism of Mariupol stained glass, and how the fragility of glass is transformed into a language of memory and resistance.
"This exhibition is part of the great story of preserving our monumental heritage. Mariupol art today is not only a memory of what has been destroyed, but also a language of resistance to Russian propaganda," the organizers note.
The exhibition "Caution: Fragile!" will run until the end of 2025.