Portfolio

Tactile typography: artist NXCSS makes soft and syrupy visuals that flow and mutate

Photography

Watch the birdie: how a papier-mâché horse in Tbilisi Zoo grew into a popular photo studio

Architecture

Eastern Bloc architecture: monolithic housing blocks | part 7

Design

POSTER x POEM: visual artists are transporting contemporary poetry to city walls

Architecture

Why dynamite couldn’t destroy the legacy of Bulgaria’s communist mausoleum

Follow of the week

See today’s Ukraine through the lens of women photographers

Exploration

Home truths: finding the intimate and personal in Moscow’s mundane housing blocks

Self

‘Our bodies are our main weapon of resistance’: body positivity activist Miliyollie on fighting Russia’s beauty standards 

Photography

The curious tale of the Russian village with more cafes per capita than New York

Photography

Portraits of Russia: emerging photographers capture the faces of a young nation

Photography

Soviet Siberia: a tender portrait of life in the 1950s and 60s in archive photography

Portfolio

Goodbye utopia: using CGI worlds to confront our flawed reality

Exploration

Fenced out: a look at the landscapes that divide us

Culture

The Calvert Journal launches Curated: the ultimate guide to contemporary Russian art

Culture

Russia’s first female train conductor drew her dream job in anime illustrations

Culture

Why a Belgrade art gallery is exhibiting the diaries of Yugoslav war criminal Ratko Mladić

Culture

A new book celebrates the daring Ukrainian avant-garde art of the 1960s

Architecture

From the ground up: the battle to transform Ukraine’s unloved buildings with cutting-edge design

Self

Russia’s real face is diverse — and these Gen Z artists want to talk about it

Portfolio

The creative collective proving that for provincial artists, strength lies in numbers

Travel Writing

Letter from a kok boru match in Kyrgyzstan: where an ancient sport meets modern times

Culture

Summer kitchen with Olia Hercules: 3 Ukrainian recipes that embrace the great outdoors

Photography

Discover the beauty of Georgia’s moveable wooden homes

Film

Watch online: the Kyrgyz drama taking on anti-mining protests that’s been banned from cinemas

Culture

Searching for traces of Eastern Europe on a walking tour of Baltimore

Culture

Queer poetry and big brass bands: a beginner’s guide to Romania’s Roma culture

Media

‘Our project was born of despair’: why Russia’s media start-up pioneers are looking beyond Moscow

Exploration

‘Argue with me’: the Russian artist taking to the streets to break cycles of violence

Culture

Solar panels and selfies: how Polish artists are pushing back against ultra-conservatism

Exploration

Inspired by the buzz of crickets, this computer-generated landscape will bring you instant calm

Fashion

Livewire: the Romanian designer making dresses out of used electrical cables 

Follow of the week

Discover Bosnian history through archive photos dating back to the 19th century

Architecture

Eastern Bloc architecture: monumental museums and memorials | part 6

Special reports

Russia Z

Special reports

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Special reports

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán’s Hungary

Photography

Magnum photographers capture 7 decades of Russian life, from Stalin’s rule to today’s pandemic

Photography

A wedding and a funeral: how it felt showing my Moldovan life to my partner

Inspiration

3 mountain retreats to stay at to escape the crowds

Culture

How one song became the anthem of pro-democracy protests in Belarus

Culture

The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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