David Chichkan, Ukrainian Artist Who Battled Censorship, Killed at 39 in Battle

David Chichkan, Ukrainian Artist Who Battled Censorship, Killed at 39 in Battle

David Chichkan, an artist well-known in Ukraine for making explicitly political work that occasionally faced censorship, has died at 39. The Ukrainian culture ministry said that his heart stopped after he was wounded in battle against Russian troops. Chichkan made national headlines in Ukraine for mounting shows through the research initiative Libertarian Club of Underground Dialectics, which he founded in 2014. The initiative produced art abo…

‘He considered war to be the culmination of anti-human power’: Ukrainian artist David Chichkan killed on frontline

Known for his devotion to his anarchist ideals, Chichkan becomes the latest in a string of Ukrainian cultural workers killed since Russia's full-scale invasion