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Valeria Radkevych

Valeria Radkevych is an editor and cultural professional with experience in editorial writing, research, and curatorial practice, working at the intersection of art, politics, and contemporary European issues, with a strong focus on Ukraine. She is experienced in producing and editing critical texts, interviews, and long-form articles for international publications, as well as shaping cultural narratives for diverse audiences.

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Kazimir Malevich was a pioneering avant-garde artist best known for founding Suprematism.

The Ukrainian origins of avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, long mislabelled as Russian

by Valeria Radkevych
In 2016, Natalia Zabolotna, then director of the Kyiv-based art gallery Mystetskyi Arsenal, proposed naming Kyiv’s main airport, Boryspil International Airport, after the famous avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich. Her idea was far from eccentric. Across Europe, airports serve as sites of cultural self-definition, carrying the names of compatriots whose work reshaped global culture  — from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport to Granada’s Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport. At th