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Special Support for Ukraine: The Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES) supports Ukrainian artists and cultural workers in a variety of ways

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The BMKOES has reacted quickly to Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine and initiated various projects to support Ukrainian artists and cultural producers in solidarity.

Already in March 2022, the BMKOES-funded initiative “Office Ukraine. Shelter for Ukrainian Artists” was founded at three locations in cooperation with tranzit.at (Vienna), < rotor > (Graz) and Künstler:innenhaus Büchsenhausen (Innsbruck), which offers support on many levels for Ukrainian artists who have fled to Austria.

The BMKOES also provides fast and specific support for Ukrainian artists who have fled to Austria as a consequence of the war. Since the beginning of the program, around 160 scholarships and project grants have been awarded. This enables Ukrainian artists to live and work safely in Austria and creates a framework for networking and exchange with the art and cultural scene in Austria.

In the meantime, this special Ukraine aid program has become a European best practice example.

In total, the BMKOES has so far provided around EUR 1.5 million for Offices Ukraine, projects, scholarships, aid transports to Ukraine and benefit events. The supporting activities are being continued on an ongoing basis.

The BMKOES also supports the 5th edition of the Kyiv Biennial, which will begin in October 2023 with a main exhibition in Vienna (October 17, 2023—January 14, 2024) and smaller interventions in Kyiv, and will also take place in Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhgorod, Berlin and Warsaw. The strategy of the Kyiv Biennial developed in the four previous editions integrates artistic production, critical knowledge and social engagement. Therefore, this Kyiv Biennial 2023, organized in European solidarity, will not be just a temporary event, but rather the prelude to a multi-year international long-term project, a “Kyiv Perennial”.

Andrea Mayer, Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport: “February 24, 2022 is etched in the memory of us all. For the people of Ukraine, this war, which has been fought with unimagined brutality, means suffering, losses and destruction on an immeasurable scale. Therefore, we must fill our unyielding support and solidarity with life. And never forget one thing: The attack is also an attack on our democratic culture, freedom of art and freedom of expression.”