In this podcast Olenka Pevny and Andrii Smytsniuk speak with Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta about cultural politics in Ukraine and on the role that art institutions play in its cultural policies.

Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta is the Director of Mystetskyi Arsenal Art and Culture Museum Complex. She is also former Vice-Minister of Culture of Ukraine. ‘Mystets'kyi Arsenal’ (‘Art Arsenal’) is a public cultural institution, museum, and art exhibition complex which occupies a historic 60,000 square metre space in the centre of Kyiv. The mission of ‘Mystets'kyi Arsenal’ is to raise public awareness of the social and cultural issues facing the nation and to serve as a conduit for cultural exchange with the international community.