19 November 1981 New York

Band New Order performing live in New York in 1981 at the Ukrainian National Home

A New Beginning: This performance was part of New Order’s first U.S. tour, staged a little over a year after Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’s death. It marked a crucial step in the band’s transition and the beginning of their effort to define an identity separate from their previous group. Musical Evolution: On this tour, New Order moved beyond Joy Division’s post‑punk austerity, embracing synthesizers and propulsive rhythms. In New York they unveiled an early, unreleased ten‑minute version of Temptation, drawing rave reviews and cementing their reputation at the forefront of post‑punk. Video Recording: The show—performed in 1981 in New York City—was filmed by Michael Shamberg and later released on VHS as Taras Shevchenko, capturing the band in a raw, transitional phase and becoming a vital document of their early career. The Ukrainian National Home’s name—and the portrait of poet Taras Shevchenko hanging behind the stage—were prominently displayed, underscoring the venue’s cultural co

19 November 1981 New York

Band New Order performing live in New York in 1981 at the Ukrainian National Home

Lina Kostenko

Hands of Alexander Brailowsky

Ivan Dotsenko - pilot-Indian chief

Yaroslava Music. 1965. Central State Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, f. 251, op. 1, unit. collection 20, sheet 3.

Yaroslava Lvivna Music

Sofia Nalepinska–Boychuk

Sophia Baudouin de Courtenay and Sophia Nalepinska

Ivanova Antonina Nikolaevna

Oksana Pavlenko

Portret Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff on a chair

Portrait of Mariebashkirtsef with a puppy

Mariya Bashkirczeva in a hat

Maria Bashkyrtseva paints a portrait in the studio

Spring

Louise Nevelson, "Sky Cathedral," 1957. Painted wood, 57 x 149 x 16 inches. San José Museum of Art. Gift of Beverly and Peter Lipman, 2010.16. Photo by Douglas SandbergIn the 1950s, Louise Nevelson pushed unorthodox use of material and form to include light and shadow in the creation of large-scale sculptural environments in “a search for continuity between beings, things, and spaces.” At that time, the artist also developed a flamboyant and grandiose persona—jet-black eyelash extensions, colorful coats, and bold jewelry—that reflected the enigma and complexity of her sculptures.

Boychukists studying in the workshop

Work On A Wall Painting In The Club Of Katarzhyn Village Near Odesa

Ukrainian art at the Mezhyhirya Ceramic School Club. Portrait of an Unknown

Boychuk in a workshop in an apartment in Lviv

Boychuk against the backdrop of the murals at the entrance to the chapel of the Jacobite Bursa in Lviv

Group “Renovation Byzantine” of the first waveThe “Renovation Bizantine” group of the first draft – Mykhailo Boychuk (sitting below, in the center); together with the master – Helene Schramm, Mykola Kasperovich, T. Nalepinsky, Sophia Baudouin-de-Courtenay, future wife Sophia Nalepinska, Sophia Segnot, Yanina Levakovska; Paris, 1910

Mykhailo Boychuk and Vasyl Sedlyar

Boychukists of the Boychuk School in Kyiv

Sofia Nalepinska-BoychukUkrainian graphic artist, one of the key figures of Boychukism and a representative of the Shot Revival.

A photo of Mykhailo Boychuk in the studio with an unknown work

Mykhailo Boychuk against the backdrop of an unknown monumental mural

Mykhailo Boychuk against the backdrop of the picturesque composition "Harvest Festival" (the paintings have not survived) for the Kharkiv Chervonozavodsky Theater