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Recovery After Total War

Тhe first major international public discussion of Ukraine's post-war social settlement: how Ukraine can retain and return its people, social cohesion and political trust.

    27-28 May 2026

    9:00-19:30 Kyiv

    Odessa - ZoomSpaces are limited; for security reasons, the venue will be announced to registrants who attend in person; others will be able to join via Zoom or view the proceedings via a YouTube live stream.

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Olga Yarovaya's Exhibition

An exhibition by Cosmopolitan artist Olga Yarovaya is opening, featuring her distinctive collage technique, characterized by a unique play of images and details.

    20 March - 01 May 2026

    16:00 (Kyiv)

    House of Coffee (12, Gogolya str), Odessa


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Paradoxes of Decolonisation

A joint Cosmopolis-Einstein Forum discussion about the logic and consequences of Ukraine's state-sponsored decolonisation drive.

    21 April 2026

    18:00 (Berlin)

    The Einstein Forum, Potsdam



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Ukrainian Portrait

Ukrainian Cosmopolis invites you to the exhibition “Ukrainian Portrait” by Kateryna Biletina at the Odesa Literary Museum.

    17 February - 27 April 2026

    15:00 (Kyiv)

    Odesa Literaru Museum



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When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea, directed by Eva Neymann, will be screened at Produktionhaus NAXOS. The film offers a cinematic journey through Odessa, a city worn down by war. 

    31 March 2026

    19:00 (Berlin)

    Produktionhaus NAXOS, Frankfurt

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PoemsNotBombs

Zoom event with Kaveh Akbar, Carolyn Forche, Kiese Laymon, Valzhyna Mort and Ilya Kaminsky.


    21 March 2026

    7pm ET

    Zoom

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The Girl Who Did Not Know How to Hate

Cosmopolis produced the Ukrainian translation of Lidia Maksymowicz's memoir of surviving Auschwitz. With support from journalist Paolo Rodari.

    11 March 2026

    18:00 (Kyiv)

    Jewish Cultural Centre "Beit Grand"

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Kvartirnik No. 1

Anastasia Piliavsky talked to Odessa's artists and writers about applying for grant funding without betraying their visions or serving someone else's agendas.

    15 February 2026

    17:00 (Kyiv)

    Tonki Materii Space, Odessa

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Launch of Azov Horizons

Book launch and signing of Azov Horizons, a photography book by Cosmopolis Member Patrick Wack, with an afterword by Cosmopolis Founder Anastasia Piliavsky.

    28 January 2026

    18:00 - 20:00 (Paris)

    Little Big Galerie, Paris

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Cosmo Kino Fest

A one-day documentary film festival, featuring “Pryvoz” by Eva Neymann, “Trust or Rust” by Andrii Kashpur and Dmytro Khopta, “Kherson: Human Safari”, by Zarina Zabrisky and Gar O'Rourke's Oscar-nominated Sanatorium.

    21 December 2025

    12:00 - 19:00 (Kyiv)

    Odesa Film Studios

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Fault Lines

A tribute-exhibition to the late award-winning French photographer Matthieu Chazal (1975–2024), in collaboration with Galerie Hegoa, Paris.


    22 April - 11 May 2025

    11:00 - 17:00 (Kyiv)

    #ArtOdessa Gallery

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Cosmo Colloquium

Our launch conference about cosmopolitanism in Ukraine's past and future.




    20 December 2024

    11:00 - 19:00 (Kyiv)

    TEO Theatre