29.04.2026

The international art event was organised by the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (Eastern Regional Scientific and Art Centre), the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, and the ‘4th Block’ Association of Graphic Designers.

Chernobyl is a crack in the fabric of human history. A breakdown of trust in technology. A shadow that still lingers with us. Forty years on, we ask the questions once more: Who is responsible? Who remembers? And what is the price of silence?

This international poster project presents a space for a raw, honest, visual conversation. Not about illustrating the disaster, but about its consequences. About fear, emptiness, traces. About life after the explosion. This is a project about memory as action. About ecology as ethics. About the future as a choice.

Works by designers from 49 countries do not offer comfort, but raise questions, refusing to let us forget the tragic event.

Around 700 posters were submitted to the art initiative. This is not a competition with winners. The aim of the project is to remind us of the fatal explosion 40 years ago and to try to extrapolate Chernobyl to the present day.

265 posters were selected for the exhibitions, including 147 student works. In total – 412 posters by 285 artists.

Exhibitions of the international poster campaign are taking place not only in Kyiv, but also in Lviv, as well as in Dresden, Potsdam, Dortmund, Berlin (Germany), Montreal (Canada), Graz (Austria) and other cities around the world.

Project opening: 30 April 2026
Kyiv, 20 Bulvarno-Kudriavska Street

Admission is free