{"id":149791,"date":"2025-08-06T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"exhibition-in-warsaw-commemorates-prominent-artist-puskin-on-his-60th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149791\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition in Warsaw commemorates prominent artist Pu\u0161kin on his 60th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\u0410\u043b\u0435\u0441\u044c \u041f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d \u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439. 17 \u0438\u044e\u043d\u044f 2020 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430\n\n\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: svaboda.org\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ales_pushkin_1128_svaboda_20200617-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Radyjo Svaboda)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong><em> <\/em>The Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw opens an exhibition today at Foksal 11 to mark what would have been the 60th birthday of the late Belarusian artist and patriot Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled <em>Zastacca\/Zosta\u0107<\/em>, the exhibition \u201cshows how art continues to speak when words fall silent, and how artists, through their personal experiences, carry forward what Pu\u0161kin cherished\u2014love for Belarus, the courage to be oneself and remembrance of those who fought and stayed,\u201d organizers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pu\u0161kin had the opportunity to flee the country after learning of politically motivated criminal charges against him\u2014but he chose to stay. On July 11, 2023, he died at the age of 57 from a perforated stomach ulcer in a hospital, where he had been transferred from Hrodna\u2019s Prison No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was serving a five-year sentence for \u201cinsulting state symbols\u201d and \u201cinciting hatred,\u201d after investigators seized one of his paintings\u2014depicting Ja\u016dhien \u017dychar, a commander of an anti-Soviet resistance group active in the 1940s\u201350s\u2014along with other items styled in Belarusian national tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leader \u015aviatlana Cichano\u016dskaja paid tribute to the artist in a statement today, saying she plans to visit the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pu\u0161kin was a fierce promoter of Belarusian identity, language and culture. He restored historical buildings, decorated churches and was frequently arrested for political reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 1999, on the fifth anniversary of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule, Pu\u0161kin staged a provocative performance: he brought a handcart full of manure to the presidential office in downtown Minsk, overturned it, placed a portrait of \u0141uka\u0161enka on the pile, and stabbed it with a manure fork. He received a two-year suspended sentence for the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/99460\/\">Warsaw exhibition pays tribute to late Belarusian dissident artist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, Pozirk. The Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw opens an exhibition today at Foksal 11 to mark what would have been the 60th birthday of the late Belarusian artist and patriot Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin. 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