Who are we?


We are an independent not-for-profit arts organisation, bringing Ukrainian artistic and cultural presence into the heart of European cultural life.

Ukrainian culture is not seen as an integral part of European culture, while every day our common heritage is being destroyed. Our foundation aims to remove this blind spot while solidifying Ukrainian presence within the European cultural context to create a living dialogue.


Why now?


FarNear exists to bring back lost and forgotten parts of European culture from Ukraine, uncovering shared roots and offering new perspectives. It aims to integrate Ukrainian culture into a broader European cultural context, connecting artists and culture-makers that enrich both sides. At the same time, it brings forward what is contemporary today and what has the potential to become canonical tomorrow.


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“Ukraine is not measured in territories, ruined cities, or numbers tallied, but in emotionally resonant stories that mobilise and bind people together culturally, while existing through time and generations.”



















Exhibitions (archive)
“We Carried the Soil with Us” curated by Dasha Lohvynova with artists: Katia Motylova-Babinska, Stefaniia Bodnia, Karolina Uskakovych and Anna Khvyl, TROEF Leiden.
Exhibition on show: 20.03.2026 to 10.05.2026

Concerts ongoing
SplenDOOR to Ukraine, a series of concerts of Ukrainian classical music accompanied by Ihor Sukhorukov’s lectures about the Ukrainian cultural context, Splendor Amsterdam, ongoing...

























Last Updated September 2026





SplenDoor to Ukraine

@Splendor venue

Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116, Amsterdam

Step into the vibrant world of 20th and 21st-century Ukrainian classical music with “SplenDoor to Ukraine,” an ongoing concert series created in 2024 by acclaimed pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi and cultural producer and programmer Ihor Sukhorukov. By blending unfamiliar compositions with engaging artistic exchange through art installations and lectures, this project reveals universal human experiences and surprising harmonies, inviting audiences to connect deeply with a rich, yet often overlooked, musical heritage. “SplenDoor to Ukraine” underscores the enduring power of music to connect and inspire.

SplenDoor to Ukraine “Carol of the Bells,” 28 December 2024 at Splendor, Amsterdam. Photo by Lera Manzovitova.




Regeneration Generation

2024 & 2026, Kharkiv 
in progress

 The project Regeneration Generation co-created by the FarNear Foundation and Kharkiv Literature museum, explores how russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has decisively shaped cultural development and expression within the frontline city of Kharkiv. Refusing to succumb to hate or despair, Ukrainian culture-makers breathe light, poetry, and hope into the world despite the horrors of war. 





We Carried the Soil 
with Us


Exhitibion: 20.03.2026 to 10.05.2026

Address: 
Middelstegracht 87
2312 TT Leiden
The NetherlandsWhat is “origin” when the ground is cratered, mined, irradiated or simply out of reach? We Carried the Soil with Us brings together four Ukrainian female artists who treat soil as evidence: a living archive that absorbs violence, holds seeds, and keeps returning in unexpected forms.










Stichting FarNear is a registered foundation (”stichting”) with a charitable status (”culturele ANBI”) in The Netherlands / RSIN: 869217823 / KvK: 99990903 / Nassaukade 15 2, 1052 CG, Amsterdam / info@farnear.nl

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