Ukrainian street art under supervision: The experience of monumentalist artists

of "Regained Culture: Ukrainian voices curate Ukrainian culture" This article examines the parallel struggles of Ukrainian artists across different eras to express Ukrainian identity through public art. It contrasts the experiences of Soviet-era monumental artist Alla Horska, who secretly incorporated Ukrainian symbols into officially sanctioned works while facing political persecution, with contemporary muralists like Yevgenia Fullen and Hamlet Zinkivsky who navigate bureaucracy and public opinion in modern Ukraine. The piece highlights how Horska's artistic resistance against Soviet repression cost her life and nearly erased her legacy, particularly her mosaics in Donbas that are now threatened by Russian invasion.