While most of the world has been attending to the conflict between Putin’s puppets and Ukrainians struggling for some semblance of self-determination, the gifted French street artist Seth GlobePainter and his Ukrainian friend Alexsey Kislow decided to enliven Kiev with a mural titled “Renaissance”. The polychromatic piece took a week to complete, with imagery hinting at a hopeful future for Ukraine. Seth and Kislow plan to buoy spirits with more wall art around the city in coming weeks.

images © Alexey Kislow and Marie Meneau