Ukrainian Diary is the first major UK retrospective of work by Boris Mikhailov, one of the most influential contemporary artists from Eastern Europe. Mikhailov has explored social and political subjects for more than fifty years through his experimental photographic work. 

This exhibition brings together work from over twenty of his most important series, up to his more recent projects. Viewed today, against the backdrop of current events and ongoing war in Ukraine, Mikhailov's work is all the more poignant and enlightening.  

Tour led by  José Neves, Assistant Curator at The Photographers' Gallery. No booking necessary, free with exhibition entry.

Biography

José Neves is the Assistant Curator at The Photographers’ Gallery, where he actively contributes to shaping its exhibitions. Before this role, he was a curator at Belfast Exposed Photography in Northern Ireland, organising shows with artists like Jo Spence, Frits de Ridder, Arpita Shah and Yvette Monahan. He earned a PhD in Photographic History from Ulster University in 2017, with a focus on photobook history. Prior to that, he studied Photographic History and Practice at De Montfort University in Leicester and worked as an Assistant Curator at the Wilson Centre for Photography in London. His interests include the history of photobooks, artist’s books, photographic printing techniques, and storytelling through images. Recently, he has been exploring how HIV/AIDS has been depicted in photography during the late 1980s and early 1990s.