Kyiv residency of the exhibition — 80 photos from three years of the Antytila frontman's service in the AFU medical battalion. Opening 15 June 2026.
The National Cultural and Art Museum Complex Mystetskyi Arsenal hosts the exhibition 'Frontline Frames: Photo Archive of Taras Topolya' from 15 June to 28 August 2026. This is the largest exposition of the Antytila frontman's frontline photo body of work — 80 works selected from 8500 frames taken by Topolya from March 2022 to December 2024 during service in the 95th medical battalion. The exposition is divided into 5 sections: 'First Weeks' (March-June 2022, defence of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblast), 'Evacuation Group' (over 200 civilian evacuations), 'Brothers-in-arms' (10 portraits of medics — two of whom died in 2023–2024), 'Show Under Fire' (rare Antytila concerts at positions in 2023–2024), 'Return Home' (the 2025 demobilisation year). The exposition's curator is Natalia Zabolotna, museum director until 2014, who returned from emigration in 2024. A particular detail of the exhibition is the interactive QR audio guide with a 30-minute Topolya monologue recorded in Kyiv in March 2026. In it the frontman recounts behind-the-scenes stories for each of the 5 sections. Audio is available in 4 languages: UA, EN, DE, FR. The exhibition received support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and Goethe-Institut Ukraine. Expected attendance is up to 100 thousand visitors over 11 weeks.
