From the Scottish Borders to Ukraine, Traquair House is mounting a powerful show of Ukrainian Icons painted on ammunition boxes brought back from the Front. In the Catholic Chapel in the courtyard of the house there is also an exhibition of Ukranian icons which are part of a project of Kyiv artists Sonya Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenkowhi, who noticed the board of a traditional icon is remarkably similar to the top or bottom of an ammunition box.

The main idea of the project is to transform death (the symbol which is the arms box) into life (which in Ukranian culture is traditionally personified by an icon). They began painting these icons on ammo boxes in 2014 and their work has been exhibited all over the world. Proceed of the sale of the icons go to the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, the largest private hospital in Ukraine fully operational during the current war helping the army and civilian population.

A Creative Scotland sponsored exhibition.