La Colombe
James Colomina · 2024 · Kyiv
Artwork and, as far as we can tell, photo by James Colomina (Konbini publishes the same frame credited © James Colomina). Image from Street Art Utopia; camera date unconfirmed.
La Colombe is a red dove with an olive branch in its beak, placed on a street lamp on Kyiv's Independence Square by Toulouse artist James Colomina around Ukraine's Independence Day in August 2024. It sits near the flags that honor fallen soldiers, and Colomina called it a tribute to the soldiers' sacrifice. In 2025 Ukrposhta put it on a postage stamp. Source Source Source Reported
Reported Feb 2025 — evidence dated 2025-02-20. Interfax-Ukraine reported on 20 February 2025 that the dove is on the lamp by the memorial to the fallen, as Ukrposhta announced its stamps. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- Put up during the curfewKonbini reports that La Colombe was installed during the night-time curfew. Source Reported
- Watching over the flagsColomina said the dove watches over the soldiers' flags, paying tribute to their sacrifice and giving a message of hope. Source Source Reported
- One of several in KyivIt joined other Colomina pieces in Kyiv, including Le Messager and the girl on a swing. Source Reported
- On a stampUkrposhta's stamp block 'ART vs WAR. James Colomina' shows the Dove on its lamp by the memorial. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
A street lamp on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), near the memorial to fallen soldiers, Kyiv, Ukraine. Source Reported
🗓️ Sightings
- 202427 Aug
Dove placed on a Maidan lamp post · NV
- 202430 Aug
Installed during the curfew · Konbini
- 20245 Sep
Among Colomina's Kyiv works · Beaux Arts
- 202520 Feb
Ukrposhta announces stamps of the Maidan works · Interfax-Ukraine
- 202524 Feb
Stamp block presented · Suspilne Kyiv
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
Guerre en Ukraine : durant la nuit, l’artiste James Colomina installe des sculptures pleines d’espoir
“La Colombe est une autre œuvre de James Colomina installée durant le couvre-feu.”
La Colombe is another work by James Colomina installed during the curfew.
“"Голуб" – на ліхтарі біля меморіалу загиблих за Україну Героїв”
'Dove' – on the lamp by the memorial to the Heroes who died for Ukraine.
✅ The facts
🔗 Related
- Sculptures in Motion (10 Photos vol. 5) — Street Art Utopia
- Le Messager — James Colomina, Kyiv
- All Artwork Files
All sources & image credits
- www.konbini.com: guerre-en-ukraine-durant-la-nuit-lartiste-james-colomina-installe-des-sculptures-pleines-despoir
- english.nv.ua: gift-for-ukrainians-on-independence-day-french-artist-james-colomina-unveils-four-sculptures-in-kyi-50446287.html
- www.beauxarts.com: a-kyiv-les-sculptures-du-street-artiste-james-colomina-en-soutien-a-lukraine
- postmark.ukrposhta.ua: block-art-vs-war-james-colomina
- www.artistes-occitanie.fr: le-toulousain-james-colomina-a-installe-des-oeuvres-a-kiev-fin-aout
- interfax.com.ua: 1049514.html
- suspilne.media: 955981-mistectvo-proti-vijni-ukrposta-prezentuvala-novij-blok-marok
- Image: as published on Street Art Utopia (Sculptures in Motion (10 Photos vol. 5)); the same frame appears on Konbini credited © James Colomina; resized.
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