In Britain, they apologized for a competition in which the Russian won, who painted Ukrainians

The British Illustrators Association (AOI) states that the competition was mistaken on the site and that it was organized by a third party. Payment for publication was promised to transfer to the help of Ukraine. The British Association of Illustrators (AOI) made an official statement after the scandal caused by the decision to recognize the best illustration in the Global Healthcare Illustration Awards 2022). The statement was published on Twitter.

The report states that the Association mistakenly held a competition on its site among illustrators, which was organized by a third party. Global Healthcare Illustration Awards is not a AOI initiative, and the Association is not related to the selection process. "We apologize for the presented priestlide and information about the work that won the competition. It was a serious miscalculation on our part.

AOI does not support the Russian invasion of Ukraine in any way," the association representatives said, according to whom the competition was paid for their The sites will be transferred to the Assistance Fund to Ukraine. The British Association of Illustrators (AOI) called the winner of the International Global Healthcare Illustration Awards 2022, Anna Khokhlov, who depicted post -traumatic refugee syndrome.

The work was named A Case of a Sound Pollution (which can be translated as an example or case of noise contamination). Many Ukrainian illustrators have recognized the artist's attempt on the Russian Federation to express aesthetically suffering, which she did not experience. "What is this work? Where does this Russian know what the fear of saluts is? She just stole another's injury to draw it.

I personally insult me, because I, unlike your winner, have experienced it and personally know what a shelling is. Shame, " - said one of the Ukrainian illustrators. After the apology was published, the users asked whether, despite his criticism, Russian Anna Khokhlova was still considered the winner of the competition. "A bad choice is from all points of view. What is the author's plan - some holiday salutes? Others demanded that the organizers of the competition be published.

"We need more than just" yes, we will give, don't worry! " Names of benefactors? Screenshots? We will remind that at the exhibition "Find Banksy", which took place in the Russian St. Petersburg, the activists poured cream the picture "Venus" brush of the famous British graphite artist Banksy. Earlier, Focus reported that Banks became an honorary citizen of Irpen for graffiti with gymnast.