Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky is a French freelance journalist who lives in London and writes for the Guardian, New Statesman, Index on Censorship and French Slate, with a particular interest in France and Russia

Kené (detail) (2020), Olinda Silvano. Courtesy Dibujos por la Amazonía; © the artist

Peruvian artists address the Covid crisis in the Amazon

A project to raise funds for Amazonian communities also raises questions about the status of indigenous people in Peru

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

16 Jun 2020

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in January 2020.

Trial by fire – the rush to rebuild Notre-Dame

Was the pledge to restore the cathedral in just five years a reasonable commitment or a rash promise?

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

4 May 2020

Russian artist and activist Pyotr Pavlensky during a press interview in Paris on February 22, 2020. Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images

What is Pyotr Pavlensky playing at?

There is no shortage of theories about why the Russian artist leaked a sex tape that made a French politician drop out of the mayoral race in Paris

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

27 Feb 2020

A Summer of Blunders at the French Culture Ministry

The sudden sacking of Nicolas Bourriaud suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the art world

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

5 Oct 2015