Serbian Performance Artist Claims Zelenskyy Invited Her to Become Ukraine’s Ambassador

Marina Abramovic said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had requested her help in rebuilding schools in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on Jan. 11, 2023. Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images

Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic said Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had “invited” her to become an ambassador for rebuilding schools in the war-hit country.

Ms. Abramovic, a 76-year-old born in Yugoslavia, said in an interview with the Modern Art Museum in Shanghai that she was “the first artist to support the Ukraine war against Russia and to give my voice.”