After Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor Brett Smiley pressured a local gay bar to remove a mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed last year while on a Charlotte Area Transit System train in North Carolina, the artist has found a new home for the tribute.
R.I.: ‘Canceled’ mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska finds new home in Providence
Katherine Mosack
Apr 7, 2026 | 5:45 PM