The PinchukArtCentre is an institution implemented by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in the realm of culture. It is one of the largest centres for contemporary art in the Eastern Europe. The key mission of the PinchukArtCentre is to modernise the Ukrainian artistic scene and to promote the development of a new generation of Ukrainian artists. The Centre presents a variety of exhibitions by leading international and Ukrainian artists. Additionally, the PinchukArtCentre organises varied educational programs and is a platform for support for other cultural projects.
To the date, the PinchukArtCentre has presented nine major exhibitions:
- New Space, an opening exhibition by the various international and Ukrainian artists;
- Generations.UsA, a group show with twenty young Ukrainian and American artists;
- Vik Muniz: A Survey, an exhibition by the well-known Brazilian artist Vik Muniz;
- An Instinctive Eye, a selection of contemporary photography from the Sir Elton John Collection;
- REFLECTION, a recent acquisitions exhibition including artists such as: Serhiy Bratkov, Antony Gormley, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami;
- Mariko Mori: Oneness, a large scale exhibition by the Japanese artist, Mariko Mori;
- Paul McCartney - Paintings, a survey exhibition of paintings by Sir Paul McCartney;
- Rhine on The Dnipro: Julia Stoschek Collection / Andreas Gursky, a thematic video art exhibition with seventeen international artists and major one-person photography exhibition.
- Exhibition of the British artist Sam Taylor-Wood and "21 RUSSIA", a group showcase of contemporary Russian artists;
- Requiem, personal exhibition by Damien Hirst.
In the spring of 2008, the Art Centre introduced the concept of the Project Room - a special series of exhibitions by the young and emerging artists. Exhibitions have included: Pastime Paradise by Christina Solomukha (France/Ukraine); East Art Map by IRWIN (Slovenia); Patriotism. Art as a Present by R.E.S. (Ukraine); Dreamers by SOSka (Ukraine) and a solo exhibition by Keita Sugiura (Japan).
In 2007, the PinchukArtCentre officially presented Ukraine at the 52nd Venice Biennale with the art project: Poem about an Inland Sea, which united the well-known Ukrainian and international artists, including: Serhiy Bratkov (Ukraine); Alexander Hnilitsky and Lesia Zaiats (Ukraine); Juergen Teller (Germany/ Great Britain); Marc Titchner (Great Britain); Sam Taylor-Wood (Great Britain); and Dzine (Carlos Rolon; USA).
The names of the twenty nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize in contemporary arts for young Ukrainian artists, were announced on 25 February 2009. The exhibition of the shortlisted artists will open in the PinchukArtCentre in October 2009.
In June 2009, for the second time the PinchukArtCentre officially presented Ukraine at the 53rd International Arts Exhibition in Venice with the Steppes of Dreamers art-project created by the Ukrainian artist Illya Chichkan and Japanese fashion-designer Mihara Yasuhiro, assisted by his partner-artist Ogata Kinichi. Wladimir Klitschko became the curator of the project and Peter Doroshenko, the PinchukArtCentre's artistic director, was its Commissioner.
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