Head of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, David Fernish and the founder ANTIAID Foundation, Elena Franchuk have dedicated the first half of the Saturday, June, 16, to the study of situation on spread of HIV-AIDS in Ukraine.
The exhibition, entitled ‘A Poem about an Inland Sea', features artists from the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States who demonstrate a cohesive vision and commitment to exploring new and active roles for artists in society.
“An Instinctive Eye: A Selection of Contemporary Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection” exhibition is be open June 16 through August 12 2007 in the PinchukArtCentre.
On May 22, 2007 in Chernnivtsi City, a new neonatal intensive care centre was opened under the auspices of the “Cradles of Hope” Program sponsored by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
On 7 May 2026, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre opened the project “Still Joy — From Ukraine Into the World” which is an official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. During the opening ceremony, speeches were delivered by Victor Pinchuk, businessman and philanthropist, founder of the PinchukArtCentre; Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine and Minister of Culture of Ukraine; the exhibition’s curators Björn Geldhof, Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre, and Oleksandra Pogrebnyak. Hlib Stryzhko, a veteran and marine who returned from Russian captivity, and Yuliia “Phobia” a senior sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, marine and combat medic, also addressed the audience.
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre present Still Joy — From Ukraine into the World as an official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. It will be held at the Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice from May 9th until August 1st, 2026.