The PinchukArtCentre, one of the largest contemporary art centers in the Eastern Europe, opened in Kiev on 16 September 2006. The first exhibition, “New Space,” presented the artworks of international and well-known Ukrainian artists selected by curators Nicolas Bourriaud (France) and Oleksandr Soloviov (Ukraine). More than 35 000 visitors view the exhibition before it closed on 16 December.