Winners of "Art-Summer in Venice with PinchukArtCentre" Quiz Program are to visit the world's 'Art Olympics'

Nineteen winners of "Art-Summer in Venice with PinchukArtCentre" Quiz are to visit the world's 'Art Olympics'. The team of winners will stay in Venice from the 16th to the 19th of August. Accompanied by a professional curator, they will visit the major part of 52nd Venice Biennale located in Arsenal and the national pavilions represented by different countries located at the central alley of the Jardini Park. The Winners will also visit the Ukrainian pavilion represented by PinchukArtCentre this year.

According to one of the winners, Nikita Khudyakov from Nikolayev, - "to visit Venice Biennale has always been my cherished dream. It is interesting to look at the works of artists with my own eyes since I only read about them in the media. It's great that there going to be a professional curator with us whose comments and explanations will be very useful, I believe."

According to Claire Stebler, art-director of PinchukArtCentre, - "our goal consists in not only forming a professional community and updating Ukrainian Art stratum. The second task, which is of the same importance, is to introduce more public layers onto the orbit of contemporary art. The Art-Quiz concerned is a new practice since Western Art-Institutions have not launched any similar programs so far".

She also pointed out that 52nd Venice Biennale has become a landmark event for Ukraine. "This is for the first time when the Ukrainian Pavilion exhibition has been ranked among the three top events at the Biennale. I believe it is important that the people will share the success of their country, - said Claire. - They will be able to see and appreciate it all, to look at the exhibitions presented by other countries, to look at ordinary things in a different way and to determine their own place within the world's culture."

Nineteen winners of "Art-Summer in Venice with PinchukArtCentre" Quiz Program come from different regions of Ukraine: Nikolayev City - Khudyakov Mykyta; Kharkiv City - Zaporozhets Dmytro; Cherkassy - Asaulenko Oksana; Lviv - Gorbkova Stafania; Khmelnytskiy - Gorbach Mariana; Kyiv - Boiko Maryna, Dmytruk Natalia, Moskalenko Maksym, Shemchuk Kateryna, Mikhova Ganna, Iryna Chalian, Sapozhkova Ellina, Daniyelyan Artur, Vdovenko Halyna, Penkovskaya Tetyana, Kyrylyuk Volodymyr, Udovenko Tetyana, Ladvyshchenko Lidiya and Marchenko Lyudmyla.

The program was conducted from June 13 to June 26 by PinchukArtCentre jointly with "Novy Channel", "M1" entertainment Channel, "Hit FM" radio-station and "Fakty and Komentari" newspaper. To become a winner of the Quiz Program the contenders had to demonstrate their knowledge in history of exhibitions showcased in PinchukArtCentre, and also knowledge of the works and interesting facts from biographies of the Artists representing Ukraine at 52nd Venice Biennale.

The Ukrainian Pavilion exhibition titled "A Poem about an Inland Sea" showcases the works produced by 8 artists from Ukraine, Germany, and the USA: Sergey Bratkov, Alexander Hnyliytskiy, Lesya Zayats, Boris Mikhailov, Jurgen Teller, Mark Tichner, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Dzine.

The 52nd Venice Biennale is be open for visitors till November 21. The winner-country is to be determined on the last day of the exhibition.

This the Official Internet Site of the Ukrainian Pavilion: www.ukrainianpavilion2007.org

PinchukArtCentre is one of the projects of Victor Pinchuk Foundation in a cultural field. One of the main goals of PinchukArtCentre activity is modernization of the existing Ukrainian art area. PinchukArtCentre develops an ambitious international exhibition program including local and international artists. More than 130 000 people have visited the PinchukArtCentre since its official opening date (September of 2006).