03.01.2010  Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine

• The first private museum dedicated to modern and contemporary Ukrainian art has opened in Podol district of Kyiv. The Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine was founded by a businessman, the president of Jewelers Association of Ukraine, Serhiy Tsupko in June of 2005. Yet, only now the museum has re-opened in its new building. The new address of the museum is Hlybochytska Street 17. The museum occupies a newly renovated space of 3,500 sq m (approximately 35,000 sq ft). Works by 500 Ukrainian artists are represented in the museum’s collection. The collection reflects upon the artists, art schools and art periods that were active in Ukraine during 20th through early 21st Centuries. In its collection the museum has over 4,500 works of art comprising one of the largest Ukrainian art collection of paintings, works on paper, sculpture and decorative art. It represents the largest private Museum collection in Ukraine that was assembled over the period of 20 years. The museum is actively acquiring new works at the market, from artists and through field research in all regions of Ukraine. The museum is a private, non-commercial entity. Its goal is to research, collect and preserve works by Ukrainian artists in Ukraine and in all other countries where Ukrainian artists lived and worked. On view at the museum’s permanent collection are works by such artists as: V. Khmelko, I. Kavaleridze, I. Pleshynsky, I. Trusz, O. Novakivsky, A. Erdeli, Tatyana and Olena Yablonsky, V. Bernadsky, K. Zvirynsky, R. Selsky, M. Hlushchenko, M. Vanshtein, V. Zaretsky and others. A separate exposition room of the museum is dedicated to the Ukrainian Icon of the XVII – XIX centuries. At the opening reception of the museum there was a “street art” performance done by a young artist from Odessa, Oleksandr Milov – study for the monument of Stepan Bandera made out of scotch tape, wire and water pipes. The museum occupies a three story building. On view on the first floor are works from the project “Art map of Ukraine” by artists from Odessa. Second and third floor galleries are dedicated to the museum’s permanent collection. In the near future the museum plans to open chambers dedicated to unique Ukrainian gemstones and precious stones, a room for children organized in collaboration with the Astrid Lindgren Foundation, exhibition of Kharkiv artists, personal exhibitions of young Ukrainian artists. The museum will also feature an art research library with a lecture hall for 50-60 seats where activities such as master classes, seminars, round tables, conferences and symposiums will be organized. General admission to the museum is 10 hryvna for adults and 5 hryvna for students. Children under 16 and seniors – free.