Pinchukartcentre

The largest and most dynamic private contemporary art centre in CEE. Based in Kyiv, it is now acting internationally on behalf of Ukraine. As a project of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, it has become an international hub for contemporary art, developing the Ukrainian art scene while generating critical public discourse for society as a whole. For more than 15 years, the PinchukArtCentre has provided free access to new ideas, perceptions and emotions. Its exhibition program investigates national identity in the context of international challenges. It engages the public in a dynamic dialogue through a full range of educational and open discussion events. In 2016, the PinchukArtCentre launched the Research Platform as a pioneering project to generate a living archive of Ukrainian art from the early 1980s through to the present. The research is regularly shared with the public through exhibitions, publications and discussions. Simultaneously, the PinchukArtCentre invests in the next generation through the Future Generation Art Prize and the PinchukArtCentre Prize, awards for young contemporary artists aged 35 or younger. These prizes have made the institution a leading centre for the best emerging artists worldwide while empowering a new generation in Ukraine. Since the full-scale war in Ukraine started, the PinchukArtCentre team started acting internationally on behalf of Ukraine, launching powerful international cultural diplomacy projects, in partnerships with leading contemporary art establishments worldwide. The PinchukArtCentre represented Ukraine in 2007, 2009, and 2015 at the Venice Biennale organizing the official Ukrainian Pavilion as well as with Future Generation Art Prize@Venice exhibitions in 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2019 as part of the Collateral Events of the Venice Biennale. In the 2022 Biennal, PinchukArtCentre represented Ukraine with a Collateral Event "This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom".