Visual Art

Museumscape in Ukraine: discovering the art



What's on the scape?

Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art

The non-governmental organisation "Museum of Contemporary Art" (MOCA NGO) is a non-profit organisation aimed at creating a new type of professional contemporary art museum institution in Ukraine, serving as a crucial element in the advancement of the art ecosystem. Founded in 2020, the organisation brings together and engages artists, cultural workers, and experts who work with contemporary art in Ukraine.

Inaugural project of Ukrainian Museum of Contemporary Art — How Are You? Exhibition and Discussion the National Center Ukrainian House. Images by Yevhen Nikiforov, Ruslan Synhaiewsky. All images belong to Ukrainian Museum of Contemporary Art / UMCA

National Art Museum of Ukraine National Art Museum of Ukraine

Founded in the late 19th century, NAMU is the leading art institution in Ukraine with a large collection of (mostly) Ukrainian fine art from Medieval times to the 1990s. The museum collection includes more than 40 thousand exhibits, including masterpieces of Ukrainian iconography, painting, sculpture, graphics, and media from the XII century to the present day.

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Lviv National Museum Lviv National Museum

Founded by Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrey Sheptytsky in 1905, The Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv is one of the leading national art and culture centers in Western Ukraine presenting a large collection of Ukrainian fine art from 12 century to contemporary art.

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Khanenko Museum Khanenko Museum

The Khanenko Museum (full name: The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts) has the most significant collections of Western European, Asian and ancient art in Ukraine. The core of the museum holdings is made up of the private collection of Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko, who were distinguished Ukrainian collectors of art and philanthropists of the late 19th – the early 20th centuries. In total, the Khanenko Museum’s holdings comprise more than 25 000 exhibits of European and Oriental Art.

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Lviv National Art Gallery Lviv National Art Gallery

Founded in 1902, the museum is known for its large collection of European and Ukrainian art from ancient times to the present day.

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Odesa Fine Arts Museum Odesa Fine Arts Museum

Founded in 1899 by philanthropist and collector Gregory Marazli, Odesa Fine Arts Museum currently numbers more than 10000 objects of fine arts: including a significant number of orthodox icons (Russian and Ukrainian Icons of the XVI–XIX centuries), as well-known representatives of Odesa nonconformism and works by contemporary Ukrainian artists.

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Museum of Odesa Modern Art Museum of Odesa Modern Art

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art was created on the 10th of April 2008 by a young businessman, intellectual and patron of the arts, V.Morokhovsky. It is based on the renowned collector M. Knobel’s unique collection of the masters of the second wave of the Odessa avant-garde. At present, the MоOMA exhibits the art of leading painters and sculptors of Odesa of the turn of the 21st century.

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Cover image: Khanenko Museum