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Nov 10, 2023
What trends and movements of modernism developed in Ukraine in the first half of the twentieth century? How did it break with the traditions of realism and other previous trends? What is the relationship between the concepts of "modern" and "modernism", "modernism" and "avant-garde"? How did art become an arena of struggle for color, space, and form? Find out about this and more at Olena Kashuba-Volvach's lecture Modernism in Ukraine: Terminology, Movements, Masters.
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Nov 6, 2023
The exhibition will feature etchings by Ihor Podolchak "Catalog of Architectural Details No. 6" 1990 (a gift from Konstiantyn Akinsha), "Exorcism" from 1992, and a collage from the 1980s by Mykola Kumanovs'kyi (the latter was donated to the museum by Leonid Koms'kyi). In addition, the exhibition will be complemented by other graphic works by Podolchak, which were previously donated to the museum's collection by the author himself, and video art related to the history of our museum.
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Nov 3, 2023
The Ukrainian portrait of the Baroque period allows us to see the panorama of the era, because its heroes were magnates, Kozak officers, shliakhta (gentry), and clergy. Many portraits of that time have been preserved in museum collections, and even several family galleries or parts of them have survived-the princes Vyshnevetsky, the Kozak families Halahan, Darahan, and Razumovs'kyi -but in general, galleries in Ukraine were massively destroyed.
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Oct 30, 2023
Lev Mezhberg is a representative of the Odesa school of painting, whose works combine impressionistic perception of nature and philosophical themes. In his still lifes and cityscapes, the artist paid special attention to solving purely pictorial problems - he was interested in the tonality and correlation of light and shadow.
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Oct 27, 2023
NAMU is changing the prices for tickets and services
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Oct 27, 2023
Ukrainian iconography, among other art forms, reflects the ideological trends of the past centuries to the greatest extent. Moreover, the imagery of sacred art is quite sensitive to the spread of cultural and ideological changes.
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Oct 23, 2023
"Still Life by the Sea" (mid-twentieth century) and "March" (1946) have their own history - they were donated to the museum by John Greenstein, who inherited them from his aunt Elaine Gilbert Green. However, this would not have been possible without the museum's friends, including Ihor Aronov, Mykhailo Horobets', Olesia Herashchenko, Kostiantyn Doroshenko, Oleksandr Demko, and Danylo Volynets'.
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Oct 21, 2023
At the lecture, we will talk about the concept of an icon and the technology of its creation, as well as consider beautiful examples of Russian icon painting and their artistic features.
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Oct 16, 2023
A conversation about Ukrainian art cannot be complete without the creativity of Transcarpathians, because it was they who were able to preserve the powerful modernist tradition and had a huge impact on Ukrainian painting and cinematography of the 1960s.
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Oct 13, 2023
An artist of light, a talented portraitist, a bright representative of Ukrainian modernism - Oleksandr Murashko was truly an extraordinary personality. Working at the turn of the epochs, he very subtly sensed the changes in the Ukrainian artistic environment. In Murashko's work, the classic academic school and new European art met.
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Oct 9, 2023
In 2021, the famous French art researcher Jean-Claude Marcade presented NAMU with works by Ukrainian modernist artists who lived and worked in France. So the museum collection was replenished with 98 works by Mykhailo Andrienko and 58 works by Anna Starytska. On October 12-14, selected works of artists can be seen in the halls of NAMU, as well as talk with specialists about the peculiarities of the creativity of the Ukrainian diaspora.
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Oct 9, 2023
Landscape was the leading genre in Ukrainian art of the 19th century. Emotionally saturated images of the environment played a significant role in the construction of historical compositions, penetrated the portrait, subjugated the everyday picture. The theme of the harmonious union of man and nature as a leitmotif permeates the works of painting and literature of that time.
Read morePlease note that the permanent exhibition was removed on February 24, 2022 for security reasons. So we invite you to NAMU exhibition projects: full ticket – 150 UAH, discounted ticket (schoolchildren, students, pensioners) – 100 UAH, entry is free for military personnel.
Museum lecture hall: full ticket — 250 UAH, discounted ticket (students, schoolchildren, pensioners) — 150 UAH.
The cost of participation in the master class is 200 UAH per person, the master class and mini-lecture — UAH 250, only the mini-lecture without the master class — UAH 100.
Guided tours are currently unavalable. However, different events take place in the museum every week, which you can find out about in the “News and events” section.
We humbly ask you to adhere to the following rules while visiting the museum:
– Outer clothing and umbrellas are to be left at the cloak room. Separate cabinets are reserved for large bags
– Photos and videos are allowed without flashes, provided that the use is non-commercial
– Do not approach the exhibits closer than 40 cm (15,7 inches)
– No food and beverages are allowed in the museum halls
– Do not touch the art/exhibits
– Do not enter the museum with pets or other animals
In case of the air raid alert, the events are suspended, and all visitors must proceed to the nearest bomb shelters – the underground passage under the European Square (Yevropeiska ploshcha) or the “Maidan Nezalezhnosti” metro station.