Artist talk: Tetiana Zhmurko in conversation with Lesia Khomenko

On Saturday, August 30, at 2 p.m., we invite you to an artist talk with Lesia Khomenko as part of her solo exhibition Imaginary Distance.

The event will take place on the 4th floor of the PinchukArtCentre in the exhibition space.
Admission is free with prior registration.

Tetyana Zhmurko will talk with Lesya Khomenko about her artistic practice and approach to painting, as well as the themes and ideas she explores in her works. The artist will also talk about the creation of new monumental canvases in her studio at the Central Railway Station — one of them can now be seen at the PinchukArtCentre, and the other in the central hall of the Kyiv railway station.

Lesya Khomenko is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist. She is a co-founder of the R.E.P. group and the Khudrada curatorial association, a finalist of the PinchukArtPrize (2009, 2011, and 2013), the Future Generations Art Prize with the R.E.P. group (2012), and the Kazimir Malevich Prize. Her works are held in leading European museums, including M HKA (Belgium), the Ludwig Museum (Hungary), and the Albertinum (Germany), and her exhibitions have been held at the Venice Biennale, the Folkwang Museum, and the Ukrainian Museum in New York.

Tetyana Zhmurko is an art historian, curator, head of the research department of 20th-century art at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, and researcher at the National Art Museum of Ukraine.