Accreditation: Press Preview of New Group Exhibitions at the PinchukArtCentre
PinchukArtCentre invites you to a press preview of two new exhibitions: the large-scale group project “Joy,” and the Research Platform exhibition “Without Asking Permission,” which will take place on Thursday, 26 March at 11 am.
Press Preview Programme:
10:40–11:00 — Registration on the ground floor of the PinchukArtCentre
11:00–13:00 — Press conference and guided tours of the exhibitions “Joy” and “Without Asking Permission” with the curators
Please confirm your attendance by 25 March 2026.
A confirmation will be sent to the email address provided by 18:00 on 25 March 2026.
“Joy” (27.03.2026 — 30.08.2026)
Curators: Björn Geldhof, artistic director at the PinchukArtCentre, and Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, curator at PinchukArtCentre
Artists: Kateryna Aliinyk, Julian Charrière, Tacita Dean, Ryan Gander, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk, Alevtina Kakhidze, Pavlo Kovach, Katya Lesiv, Iryna Loskot, Kateryna Lysovenko, Simone Post, Ashfika Rahman, Tamara Turliun, Daniel Turner, Álvaro Urbano, Lesia Vasylchenko, Anna Zvyagintseva.
Participants of the interviews: Oleksandr Androshchuk, Oleksandra Bezsmertna, Ksenia “Burevii”, Julia “Fobia”, Viacheslav Kaistro, Maiia Moskvych, Nazar “Reagan”, Alla Senchenko, Kseniia Shyian, Serhii Stratichuk, Oleksii Vasyliuk, Yaroslav Yaroshenko.
The exhibition “Joy” was born out of a desire to start a conversation about what sustains Ukrainians today, how multifaceted joy can be in times of war, and how it becomes a driving force — one that unites us, helps us keep fighting, and enables us not to lose our individuality or our zest for life.
A set of written testimonies is collected by Ukrainian veteran and marine infantryman Hlib Stryzhko. He conducted a series of interviews with service members, veterans—both men and women—of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to learn what brings them joy and how they experience it today. Architect and artist Bohdana Kosmina helped transform these texts into spatial objects that are just as significant within the exhibition as the works of the invited artists.
The project is a reminder of the moments that make us feel alive and help us stay human, even in the hardest times. It also shows the international community that today joy is something Ukrainian society leans on — an experience others can learn from.
“Without Asking Permission” (27 March 2026 — 30 August 2026)
Curator: Daria Shevtsova, curator of the PinchukArtCentre Research Platform
Artists: Piotr Armianovski, Yevheniia Belorusets, Anatoliy Belov, Myroslav Vaida, Danylo Halkin, Anna Zvyagintseva, Taras Kammenoy, Alevtina Kakhidze, Alina Kleitman, Maria Kulikovska, Sasha Kurmaz, Serhii Melnychenko, Mykola Ridnyi, Lesia Khomenko, SOSka group
The Research Platform exhibition “Without Asking Permission” brings together works by Ukrainian artists created in the period between two revolutions — from 2004 to 2014 — in which the body emerges as a tool of self-determination and resistance. As civil society emerged during a time of major political change, artists began to speak more openly about personal and collective responsibility. Artists rethink established ideas of the body shaped by post-Soviet morality, culture, and patriarchal values.
The theme of Ukrainian art of the 2000s will be explored in greater detail in the forthcoming publication “Art Between Two Revolutions 2004–2014,” which the Research Platform has been working on over the past year. The book offers a broader perspective on this period, examining it through the lens of artistic processes as well as social and cultural transformations. The publication is being prepared by members of the PinchukArtCentre Research Platform: Yevheniia Butsykina, Tetiana Zhmurko, Oleksandra Mykhailenko, Milena Khomchenko, Kateryna Tsyhykalo, and Oksana Chornobrova.