Category: Виставки

“Defragmentation of Paradise” — the second exhibition within the “COLLECTOR’S CODE” project at the Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art.

On October 31 (Saturday) at 5:00 PM, we invite you to the opening of “Defragmentation of Paradise,” an exhibition featuring works from the private collection of the Grynyov family — a collection of Ukrainian art from the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Grynyov family has been collecting Ukrainian art since the 1990s. Over the years, they have assembled a collection of approximately 5,000 works, reflecting the diversity of Ukraine’s artistic landscape. It is not only a story of collecting art but also of a long-standing commitment to preserving and promoting Ukrainian cultural heritage.

“Defragmentation of Paradise” is a reflection on loss, memory, and the human desire to rebuild one’s world after destruction. It explores the idea of home as something that no longer exists as we remember it, and the attempt to piece life back together from fragments of memories, images, and emotions.

The exhibition brings together works by Ukrainian artists of different generations, in which images of the Garden of Eden, biblical narratives, and motifs of nature enter into dialogue with the realities of war. Together, they create a multifaceted story of a lost paradise — a space of harmony and safety to which returning is no longer possible.

The history of the collection itself adds particular significance to the project. In 2022, Russian shelling of Kharkiv put thousands of artworks at risk of destruction. A significant part of the collection was successfully rescued and evacuated. Today, these works continue their journey, bearing witness not only to Ukraine’s artistic heritage but also to the resilience of Ukrainian culture.

“Defragmentation of Paradise” is a story about the possibility of creating a new reality even after losing a sense of wholeness — a reality in which beauty, memory, and hope coexist with pain.

Exhibition Curator — Maryna Konieva, art historian, cultural manager, lecturer at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, and Chair of the Board of the NGO “Borys and Tetiana Grynyov Collections.”

Opening: October 31 (Saturday) at 5:00 PM

 Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Lutsk, 1 Ivan Korsak Street.

Admission to the opening is free.

On October 2 at 5:00 PM, Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art invites you to the opening of Khrystyna Pryimak’s exhibition project “Lost in the Grass.”

Throughout our lives, we are constantly losing something — people, time, connections, points of reference, traditions. Losses, both great and small, remain with us — sometimes as memories, sometimes as a feeling of something irretrievably gone.

In her artistic practice, Khrystyna Pryimak draws on motifs of Ukrainian folk art, particularly the ceramics, embroidery, and pysanka traditions of the Sokal region. At the same time, her works go beyond direct references to tradition: her abstract compositions retain a connection to the nature of her native land, its plants, and the living organisms that inhabit the artist’s inner world.

“Lost in the Grass” is about memory and loss, childhood dreams and the adult awareness of irreversibility. About what we leave behind — and what continues to live within us.

The project is curated by Orest Holubets, Professor, Doctor of Art Studies, and Academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

Opening: October 2, 2026 | 5:00 PM
Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art
Lutsk, 1 Korsaka Ivana St.
Admission to the opening is free.

The exhibition will continue till November 1, 2026.

On September 30 at 5:00 PM, the large-scale exhibition project “Universe Inside Out” by Alina Haieva will open at Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art as part of the ENTER Youth Art Platform.

The project is a visual map of human memory, where different eras, cultural codes, and artistic references come together. The boundaries between past and future, sacred and everyday, reality and imagination become blurred.

The central figures — Adam and Eve — appear outside their traditional biblical context. Adam represents a human being shaped by labour and art, while Eve, borrowed from Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych, carries the knowledge of sin, death, and loss. Around them unfolds a multilayered world of imagery that brings together art history, Ukrainian cultural heritage, and the artist’s personal symbolism.

“Universe Inside Out” invites us to see the human being as a living archive of culture. Every encounter, every book we read, every artistic image, historical event, and personal experience leaves its mark, continuously shaping our identity.

Alina Haieva is an artist, illustrator, and tattoo artist. In her practice, she explores Ukrainian cultural heritage and considers the human being an inseparable part of their environment and of an endless process of creation.

Opening: September 30, 5:00 PM

Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art

On August 12 at 5:00 PM, Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art will open “RUSHNYK. BODY,” a solo exhibition project by artist Olena Konohorova.

In her new project, the artist reinterprets one of the most powerful symbols of Ukrainian culture — the rushnyk, a traditional embroidered ritual cloth. Combining the traditional art of paper cutting (vytynanka) with metal, she creates works that speak about memory, the human body, fragility, and resilience.

“RUSHNYK. BODY” is an exhibition about the traces left by experience. About a body that remembers. About a tradition that continues to live, taking on new forms.

August 12, 2026
5:00 PM

Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art
Free admission to the opening.

“THE COLLECTOR’S CODE” — a new exhibition project at the Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art

On July 31 at 5:00 PM, we invite you to the opening of “THE COLLECTOR’S CODE”, an exhibition presenting the private collection of Roman Yermolenko. The collection was shaped not by the rules of the art market, but through personal choice, emotion, and a profound inner connection with art.

The exhibition brings together works by Ukrainian artists of different generations — from twentieth-century masters to contemporary authors. It is a story not only about artworks, but also about the person who collected them over many years, guided not by status or investment value, but by a sincere emotional response.

Each work has its own story, and together they form a coherent portrait of a collector for whom art has become a way of understanding and experiencing the world.

Opening: July 31 at 5:00 PM

Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art

1 Ivana Korsaka St., Lutsk

On July 24, the Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art will open the large-scale exhibition project “Quo Vadis?” by Ukrainian nonconformist artists Serhii Druziaka and Serhii Lytvynov.

This exhibition raises one of the most important questions of our time: Quo Vadis? — Where are you going? It is a question addressed not only to humanity as a whole, but to each of us individually.

For more than three decades, Serhii Druziaka and Serhii Lytvynov have worked as a creative duo, exploring memory, human vulnerability, responsibility, and the choices that shape the future of civilization. Their project brings together monumental paintings, watercolors, and a philosophical reflection on events that have changed the world.

The exhibition addresses the Chernobyl disaster, the Fukushima nuclear accident, the September 11 terrorist attacks, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, and other events that compel us to rethink the fragility of human life and our responsibility for the future. At the same time, it leaves room for hope through the series “Faith. Hope. Love.”, which speaks of the resilience of the human spirit and the possibility of renewal.

“Quo Vadis?” will be presented on the third floor of the Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art and will be one of the museum’s largest exhibitions of the season.

Opening: July 24, 5:00 PM
📍 Korsaks’ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art
1 Ivana Korsaka St., Lutsk

Free admission to the opening.

We look forward to welcoming you!

On June 10 at 5:00 PM, the Korsaks’ Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art will host the opening of “Plan for Today” — a project by Ivanna Oliinyk.

The project reflects on growth through trauma.
On strength born despite circumstances.
On memory, responsibility, and the choice to keep moving forward.

In her artistic practice, Ivanna Oliinyk explores themes of corporeality, loss, transformation, and memory, combining sculptural expressiveness with elements of contemporary archaic aesthetics.

Lutsk, 1 Ivana Korsaka St.
10/06/2026 | 17:00

Free admission.

On May 20, the youth art platform ENTER at the Korsaks‘ Museum opens a new project by Kharkiv graffiti artist Louisa Chipa — “A State That Shapes Space”!

The exhibition is a visual story about a person’s inner state and their ability to change the reality around them. Through a bright comic-style language, familiar urban landscapes, and vivid colors, the artist speaks about personal responsibility, transformation, and the power of action even in times of instability.

The works presented in the project were shaped by the experience of living in wartime. However, instead of directly reflecting on traumatic events, the artist turns to the theme of inner strength, creativity, and the human ability to transform the surrounding space, filling it with new meanings and life.

We invite you to join us! Admission is free!
📅 May 20, Wednesday
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Korsaks‘ Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art
Lutsk, 1 Ivana Korsaka St.

Violence of one person against another, of one state against another, is not accidental — it is a process.

With the development of humanity, it has only become more refined and more brutal.

Today, we are witnessing its most radical form — royal hunt.

A space where crude, wild force erases depth and spirituality.

Where violence is inflicted not only on the body, but on one’s very essence.

This exhibition is about the pressure from which resistance is born.

About boundaries that constrain, yet at the same time set free.

Free admission to the opening

The project will run until May 25, 2026

Curator: Andrii Rusanovych

Lutsk, 1 Ivana Korsaka St.