ExhibitionJuly 22, 2022
PinchukArtCentre reopens
PinchukArtCentre opened again on July 17th with When Faith Moves Mountains. The group exhibition with over 45 artists, presented in partnership with M HKA and the Flemish Government, puts focus on Ukraine as a country open to the world and will celebrate its deep roots and relation to Europe. Russian War Crimes exhibition is integrated into the context of “When Faith Moves Mountains.”
The exhibition When Faith Moves Mountains brings together works chosen from M HKA/the collection of the Flemish Community, because of their emancipatory and empowering nature. More than 40 works from international artists are being lent. They are shown in dialogue with works by Ukrainian artists, many made during the war.
Jan Jambon, Flemish minister-president comments: “This is a risk we willingly take, in this way we can express our solidarity with Ukraine and our ambition to deepen our relation with the country.”
Björn Geldhof, co-curator of When Faith Moves Mountains and Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre, comments: “To open an exhibition in Kyiv is essential for us. We always worked for Ukrainians and to be back today is very important. Our work continues and is even more relevant now the war is ongoing. It is a symbolic moment. Ukraine was recently welcomed to the European family, now one of the leading European institutions shows powerful support in sharing its works, at its own risk, with Ukraine. This is a gesture that Ukraine is Europe.”
This cooperation finds a second moment through the reopening project of PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv now. The present exhibition is curated by Bart De Baere, Björn Geldhof, Ksenia Malykh, Yarema Malashukh and Roman Himey, with curatorial advice by Jan De Vree and the collection staff for the M HKA side.
For more information visit: pinchukartcentre.org
The exhibition When Faith Moves Mountains brings together works chosen from M HKA/the collection of the Flemish Community, because of their emancipatory and empowering nature. More than 40 works from international artists are being lent. They are shown in dialogue with works by Ukrainian artists, many made during the war.
Jan Jambon, Flemish minister-president comments: “This is a risk we willingly take, in this way we can express our solidarity with Ukraine and our ambition to deepen our relation with the country.”
Björn Geldhof, co-curator of When Faith Moves Mountains and Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre, comments: “To open an exhibition in Kyiv is essential for us. We always worked for Ukrainians and to be back today is very important. Our work continues and is even more relevant now the war is ongoing. It is a symbolic moment. Ukraine was recently welcomed to the European family, now one of the leading European institutions shows powerful support in sharing its works, at its own risk, with Ukraine. This is a gesture that Ukraine is Europe.”
This cooperation finds a second moment through the reopening project of PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv now. The present exhibition is curated by Bart De Baere, Björn Geldhof, Ksenia Malykh, Yarema Malashukh and Roman Himey, with curatorial advice by Jan De Vree and the collection staff for the M HKA side.
For more information visit: pinchukartcentre.org
