Events

In July 2023, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine, Marek Šafín, visited the exhibition of interior ceramics by Olga Rapai-Markish at the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art. This meeting once again demonstrated the deep cultural cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia, noting common historical and artistic ties.

The National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art hosted the exhibition “The Power of Roots” — the second act of a large-scale project dedicated to the return of the legacy of Olga Rapai-Markish. For more than two decades, these ceramic panels were considered lost, and now they appear before the audience in a new context — as a visual story about the depth of national memory and the power of artistic roots.

The National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art in Kyiv hosted the exhibition "Honest Naive", dedicated to the work of Ukrainian artist Petro Boyko. The exhibition presented about twenty new paintings in the style of decorative expressionism, created in 2022–2023.

The National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art opened its doors to young artists. As part of the exhibition project "The Power of Fragility", a unique sculpture workshop was held, inspired by the works of the renowned Ukrainian ceramic artist Olga Rapai-Markish.

For the first time in many years, Kyiv residents and guests of the city have the opportunity to see unique ceramic panels by the legendary artist Olga Rapai-Markish, which were considered lost. Thanks to the large-scale project "The Strength of Fragility", the restored works of the artist, which once adorned the Bratislava Hotel, have once again appeared before the audience in the museum space.

Ivona Malevich handed over the work of Valery Hegamyan from her own collection to the Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum.

In March 2019, the National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery” hosted a chamber and impressive exhibition by Valery Geghamyan “She Feels Like a Goddess”. At the center is a woman as an image, symbol, energy. This is not just an exhibition of works, but a sensual and philosophical statement by the author about femininity that goes beyond time, fashion and stereotypes.

Ten years after the presentation of the book "The World of Zoe Lerman", in which information about the disappearance of her works was first publicly announced, some of the lost masterpieces have been found. Five paintings by the legendary Ukrainian artist have returned to the family thanks to a Kiev collector.

From April 24 to 26, 2018, a unique exhibition of paintings by Valery Geghamyan, an artist, teacher and philosopher of image, was held in the art space "Chocolate House" in Kyiv. For the first time, works from the artist's family collection, which had been stored in a private archive for many years, were presented to the public.