Over two months, participants in the Gallery Lab educational program for young people broke down the exhibition project into its components and ultimately created their own based on the Artsvit Gallery`s collection. The main theme was memory as a tool for consciously constructing an image of ourselves, a means of preserving this vision for the future, as well as a river that is not only a witness but also a participant in all events.
We invite you to the opening of the exhibition by Polish artist and curator Waldemar Tatarczuk, which will take place on December17 at 18:30 at the Artsvit Gallery. The project, co-curated by Kateryna Iakovlenko and Stach Szabłowski, is titled “When I Am in Ukraine, Everyone Asks Me About Poland. When I Am in Poland, Everyone Asks Me About Ukraine” – a phrase the artist uses to describe his life between two sociocultural and political contexts. The exhibition will be on view until March14, 2026.
At the workshop, which starts at 12:00, the artist will share her own creative method of working with photo wallpapers — the material that became the basis of her project “Welcome to Paradise”. We will talk about how mass culture creates imaginary “paradise” spaces, and how through art we can overlay personal memories, emotions and experiences on them.
And at 16:00, an artist-talk with the artist will begin — we warmly invite everyone to a conversation about Karina’s exhibition, her practice and creative plans. Also, during the meeting, a short tour of the exhibition will take place, during which you will have the opportunity to chat with the artist and ask her questions.
"StoryLab: Biology of Fairy Tales" is an art and science programme for children aged 6–10, where fairy tales come to life through the prism of science. We will create maps of imaginary worlds, draw fantastic creatures, and explore mythical trees, magical plants, water, snow, and ice. Each lesson is a combination of art, nature, and stories that help children feel like creators of their own universe.
On November 8 at 4:00 PM, come watch a thematic selection of video works from the REC:UA program by Intimate Cinema — they have collected for you films from their collection that continue the narratives of the exhibition or offer to look at it from a different perspective.
In many works, the city/place acts as a silent protagonist — a body within which the events of the inner state unfold. It preserves the memory of people, time, and feelings.
Amateur, lyrical, and semi-documentary — personal and candid works that are already shaping our heritage today and dream of returning to a lost paradise.
What is paradise in art - a promise of harmony and peace or a lost landscape that we try to recreate again and again? During the lecture, we will try to trace how the idea of paradise has changed from medieval mosaics to modern designs, from the biblical Eden to the artificial gardens created by 21st-century artists.
The project aims to reveal the inner workings of an exhibition and show it as the result of teamwork. Participants will break down the exhibition project into its constituent parts and go through all the stages of preparing a group exhibition — from concept development to opening. The exhibition will feature works from the Artsvit Gallery collection.
The exhibition brings together a series of works from the photo wallpaper series Welcome to Paradise (2023–2024) and paintings from 2022–2025. In these works, the artist explores how mass culture and war shape perceptions of space and influence identity.
On the last day of the project, namely September 20, its curator Nikita Kadan will visit us and conduct a final tour of the exhibition.
On September 10 at 6:30 PM, we will watch the last two video works — "Odesa. Fragment 205" by Andriy Sylvestrov and Yuriy Leiderman and "What Will You Do If the War Continues?" by Vladislav Plisetsky.
On September 3 at 6:30 PM, we will watch two new video works that address the facts of the genocide of Jews during World War II and rethink this experience against the backdrop of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine — "The Flood" by Nikita Kadan and "Lemberg Machine" by Dana Kavelina.
On August 20 at 6:30 PM, we will watch two more films by Kharkiv artists Andriy Rachynskyi and Daniil Revkovskyi — “Sky. Invasion” and “Civilians. Invasion.” Both videos immerse us in the experience of the first days and months of a full-scale war, capturing events through the prism of personal and collective testimony.
