Lesia Kulchinska. In-hibition: A Story of Love and Hatred Towards Art

21 May 2016, 7 pm, Lecture
Lesia Kulchinska. In-hibition: A Story of Love and Hatred Towards Art

Closures of art exhibitions occur in Ukraine quite often despite the official prohibition of censorship. In the society with no legislative restrictions considering art, the exhibition closure is a singularity, a special case. Where there is no clear rule or criteria to define the illegitimacy of an exhibition, its closure is always a voluntaristic gesture, a reaction to the unbearable. Tracing the most vivid reactions on art, Lesia Kulchinska reflects on a complicated love-hate relationship between society and art in Ukraine. 

Lesia Kulchynska, Ph.D., is a researcher and curator, co-founder of the Visual Culture Research Center. Writes on cultural and social issues for various Ukrainian magazines. Lives and works in Kyiv. 


Further events in the framework of “The School of Kyiv” at Kunsthalle Exnergasse:

18 May 2016, 4 pm, Discussion
Ukraine in Flames: What Art Can Tell After the Revolution
Participants: Oleksandr Burlaka, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Lesia Khomenko, Serhiy Klymko, Lesia Kulchinska, Anya Medvedeva, Maria Teteriuk

18 May 2016, 7 pm, Exhibition opening
19 May – 29 May 2016, Exhibition / Opening hours: daily 13.00 – 18.00
Into the Dark
Curated by Hudrada

21 May 2016, 5 pm, Presentation
David Chichkan. How to Make the Radical Left Art in Ukraine

A project by “The School of Kyiv” in collaboration with Kunsthalle Exnergasse. 


Entire programme of “The School of Kyiv” in Vienna.
Supported with funds from SHIFT