The Ukrainian Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Ukrainian Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists, 1908-2015” Exhibition
In celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists, 1908-2015 is the first major exhibition to examine...More »
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“Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s” Exhibition
The Ukrainian Museum will present the first comprehensive exhibition showcasing avant-garde artists who shaped early 20th-century Ukrainian theater and, ultimately, influenced the theatrical world stage....More »
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Waldemart Klyuzko “We Are All Ukraine”
A reflection of recent events in Ukraine and protests organized in the U.S. More »
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Max Vityk “A Journey”
The Ukrainian Institute of America is delighted to present ‘A Journey’, the first solo show of artist Max Vityk in New York. Curated by Walter Hoydysh , Art Director of the Ukrainian Institute and Annelien...More »
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“Life in Wood” Exhibition
Selections of everyday and decorative objects made of wood from the Museum’s permanent collection. More »
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“No Other Home: The Crimean Tatar Repatriates” Exhibition
In a kitchen in Marino, outside Simferopol, a fiery-eyed woman named Milara leaned ever the table and spoke emphatically into the microphone: “There is nowhere else for us to go. We have no other home.” No...More »
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“In Shevchenko’s Land” Exhibition
The exhibition In Shevchenko’s Land was inspired by a series of etchings planned by artist Taras Shevchenko as a means to document the most important events in Ukrainian history, Ukrainian traditions and...More »
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"Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and Applied Art" Exhibition
Organized by The Ukrainian Museum, the exhibition Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and Applied Art features the work of 35 contemporary decorative artists of Ukrainian background from Ukraine,...More »
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"Holodomor: Genocide by Famine" Exhibition
Holodomor: Genocide by Famine is a special exhibition comprised of selected panels from a larger exhibition by the same name that was shown at The Ukrainian Museum in 2008. The exhibition details the horrors...More »
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Ron Kostyniuk "Art as Nature Analogue"
The solo exhibition entitled Ron Kostyniuk: Art as Nature Analogue comprised of twenty-eight unique constructivist relief sculptures. This exhibition illustrates Ron Kostyniuk's fascination with biology...More »
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Ilona Sochynsky "A Singular Vision"
A Singular Vision: Ilona Sochynsky, Retrospective of Painting, a comprehensive exhibition of more than 50 paintings, including many large-scale works from all phases of the artist's development, will open...More »
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"PYSANKA: The Ukrainian Easter Egg" Exhibition
The spell of spring with its promise of renewal and rebirth ushers in the season for Easter traditions and the making of pysanky (Ukrainian decorated eggs). The month of March begins at The Ukrainian Museum...More »
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"The Ukrainian Museum: 35 Years in Print" Exhibition
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"Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage" Exhibition
Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage, an exhibition of selected kilims from The Ukrainian Museum's permanent collection, will open to the public on February 12, 2012. More than 30 prized examples from...More »
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Borys Kosarev "Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931"
The first comprehensive exhibition of avant-garde artist Borys Kosarev will be presented in New York City at The Ukrainian Museum. Borys Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931 includes 82 works on paper...More »
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"The Worlds of Sviatoslav Hordynsky" Exhibition
An exhibition of works by prominent Ukrainian-born artist Sviatoslav Hordynsky (1906-1993) opens at the Museum on Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. The Worlds of Sviatoslav Hordynsky highlights Hordynsky's artistic...More »
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Opanas Zalyvakha "The Road to Truth'
By all accounts, Opanas Zalyvakha was a cultural giant of his time, a quiet and unassuming man whose measured, philosophical approach to the oppressive forces of Brezhnev’s regime defined Ukraine’s dissident...More »
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"Invitation to a Wedding: Ukrainian Wedding Textiles and Traditions" Exhibition
Ancient Rituals, Modern Interpretations Presented in Lavish Exhibition at Ukrainian Museum. The ancient rituals associated with traditional Ukrainian weddings, and their unique interpretation in today's...More »
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Alison Cartwright and Maria Sonevytsky "No Other Home: The Crimean Tatar Repatriates"
Photographs by Alison Cartwright Sound and text by Maria Sonevytsky In May of 2008, Maria Sonevytsky and Alison Cartwright traveled throughout Crimea (Krym) – the scenic peninsula jutting out from...More »
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"Ukraine–Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII-XVIII Centuries)" Exhibition
The Ukrainian Museum in New York will unveil an important and exciting exhibition: Ukraine–Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII–XVIII Centuries). The exhibition originated in Kyiv, where it was chosen...More »
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"Mazepa in Print" Exhibition
Concurrent and in conjunction with the Museum's major exhibition Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII-XVIII Centuries) is a supplementary exhibit of approximately 150 books and other printed...More »
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"Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg" Exhibition
In attempting to understand creation, ancient people developed myths in which the egg was perceived as the source of life, the sun, and the universe. The Ukrainian pysanka (plural: pysanky) was believed...More »
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"Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue" Exhibition
Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue examines the profound influence of Ukrainian folk art on the fine art created by some of Ukraine's best known and highly regarded artists. The exhibition – the first to...More »
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"The Gift of Art: A Major Gift of Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn Paintings" Exhibition
The Gift of Art: A Major Gift of Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn Paintings spotlights Dr. Wolodymyr Petryshyn's gift to the Museum of 44 works by his late wife and recognizes her importance to the cultural life...More »
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New York Press Photographers Association "The Year in Pictures"
For the first time, The Ukrainian Museum is pleased to host Year in Pictures, an exhibition organized each year by the New York Press Photographers Association (NYPPA) to spotlight the winning images from...More »
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"In Full Bloom: The Pysanky of Folk Artist Iryna Bilianska" Exhibition
The Museum's traditional springtime exhibition of Ukrainian Easter eggs – pysanky – this year features the unique, exquisite creations of little-known folk artist Iryna Bilianska (1899-1960s?). Using...More »
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"A Generous Vision: A Major Gift of Works by Mychajlo Moroz" Exhibition
The exhibition, A Generous Vision: A Major Gift of Works by Mychajlo Moroz celebrates both the achievement of Mychajlo Moroz (1904-1992), an outstanding Ukrainian landscape painter and the exceptional...More »
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"Futurism and After: David Burliuk, 1882-1967" Exhibition
This exhibition showcases two main threads of Burliuk’s life’s work: a cultivated naveté (or primitivism) and faktura, a textural essence expressed through intense colors and rhythmic variety. The ordinariness...More »
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"Holodomor: Genocide by Famine" Exhibition
The exhibition, Holodomor: Genocide by Famine, is one of a series of events taking place around the world to commemorate the 75th anniversary of what James Mace, the director of the U.S. Commission on...More »
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"The Cossacks: Their Art and Style" Exhibition
To coincide with The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799, the Museum is presenting an exhibition of some of the major cultural achievements of the Cossack...More »
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"The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799" Exhibition
The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799, includes 42 original maps published by European mapmakers over a 250-year period. A majority of the maps in the...More »
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"The Pysanka and the Rushnyk: Guardians of Life" Exhibition
Each spring, the Museum mounts a new exhibition of pysanky – Ukrainian Easter eggs. This year's exhibition, entitled The Pysanka and the Rushnyk: Guardians of Life, features over 200 of the unique eggs...More »
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"Thread to the Past: Ukrainian Folk Art from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair" Exhibition
Over the past few years, as The Ukrainian Museum marked a number of milestones, including moving into a newly built facility and celebrating its 30th anniversary, many references were made to the Museum's...More »