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The Evacuation Exhibition “In the Eye of the Storm” as a Distinct Cultural Practice of Ukrainian Art
(Mariupol State University, 2026) Havrylovych, Serhiy
This article explores a distinct cultural practice of representing Ukrainian art internationally. This practice specifically combines the functions of a traveling exposition and the evacuation of valuable artworks from Ukraine due to the russian-Ukrainian war. The study aims to analyze the specific features of the international cultural practice of Ukrainian visual art, using the evacuation exhibition titled In the Eye of the Storm as a case study. Applying a qualitative case study method with source triangulation (incorporating official websites and press releases from hosting institutions in Madrid, Cologne, Brussels, Vienna, London, Bratislava, and Kyiv; UNESCO monitoring data; and reports from authoritative international and national media), the research conceptualizes a new form of art project: the evacuation exhibition. The study institutionalizes this term as a distinct cultural practice. It defines the security (protection, defense, preservation), epistemic (contextual attribution), and diplomatic (rhetoric of solidarity, partnership, integration) conditions that drive the functioning of this international traveling exposition of Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach that draws on concepts from heritage diplomacy, museum diplomacy, decolonial museum studies, and mobility studies, the paper offers recommendations for ensuring transparency, public ethics, and decolonized cataloging. The findings prove the importance of artifact metadata as a specific dimension of information that actively counters past colonial narratives. The analysis demonstrates that amid the russian-Ukrainian war, exhibition mobility functions as a complex cultural technology. It simultaneously preserves museum collections, fosters international diplomatic relations, and enhances knowledge about cultural and artistic heritage, particularly the distinct layer of Ukrainian modernism. Ultimately, the evacuation exhibition concept institutionalizes the multifunctionality of this format. It enables researchers to transition from describing a single empirical case to forming a generalized analytical model for this type of exhibition practice.
International Exhibition Practices of Contemporary Ukrainian Art: New Functional Dimensions in the Case of The Exhibition “Ukraine. Under a Different Sky”
(2025) Havrylovych, Serhiy
The cultural analysis of the exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art Ukraine. Under a Different Sky (Warsaw, 2022–2023) reveals a complex phenomenon of the archive of memory and the theme of decoloniality. The study aims to identify the phenomenon of exhibition practices in contemporary Ukrainian art that embody the functions of a memory archive, decolonial expression, and cultural interaction, as exemplified by the exhibition Ukraine. Under a Different Sky. The research demonstrates that the exhibition operates as a documentary project of visual art and as a form of international engagement with performative elements. It seeks to comprehend the collective memory of tragic events and to represent Ukraine’s independent cultural subjectivity within the global context of creative processes. The methodological foundation integrates established principles of systematism, historicism, universal interconnection, and objectivity; cultural, art historical, and historical approaches; general scientific methods such as analytical, phenomenological, and explanatory; and methods of observation, comparison, and modeling. These approaches define the specifics of postcolonial and decolonial studies as well as the concept of soft power in cultural relations. The study employs a qualitative case study and discourse analysis of curatorial texts, artistic statements, and critical reviews. A comparative analysis considers other exhibition projects in London, Berlin, and Kaunas, which collectively illustrate a network-based strategy of Ukraine’s international representation through art exhibition practices. The research novelty lies in interpreting the exhibition as a mechanism of decolonial affirmation through cultural interaction, which helps the international community comprehend the ongoing Russian–Ukrainian war and express solidarity with the Ukrainian nation. For the first time, the study demonstrates that the dynamics of displaying antiwar artworks—beyond their educational, ideological, aesthetic, and social-regulative roles—also activate communicative, psychotherapeutic, suggestive, informational, modeling, and prognostic functions, while evoking catharsis and fascination. This dynamic reveals the interplay between the traumatic experience of war and active cultural and creative self-expression. The study concludes that the analyzed international exhibition Ukraine. Under a Different Sky, by Ukrainian artists, emerged not only as an artistic event but also as a representative form of cultural self-expression of the nation—a call from Ukraine to the global community to stop the Russian terrorist state. Through artistic means, each work in the exhibition contributes to forming a shared narrative about the Ukrainian people’s national liberation war against the occupier while simultaneously serving as a testimony to this struggle.
Функції та стратегії в сучасних виставкових практиках: варшавський кейс українського досвіду
(Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв, 2025) Гаврилович, Сергій
Culture of Memory in Exhibition Practices During War
(The Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, 2025) Havrylovych, Serhiy
Cultural Dialogue of Ukraine in International Exhibition Practices of Visual Art, 2014–2024: A Review of Ukrainian Historiography
(Culturological almanac, 2025) Havrylovych, Serhiy
This article reviews Ukrainian historiography addressing the cultural dialogue in visual art through Ukraine’s participation in international exhibition projects from 2014 to 2024. The study sets the lower chronological boundary in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War. In contrast, it defines the upper boundary by the need to examine recent shifts in exhibition practices. The authors base the study’s methodological framework on the principles of a comprehensive approach, systematicity, historicism, and objectivity and apply general scientific methods such as analysis and synthesis, functional and evolutionary analysis, periodization, historiographical source criticism, and the problem-chronological method.The article summarizes, systematizes, and analyzes key scholarly works on the subject and highlights their authors’ contributions to understanding the role of visual art as an instrument of cultural diplomacy. Three periods are identified within the defined chronological boundaries, each characterized by a distinct historiographical focus shaped by significant historical events. The study notes the participation of Ukrainian artists in international exhibitions (such as the Venice Biennale and other cultural events) and discusses the interaction between Ukrainian and foreign cultural institutions. It outlines the evolution of academic approaches to the topic, with particular attention to changes in the cultural paradigm following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.The article also identifies prospects for further research, emphasizing the need for deeper exploration of Ukraine’s cultural dialogue within international exhibition practices in the first quarter of the 21st century, based on an expanded source base. The findings provide valuable insights for university education, the organization of cultural initiatives, and the development of new strategies for cultural diplomacy aimed at promoting Ukrainian visual art and enhancing Ukraine’s image in the international cultural space.