Join us on May 14th at 7 pm for a lecture by Andriy Sydorenko on the topic of Ukranian Avant-Garde: From History to Modernity. The event will be in English and hybrid (online lecture in the space of TaM). Free entrance.
The lecture will explore the emergence of the Ukrainian avant-garde, its contemporary periodization, and its significance within both national and global art history. Special attention will be given to the newly established Museum of Avant-Garde in Kyiv as an important institution for preserving, researching, and rethinking this legacy. The talk will also address processes of decolonization in art history and the development of Ukrainian digital art during the full-scale war, highlighting the continuity between historical avant-garde practices and contemporary artistic responses.
The Museum of Avant-Garde in Kyiv (kyivhistorymuseum.org.ua/en/branch/museum-of-the-avant-garde) is a newly established institution dedicated to the study and presentation of Ukrainian modernist and avant-garde art. Its activities focus on research, preservation, and public engagement, as well as situating early 20th-century Ukrainian art within both national and international contexts. Today, the museum plays an important role in restoring historical context and in connecting early avant-garde artistic experiments with current cultural and political realities.
Andriy Sydorenko (www.sydorenkoandriy.com) was born in 1983 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Since the 2010s, he has combined artistic practice with academic research and curatorial work. He has co-curated numerous long-term exhibition platforms and international projects, including Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now at the Saatchi Gallery in London. His work has been exhibited internationally in major museums and cultural institutions across Europe, the Americas, and the United States. Sydorenko is also a co-founder of the Pankoptikum art group and currently serves as Academic Secretary of the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.
His artistic practice often explores dystopian social models, ideological manipulation, and the absence of critical reflection – topics that resonate strongly with both historical avant-garde ideas and contemporary Ukrainian experience.
Main image: Memories of the Caucasus by Oleksandr Bogomazov