BOHDAN MYSIUHA, FOUNDER AND CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERNISM, LVIV NATIONAL ART GALLERY, UKRAINE

In this episode we learn about the art world of Ukraine and its markets with guests Bohdan Mysiuha, curator of the Museum of Modernism, Lviv and Olena Grubb (alumna of the MA Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art, London) who also acts as interpreter for Bohdan's Ukrainian language.  The artistic community in Lviv, in the west of Ukraine, is preparing for the possibility of the current Russian invasion reaching their city.  Bohdan also talks about the history of modern Ukrainian art under Soviet and post-Soviet rule.

 

Here are some links:

 

Museum of Modernism

https://www.ukrgate.com/eng/?p=13433 

https://euromaidanpress.com/2021/05/13/ukrainian-modernism-revealed-lviv-artists-in-interwar-period-search-for-true-art-self-national-identity/ 

 

Ukraine Unofficial - project dedicated to the works of artists of the XX century.

http://www.archive-uu.com/en

 

Have a look at Yevhen Lysyk scenography here. It's amazing : http://www.archive-uu.com/en/profiles/lysyk-yevhen

 

This is one of Bohdan's monographs on Ukrainian art of the XX century.

https://issuu.com/archive.uu/docs/uu_23lviv_1?fbclid=IwAR19Cw5oBT31Z-1vujEuHLfi8zzqJLy6mspeofHtPzu7yr4_dg6pe-B8m0Y

 

These are some of Bohdan's articles for the Ukrainian newspaper (all in Ukrainian though). 

https://zbruc.eu/taxonomy/term/25831?fbclid=IwAR2dTK5QEkdNBlTrDZO1SkiAu25ao54tv8xVzAhMGyOwQxlfriE_UUxXvcU

 

NB  Information about the Fund for Documentation of the Crimes Against Ukrainian Art formed by the artists from Eastern Ukraine will be posted here later. It was only formed yesterday and its creators are still working on official accounts etc.

 

Names of some of the artists mentioned:

Oleksandr Archipenko, Alexandra Exter, Davyd Burliuk, Ivan Trush, Mikhail Vrubel

 

intro and outro music

‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) 

by TOT TAYLOR

is used by kind permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

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