A New Art Historical View of Ukrainian Modernism

The Museum Ludwig in Cologne captivates its guests with a thematic exhibition series: Under the title Here and Now at Museum Ludwig, it reflects on current museum conventions. It kicks off on June 3 with Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930 & Daria Koltsova. The special exhibition provides the museum world with a refresher on how to deal with the »Russian avant-garde,« to which some artists have been erroneously assigned in art history. Among them are artists from the collection of the Museum Ludwig. In light of the war in Ukraine, these artists will be given their own place in a specific movement: Ukrainian Modernism.

The exhibition space will be filled with 90 paintings and works on paper from the 1900s to the 1930s, including loans from the National Art Museum of Ukraine and the Museum of Theater, Music and Film Art of Ukraine. The Museum Ludwig complements this repertoire with works from private collections as well as its own. The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, which first presented the works under the title In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s, led the way. The contemporary artist Daria Koltsova will enrich the new art historical perspective with her recent contributions: Her works address Ukraine's cultural heritage in light of the war. The exhibition closes on September 24.