National Art Museum of Ukraine
Neoclassical museum of Ukrainian art on Hrushevskoho Street, now showing temporary projects only.
The National Art Museum of Ukraine occupies a purpose-built neoclassical pavilion on the slope of Hrushevskoho Street, completed in 1899 to designs begun by Georgiy Boitsov and carried through by Vladyslav Horodetsky. A portico of six Corinthian columns, a pedimental relief and a pair of cast lions face the street, while the galleries behind are arranged around top-lit halls. Founded as the Kyiv City Museum of Antiquities and Art, the institution opened to the public in 1904 and took its present national status after Ukrainian independence.
Its holdings run from mediaeval icons and Baroque portraiture to the Ukrainian modernism of the 1900s to 1930s, including work by Oleksandr Bohomazov, Mykhailo Boichuk and Kazimir Malevich's Kyiv circle. Since the full-scale invasion began the permanent hang has been dismantled and much of the collection moved to storage, so the programme consists of curated temporary exhibitions, often addressing war, displacement and cultural loss. The museum has also lent heavily to touring projects abroad that present Ukrainian modernism to European audiences.
Highlights
- 1899 neoclassical pavilion by Boitsov and Horodetsky, with Elio Sala's sculpture
- Collection of Ukrainian icons, Baroque portraits and 1900s-1930s modernism
- Permanent hang dismantled since February 2022; temporary projects only
- Open-door day on the last Sunday of each month
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