BriAnne sips a cappuccino at the Sky Art Cafe in Kiev.
I spent this past weekend in Kiev, visiting my girlfriend. On Sunday we took a stroll through the city center. Remembering that a new exhibition had just opened at the Pinchuk Art Centre, we decided to check it out.
There always seems to be a line to get inside the place on the weekend. But in my experience it’s always been worth it. Besides being free, the museum does a great job of seeking out some of today’s most respected modern artists, as well as up-and-comers.
Some past exhibitions I’ve seen include the provocative Sexuality and Transcendence, the mind-expanding Your emotional future, a solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson, and Blow-up, a solo show by Arsen Savadov as part of the РАС-UA project.
Enjoying a cappuccino at the Sky Art Cafe. Photo taken by my girlfriend, the photographer BriAnne Wills.
The current show, an exhibition of the 20 shortlisted artists for the Pinchuk Art Centre Prize 2011, showcases the work of Ukrainian artists 35 years old or younger. On the second floor there’s another exhibit: a solo exhibition by Cinthia Marcelle, the winner of the Main Prize of the Future Generation Art Prize 2010. Both are worth seeing, especially Marcelle’s large-scale textured pieces, one of which is an entire room of rolled carpeting. For that one, you must remove your shoes before entering.
No trip to the museum is complete without grabbing a cappuccino at the Sky Art Cafe. It’s all-white decor and sprawling view of the city center put you in a dream-like state.
I would love to see that art museum and cafe.