From 5th May we invite you to listen to three lectures from the series "Masterpieces of Chinese Art from the Collection of the National Bohdan and Varvara Khansenko Museum of Art (Khansenko Museum)" by Marta Logvyn, art historian, expert in Chinese art, researcher at the National Bohdan and Varvara Khansenko Museum of Art (Kyiv, Ukraine). The lectures will be held in English.
A series of three lectures is based solely on Chinese art objects in the museum’s collection. The Khanenko Museum keeps one of the biggest Asian art collections in Ukraine and now its Chinese part is the biggest in the country. The museum was established as a private collection of world arts in the late 19th century and became a state-run museum in 1919, the harshest times of the Ukrainian revolution. Since then the museum has undergone many transformations, but still holds exquisite Chinese paintings and bronze sculptures acquired by the museum founders right before World War I. In 1950s, the traditional elite paintings, sophisticated garments and carvings in ivory and jade along with new propaganda art entered the museum’s collection from different sources. Nowadays the collection grows thanks to friends and patrons of the museum.
Before the Russian invasion the hall of Chinese art represented about 300 art objects, which is about 1/10th of the whole Chinese collection. Now the museum is closed to patrons, but the valuable items are securely stored and wait for being presented to patrons again.
The lectures will give a “virtual tour” around the Chinese collection of The Khanenko Museum. The diversity of artworks in the museum’s collection allows representing many facets of the Chinese culture.
The first lecture "On the Walls of Wealthy Homes, in the Luggage of a Future KGB agent. The Multitude of Art Objects in the Museum’s Collection and their Provenance" of a series provides an overview of the Chinese collection with some highlights on painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and folk woodblock prints along with some rare books in the museum’s library. It is a story of things and personalities, acquisitions and losses from late 19th to early 21st century.
The lectures will be delivered by Marta Logvyn who is a leading research fellow at The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art (Kyiv, Ukraine). Marta Logvyn studied the Chinese language in Kyiv, Ukraine as well as in Beijing Language and Culture University (PRC) and got her M.A. degree in the Chinese language and literature at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2000. Studying language and culture was inseparable from learning about fine and folk arts, performing arts and architecture. In 2010 she joined the team of The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art to work on research and presentation of the Chinese painting and woodblock prints. Marta Logvyn was a curator of 9 exhibitions of the traditional Chinese arts from the museum’s collection and 3 exhibitions of contemporary Chinese artists and calligraphers. She also works in a close contact with colleagues in other departments developing museum “edutainment” programs that balance scientific information with entertainment and immersion into world cultures. “Our work has always been and is to protect the world’s cultural heritage and represent it to our patrons. In the times of peace we had an immense positive feedback from our domestic audience. Now facing cruel challenges of war we still stick to our values and look for opportunities to spread the word about the Chinese art in our museum’s collection. I am grateful to Vilnius University Confucius Institute for inviting me to give these talks.”
Vilnius University Confucius Institute is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Lecture 1: On the Walls of Wealthy Homes, in the Luggage of a Future KGB agent. The Multitude of Art Objects in the Museum’s Collection and their Provenance
Time: May 5, 2022 06:00 PM Helsinki
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