In all likelihood, the center will be located next to the Arch of Friendship of Peoples. Architect not yet selected

According to Bloomberg, Ukrainian steel magnate Viktor Pinchuk is going to open in Kiev center for contemporary art. 48-year-old businessman, not a novice in this matter: in 2006 in the Ukrainian capital appeared PinchukArtCentre, first in the territory of the former Soviet Union Center for the display of contemporary art.

Pinchuk wants to build a center near the Arch of Friendship of peoples - a famous Soviet-era monument dedicated to the reunification of Ukraine and Russia. Architect not yet selected - the businessman is going to hold a design competition. According to him, he had already spoken with several famous architects. The new building will exceed the size PinchukArtCentre. The tycoon, whose fortune is estimated at 2.6 billion dollars, said he was ready to fully fund the project.

The center will be permanent collection, which will be based works from the Pinchuk. Probably not without the work of Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst), which is a big fan of billionaire. In April this year in the PinchukArtCentre exhibition entitled "Requiem» , which was presented more than 100 works, it was the most large-scale retrospective of the artist's career. Pinchuk owns about half of the paintings of skulls, which are now exhibited at exhibition at London's Museum Wallace Collection . Last fall, the steel magnate, bought a number of works on solo auction of Hirst's Beautiful Inside My Head Forever ( «In my head I'll be beautiful forever») .

Pinchuk is one of the major collectors of contemporary art in the world . Among other things, in his collection are works of such expensive artists as Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) and Andreas Gursky (Andreas Gursky).

According to the tycoon, three years his PinchukArtCentre visited more than 830 thousand people. Center even got its own award in the field of Ukrainian art. Oct. 31 opened the exhibition, where you can see the works of nominees. The winner will receive 100 thousand hryvnia (12,2 thousand dollars) and the opportunity to attend monthly "probation" in the workshops Andres Serrano (Andres Serrano), Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson) and Anthony Gormley (Antony Gormley).

Pinchuk is one of the most important philanthropists in Eastern Europe. In particular, he regularly provides funding to fight AIDS. In 2006, tycoon, acted as co-producer film Spell Your Name ( «Spell Your Name"), telling about the Holocaust in Ukraine.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru

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