The First Ukrainian Artistic Intervention to London

Abstract

The start of the artistic relationship between contemporary Ukrainian artists and foreign entities that operated in Kyiv during the first years of Perestroyka is outlined in the article. I.e., emergence of the BBC News Ukrainian. In commemoration of such outstanding political and cultural event the major art exhibition was invited (with the invitation being financed by the British party) to be presented in United Kingdom. The article includes the comment of the BBC Ukrainian first Head on the founding of the latter and appraisal of the art collection, made by sir John Tusa, then-managing director of the BBC World Service. The exhibition that was displayed in London and Nottingham aided contemporary Ukrainian artists in entering the broader European context.