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A Heart That Beats – Focus on Queer Ukrainian Art

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A Heart That Beats – Focus on Queer Ukrainian Art

06 Jun 2025 – 26 Jan 2026
Schwules Museum, Lützowstr. 73, Berlin
  • Alina Kleytman, Prosthesis, 2023–2025
    Alina Kleytman, Prosthesis, 2023–2025
  • Anatoly Belov, Sex Medicated Rock-n-Roll, 2013, videostill
    Anatoly Belov, Sex Medicated Rock-n-Roll, 2013, videostill
  • Vic Bakin, To Be Who We Want To Be, from the series, 2021
    Vic Bakin, To Be Who We Want To Be, from the series, 2021

The Schwules Museum in Berlin präsentiert 'A Heart That Beats' and puts the focus on the queer art scene in Ukraine. The exhibition is curated by Anton Shebetko and Maria Vtorushyna and shows works by:

Yana Bachynska / Jan Bačynsjkyj, Vic Bakin, Yevgenia Belorusets, Anatoly Belov, Andrii Dostliev, Ihor Dychenko, Anton Karyuk, Alina Kleytman, Anton Shebetko, Svitlana Shymko & Galka Yarmanova, Sergei Parajanov, Roman Viktyuk.

The video-piece by Anatoly Belov 'Sex Medicated Rock-n-Roll' from 2013 is also in the Art Collection Telekom and was acquired already in 2014.

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