News: Exhibitions

Dmitry Lebedev (1899-1922): The Ukrainian Symbolist – Catalogue is LIVE

We are delighted to be putting on a personal exhibition of Dmitry Lebedev at TEFAF Maastricht and Paris Salon du Dessin this year. The history of new discoveries in the art world is well-known, if increasingly rare. Dmitry Lebedev (1899-1922) is just such a discovery, a prodigy of extraordinary breadth and talent, an artist whose inner torment reflected the ongoing political turmoil in the new Soviet state, especially in Odessa, his home city. Read more Read More

James Butterwick at TEFAF Maastricht 2026: 14-19 March 2026

We are delighted to announce that we will be returning to TEFAF Maastricht on 14–19 March 2026. In 2026 we will be proudly presenting a landmark exhibition: the first comprehensive retrospective of the Ukrainian artist Dmitry Lebedev since... Read More

Our works Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź: In the Eye of the Storm. Modernism in Ukraine

In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine recreates the polyphony of artistic approaches and identities in the early twentieth century. The exhibition tells the story of modernist artists and the visual experiments through which they... Read More

James Butterwick at TEFAF Maastricht and Salon du Dessin

We are pleased to announce our participation in TEFAF Maastricht and Salon du Dessin in Paris this March with the exhibition Five Artists. Ukrainian Modernism 1900’s-1930’s. Ukrainian Art of the period is finally getting the recognition... Read More

Apollo Magazine Exhibition of the Year: In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s

In an exhibition consisting of 66 works, James Butterwick either owned or sourced 13 works, was one of the main sponsors and has, since 2014, put on four personal exhibitions of Oleksandr Bohomazov, quoted by Apollo magazine as ‘“in a show of discoveries, perhaps none was more memorable than Oleksandr Bohomazov, an artist who fused cubism and Futurism, already hailed as the unknown genius of the Ukrainian avant-garde.” Read More

Robert Chandler reviews “In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s”

Delighted to share the detailed and insightful review by Robert Chandler of the In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s, an exhibition of modernist works from Ukraine, currently on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum... Read More

Yakov Chernikhov: Online Exhibition Opens today

Delighted to launch the online exhibition “Yakov Chernikhov”. Whilst Yakov Chernikhov was, first and foremost, a pioneering architect, he was also a theoretician. Chernikhov had his own system of teaching which he described as... Read More

Revelation amid desecration: early-20th-century Ukrainian art

Delighted to have several of artworks from our collection to be features in the exhibition of modernist works from Ukraine, currently in Madrid, is an important act of cultural salvage. This exhibition of early-20th-century art from Ukraine... Read More

Press about “In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s”

Several artworks from our collection are featured at the new exhibition “In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s” which opened at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum on 29 November 2022 and will run till 30 April... Read More

“In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s” opens in Madrid

Several artworks from our collection will be featured at the new exhibition “In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s” which opens at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum on 29 November 2022 and will run till... Read More

Three Ukrainian Artists: online exhibition

In the light of the current events we are relaunching our online exhibition “Three Ukrainian Artists”. “Three Ukrainian Artists” catalogue cover @James Butterwick Ukrainian Contemporary Art, unencumbered by censorship... Read More

‘Futuromarennia’ at Mystetskiy Arsenal in Kyiv – till 30 January 2022

All too rare are the occasions when one can praise, not bury, a cultural event that takes place in Ukraine. The personal exhibition of Bohomazov at NAMU, ‘Creative Laboratory’, in 2019 was a fine demonstration of a great artist, it deserved... Read More