Interviews and articles
A “Landmark” Museum for Ukraine
In a rare interview, Victor Pinchuk tells us about his plans to build a new contemporary art space in Kiev
Source of energy
Victor Pinchuk grew up in Soviet-era Ukraine, first in Kiev and then in the eastern town of Dnipropetrovsk, where queues for food and goods were a dreary facet of everyday life
Modern Medicis flash their cash in Venice as the world of art goes into a new orbit
Sir Elton John swept from his speedboat on the Grand Canal into a magnificent palazzo full of new international art and beamed like a proud parent at a school prizegiving. He greeted his host, a Ukrainian billionaire, bought one of the hulking concrete sculptures in the foyer and ascended the stairs to meet a young Brazilian artist who recently won a new art prize that Sir Elton helps to run.
The New New Rich (fragment)
When the oligarchs of the former Soviet Union first burst out beyond their own borders, they were Marxist caricatures of the nouveau riche, purchasing yachts and sports teams, and surrounding themselves with designer-clad supermodels. Fifteen years later, they are exploring how to buy their way into the world of ideas
The Rise of the New Global Elite (fragment)
One of the most determined is the Ukrainian entrepreneur Victor Pinchuk, whose business empire ranges from pipe manufacturing to TV stations
Kiev art prize makes an impression
The Ukrainian art lover Victor Pinchuk has persuaded some of the world’s biggest names to back the award for best young artist
New Art Prize Nets Winner $100,000 from Billionaire Collector Victor Pinchuk
Exercises in futility seldom have paid off as handsomely as they did Friday for Cinthia Marcelle, a 36-year-old Brazilian conceptual artist who was named the first winner of the Future Generation Art Prize sponsored by Victor Pinchuk, the Ukranian billionaire art collector who’s on the board of L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
