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June turned out to be a season for exhibitions in Kyiv. From an art retrospective to a display of Klitschko brothers’ boxing prizes – Kyiv Post presents the most interesting of the ongoing exhibitions for all tastes.

Winners of World Press Photo 2015
Nominees
and winners of the World Press Photo 2015, the world’s most prestigious
photojournalism award, will be on display in Kyiv. This year’s winning
photo caused much discussion. Entitled “John and Alex,” the photo
features a gay Russian couple in the privacy of their room.
World
Press Photo 2015 (exhibition). Taras Shevchenko Museum (12 Taras
Shevchenko Blvd.). Through June 30. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Hr 100 (Hr 150 for
two)

Mixed Blood photo exhibition
This exhibition focuses on individuals and families with multicultural backgrounds. It comprises photos and interviews with 65 individuals and 55 families from 40 ethnic groups, including some Ukrainian celebrities. The project took a year-and-a-half for the Ukrainian-Armenian art journal NorDor to put together.
June 12 – 28, Spivakovska ART: EGO Culture Center, 59B Saksahanskoho St., Sun.-Mon. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Free admission

Kateryna Bilokur art exhibition
This large retrospective of the works by painter Kateryna Bilokur, one of Ukraine’s most prominent and “naïve” artists, is dedicated to the 115th anniversary of her birth. The exhibition’s leitmotif is “I want to be an artist” – a familiar quote and credo of Bilokur’s. Though she had firsthand experience of some of the grimmest pages of the 20thcentury, most of her paintings were of flowers. Nearly 100 paintings are on display.
June 16 – July 19, Mystetsky Arsenal, 12 LavrskaSt., Tues.-Sun. Mon – day off. 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Hr 40, Hr 20 for pensioners, students and children


Klitschko brothers’ achievements exhibition
This exhibition focuses on Ukrainian boxing champions Volodymyr and Vitaly Klitschkos. Visitors can see their IBF, IBO and other championship belts, medals, dressing gowns and boxing shorts.
Permanent exhibition. NSC Olimpiysky, 55 Velyka Vasylkivska St., Wed. –Sun. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Mon, Tues – days off. Free admission

Kyiv Post staff writer Nataliya Trach can be reached at [email protected]