Ў Gallery

The Ў Gallery (Y Gallery) (Belarusian: Галерэя Ў - Gallery Short U) is an art gallery of contemporary art located in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. They Gallery Ў consists of the exhibition space, wine bar Ў, design-shop and Literary House Logvinov.[2]

Ў Gallery
Галерэя Ў
Logotype of the Ў gallery
EstablishedOctober 2009
Locationvulica Kastryčnickaja 19A, Minsk, Belarus
TypeArt museum
DirectorValentina Kiseleva[1]
ChairpersonІlona Dzyarkach[1]
CuratorValentina Kiseleva[1]
ArchitectAlexei Lunev[1]
Websiteen.ygallery.by
Main entrance to the gallery

History

The gallery was opened in October 2009.

In 2010 the gallery launched the project START. The projects' aim is to promote young Belarusian artists by organizing their solo exhibitions and public discussions.[3]

Since the opening, the gallery has hosted more than 120 various exhibitions and expositions in gallery's building.[4] Most of them are group and solo exhibitions of Belarusian artists. Also, the Ў Gallery has held 14 exhibitions abroad in such places as Vilnius (Lithuania), Poznan (Poland), Lublin (Poland), Moscow (Russia), and Stockholm (Sweden).[5]

In recent years Gallery of contemporary art Ў ran numerous seminars, debates and other events in art, social and civic fields.

Origin of the name

The gallery's name derives from the Belarusian character «Ў», which distinguishes the Belarusian alphabet from other alphabets in the East Slavic group.[6]

Sales of works

In the gallery, there is an opportunity to buy various types of pictures and sculptures by modern Belarusian artists.[7]

Awards

The Y Gallery won the "Best Foreign Gallery award on the annual art fair ArtVilnius in 2011 and 2016.[8][9]

References
  1. Team of the gallery>
  2. "About us". en.ygallery.by. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  3. "Supermarket Art Fair | Ў gallery". www.supermarketartfair.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  4. "Выставы". ygallery.by. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. "Выставы за мяжой". ygallery.by. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  6. Ў - галерея современного искусства
  7. "Продаж беларускага мастацтва". ygallery.by. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  8. "ArtVilnius'11 - International Contemporary Art Fair". International Contemporary Art Fair. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  9. "ArtVilnius'16 - International Contemporary Art Fair". International Contemporary Art Fair. Retrieved 2018-07-02.

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