3D tour of the exhibition “Kherson. The Steppe Holds”
Mystetskyi Arsenal presents a virtual tour of the “Kherson. The Steppe Holds” exhibition. You can view the 3D tour from anywhere in the world — just click on the image below ⤵️
Five exhibition halls and the entrance area are available for online viewing. You can examine the works in detail, listen to and read about the concept of the works in Ukrainian and English, and watch unique archival videos.
“Kherson. The Steppe Holds” is a project about the Ukrainian South, which builds a space of resilience, love, loss, and a careful attitude to memories.This is a tribute to the Kherson region — the homeland of the exhibition’s authors, Roman Bondarchuk and Darya Averchenko.
The exhibition is based on the films Ukrainian Sheriffs, The Editorial Office, and Volcano. At the heart of the exhibition are unique archives, video, and photographic materials filmed in the Kherson region by the filmmakers and their crews before the full-scale invasion.
Curator: Kateryna Botanova.
The exhibition space includes t installations designed by exhibition architect Oleksandr Burlaka, along with video and photo projects, artistic films by the curatorial team, and more than thirty multimedia works inspired by the featured films.
The exhibition also comprises a hall dedicated to the archival materials of Kherson photojournalist Andriy Matrosov, as well as documentation from the “Ukrainian War Archive”, which records Russian war crimes.
The final space of the exhibition invites personal reflection on what has been seen and felt.
The exhibition will be on view to 28 September 2025
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12:00–20:00 (ticket office is open until 19:30)
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with Art Arsenal Community NGO, with the support of the ERSTE Foundation and the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), funded by aid from the governments of Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Technical partner: ERGO