Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk. Pedagogies of War
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The museum and TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary are presenting Pedagogies of War, an exhibition by the young Ukrainian artists Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk which explores how Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the public space. Working with surveillance footage from Kyiv, the winners of the Curatorial Prize at OFFSCREEN Paris show how everyday rhythms and democratic structures fracture through the violence and material pressures of war. The artists’ work exposes the fragility of peace, the beauty of emergency situations, and the uneasy coexistence of forgetting and remembering, reminding us that the connections of conflict - political, emotional and territorial - shape identity as powerfully as geography.
Khimei and Malashchuk have worked as filmmakers and visual artists since 2016, exploring the intersections between documentary and fiction to address Ukraine’s recent history and present. Their work examines the legacy of post-imperial power structures and their impact on a new generation of Ukrainian citizens, caught between historical trauma and an uncertain future. Using multi-channel video installations and cinematic narratives, they capture a reality in which collective memory and personal experience interconnect.
Curated by Chus Martínez, the exhibition brings together three works: the recent Open World (2025), co-produced by TBA21 for the 36th Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennial; You Shouldn’t Have to See This (2024); and Pedagogies of War: War at Distance (2026), a new commission created for display in the museum's galleries. Together they explore war, memory and the capacity for action, examining how states of emergency are aestheticised, how survivors and bystanders become agents, and how the repetition of images can open a space for doubt, empathy and transformation.
- Monday: 12.00 - 16.00 (free access thanks to the sponsorship of Mastercard).
- Tuesday to Friday and Sunday: 10.00 - 19.00.
- Saturdays: 10.00 - 23.00 (free access from 21.00 to 23.00 thanks to the collaboration of Uber).
1 May: museum closed.
