Kulturstadt Aschaffenburg

A European Collection. Masterpieces from the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv

From 30 April 2026 at the Christian Schad Museum
The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum in Kyiv houses the most important collection of Western art in Ukraine and ranks among the leading European collections of its kind. From 30 April 2026, the Christian Schad Museum in Aschaffenburg will host a special exhibition featuring 73 masterpieces from the pre-modern era, shown in Germany for the first time. The paintings on display are largely by renowned European artists, including several world-famous figures, dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These artworks offer an overview of key developments in European painting and follow the didactic structure characteristic of the Khanenko Collection.
The exhibition includes works by some of the most important figures in European art history, among them Peter Paul Rubens, Bernardo Bellotto, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, Jacob Jordaens, and Antonio Canova, as well as paintings from the workshops of Hieronymus Bosch and Rembrandt. This ensemble forms the core of the collection and illustrates the far-reaching cultural interconnections across Europe. It also embodies a shared European cultural heritage that has developed over centuries.