Ukrainian Porcelain Trinity — Lecture Series on Baranivka, Korosten, Kyiv
The Baranivka Museum opens a cycle of six lectures on the Ukrainian porcelain trinity of the 19th-20th centuries — Baranivka (1804), Korosten (1903), Kyiv Experimental Factory.
In February 2026 the Baranivka Porcelain Museum opens a new lecture cycle 'Ukrainian Porcelain Trinity — Baranivka, Korosten, Kyiv'. Six lectures, held every Tuesday, cover the formation and development of the three key centres of Ukrainian porcelain industry: Baranivka (founded 1804, the oldest operating Ukrainian manufactory), Korosten (founded 1903, the largest production volume in the Soviet period), Kyiv Experimental Ceramic-Art Factory (cross-ref Phase 1.6 — author experimental school).
Regional features of each centre: Baranivka — classical white-and-blue aesthetic with golden rim (cobalt + oxide gilding); Korosten — botanical motifs, regional style of Polissia field flowers; Kyiv — experimental forms of the 20th century, author services, sculptural porcelain. Programme lecturers — art historians of the Kyiv Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Art, curators of all three centres' collections, ceramologists of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine. The exposition of original exhibits of all three centres is in the main hall.
