[4] According to L'Officiel Ukraine [uk], in 2019, there were 2 auction houses (Goldens and Dukat) in the country that worked on a regular basis, while more than 10 others could not withstand the competition and closed down.
In 2009–2010, due to active efforts of the auction house, contemporary art has got on domestic collectors' preference list.
It holds regular solo and group exhibitions (8–10 projects per year) by famous Ukrainian and international artists.
"Editions" presented the world's famous artists: Albrecht Dürer, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró,[10] Andy Warhol, Fernand Léger, Amedeo Modigliani, Oleksandra Ekster, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Marcantonio Raimondi, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse, Katsushika Hokusai.
During Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on April 19, 2022, in partnership with Koller Auktionen [de] (Zürich, Switzerland), the charity event "Have a heart" was held to raise funds for Ukrainian artists who have been in a difficult situation since the beginning of the war.
[13] Among the famous artists whose works are regularly included in auction and exhibition collections are the classics of Ukrainian painting of the 1880s–1910s: Ivan Trush, Mykola Murashko, Serhii Svitoslavskyi, Mykola Burachek, Serhii Vasylkivskyi, Oleksa Novakivskyi; the avant-garde of the 1900s–1920s: Wassily Kandinsky, Vasyl Yermylov, Maksymilian Voloshyn; the emigration of the 20th century: Vasyl Khmeliuk [uk], Davyd Burliuk, Oleksa Hryshchenko, Sonia Levytska, Petro Nilus; the 1930s–80s: Mykola Hlushchenko, Serhii Shyshko [uk], Tetiana Yablonska, Yosyp Bokshai [uk], Adalbert Erdeli, Fedir Zakharov, Fedir Manailo, Viktor Zaretskyi [uk], Alla Horska, Anatoly Zverev, Mihail Chemiakin, Valentyn Khrushch, Mariia Prymachenko; 1990s–2020s: Ivan Marchuk, Oleksandr Hnylytskyi, Arsen Savadov, Oleksandr Roitburd, Pavlo Kerestei, Vasyl Riabchenko, Oleh Tistol, Ihor Podolchak, Oleksandr Zhyvotkov, Mykhailo Deiak, Vlada Ralko, Illia Chychkan, Viktor Sydorenko, and Matvii Vaisberg.
[14] [15] The most expensive works sold at the auction are "Sinister sea" by Mykola Hlushchenko (US$165,000; 2008), "Garden of temptation" ($120,000; 2022), "Golden night" ($96,800; 2021) and "Boats overgrown with flowers" ($56,000; 2020) by Ivan Marchuk,[16] "Black swan" by Leonid Kozlov ($101,800; 2021),[17] "Chrysanthemums" by Serhii Shyshko ($61,600; 2006), "August" by Viktor Zaretskyi ($55,000; 2011), as well a "Lviv.
[19] Of the named works, the first two were included in the ranking "Six most expensive paintings by Ukrainian artists" (2022), compiled by the Lokalna Istoriia [uk] scientific historical research project.
[21] The auction "Avant-garde" (2010) presented a painting by Wassily Kandinsky, which is considered one of the world's first works of abstract art.
Significant events include two large-scale icon expositions (2009, 2014), retrospective exhibitions by the artists Yakiv Basov (2006), Mykola Hlushchenko (2012), and Viktor Zaretskyi (2012, 2017).
[26] Another important exhibition, "The art of emigrant artists of the 20th century" (2019), presented 31 works from collections from Ukraine, France, Germany, Netherlands, and United States.
Before framing, the lithographs had been stored in a special folder made in the form of a medieval book, which was also presented at the exhibition.