PinchukArtCentre is a private contemporary art centre, located in Kyiv with a collection of works by Ukrainian and international artists.

[4] The centre's structure and focus consists of an international collection, temporary exhibitions, education programmes, publications, and scholarly research.

[8] On December 25, 2019, trade union members held a protest near the PinchukArtCentre, during which they handed the centre's management an official letter about the start of negotiations on the conclusion of a collective labour agreement.

[10] This decision caused a significant response in the mass media,[11][12][13][14] after which the centre's management stated that the dismissal of the mediators was not related to the creation of a trade union.

[17] On February 16, 2020 during a public discussion within the PinchukArtCentre Prize nominees exhibition, anthropologist Nadiya Chushak spoke in support of the trade union, reading an appeal from the organization.

[18] The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans' Rights used the release of mediators as a precedent when discussing the issue of expanding the scope of using fixed-term employment contracts.

The biennial award consists of a $100,000 prize, $40,000 of which is required to go towards producing art to ensure that the winner continues working.