The National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery” is one of the most prominent art museums in Ukraine, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022. Despite the extremely difficult situation related to the invasion of Russian troops and the declaration of martial law in Ukraine, the museum did not stop its activities, perceiving it as its contribution to the future victory, protection of our country's interests on the cultural front, the struggle for spirituality, liberation from the consequences of imperial colonial policy, restoration of historical justice, and affirmation of the image of a Ukrainian as a European enriched by his or her own history, original culture, and art. Even after the damage to the museum building caused by a rocket attack in the center of Kyiv, the museum has not stopped its activities, continuing to work on both Ukrainian and international projects. The museum is not only one of the oldest museums in Kyiv, but also one of the most beloved. Its collection is one of the richest among Ukrainian art museums. It includes more than 14,000 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. Among the most famous museum monuments are icons of the XIII-XVII centuries, portraits by V.G. Borovikovsky and D.G. Levytsky, beautiful collections of landscape paintings by I.K. Aivazovsky, M.M. Ge, I.I. Shishkin, V.M. Vasnetsov. Brilliant collections of works by I.E. Repin, N.A. Vrubel, artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as works by contemporary Ukrainian artists - witnesses of the present, which in an artistic form reproduce the impression of current events in Ukraine, the trials that have fallen to its lot. By preserving and popularizing examples of classical art, the museum strives to be at the forefront of modernity. In times of war, the organization of exhibitions of contemporary paintings and other artistic events became the main form of activity of the National Art Gallery, a means of reflecting current issues through the prism of the view of the best artists of contemporary Ukraine.