Y Gallery
The Ў Gallery was an art gallery of contemporary art located in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The Gallery Ў consisted of the exhibition space, wine bar Ў, design-shop and Literary House Logvinov.
History
The gallery was opened in October 2009.In 2010 the gallery launched the project START. The project's aim is to promote young Belarusian artists by organizing their solo exhibitions and public discussions.
Since the opening, the gallery has hosted more than 120 exhibitions and expositions in the gallery's building. Most of them are group and solo exhibitions of Belarusian artists. Also, the Ў Gallery has held 14 exhibitions abroad in such places as Vilnius, Poznan, Lublin, Moscow, and Stockholm.
In 2020, the co-owner and creator of the gallery, Aliaksandr Vasilievič, became a political prisoner. He and his partners sold their stakes in the gallery, but not the Ў gallery and Ў bar brands. The new owners decided to develop the space under the name Вершы.