Art Talk, Music and Hors d’oeuvres | Tribeca, New York
In Collaboration with Bark Band, Sourcremant Food Duo
and G Spot Business Club
When: March 12, 7 pm. Space is limited.
Location: Mriya Gallery, 101 Reade St, 10013 New York
Fee: $150 (Zelle: rukharthub@gmail.com) QR code
Let’s be honest.
In finance, you understand equities, funds, and real estate. The art market often feels like a different universe. Expensive, opaque, and slightly intimidating.
This dinner is about removing that fog.
We talk about art as a strategic asset for diversification, but also as something more subtle. Access. The New York art world is a structured system with its own hierarchy and inner circles. Galleries, museums, auction houses, collectors. Once you understand how the system works, it stops being mysterious and starts becoming strategic.
We will break down how value is formed, how serious collectors enter the market, and how participation in New York’s cultural infrastructure quietly elevates your standing in business circles. In this city, perception and positioning matter.
Small table. 20 guests.
Italian wine and antipasti.
Serious conversation, no art world ego.
If you are curious how to enter this space the right way, this is your room. Space is limited.
History makes this clear. The Medici, Vanderbilt Family, Rothschild Family and Guggenheim Family did not just accumulate wealth. They embedded their names into culture. That is why we still say them today.
The evening is led by Mariia Manuilenko, art historian, gallerist, and co-founder of Rukh Art Hub.
A special electric ambient jazz performance by Bark Band, creating an atmospheric soundscape throughout the evening.
A curated selection of hors d’oeuvres by SourCremant, a gourmet catering company specializing in private dining and concept culinary events.
Curated Art Talk, Music, Hors d’œuvres
Fee: $150 (Zelle: rukharthub@gmail.com) QR code
About the host
Mariia Manuilenko
Maria Manuĭlenko is a curator and cultural manager working between New York, and Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her professional practice focuses on contemporary Ukrainian art, the development of exhibition projects, and intercultural programs. She has been actively engaged in curatorial work since 2017 and, over the past three years, has curated more than thirty exhibitions in the United States and Europe in collaboration with museums, nonprofit organizations, and independent art spaces.
Maria Manuĭlenko is a co-founder of Rukh Art Hub and Art Territory, platforms that support Ukrainian artists through exhibitions, public programs, and international partnerships. Catalogues of her curatorial projects have been included in the collections of the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, reflecting international institutional recognition of her work.
Currently, Maria Manuĭlenko teaches at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, where she developed an original course on the history of exhibitions and curatorial practices. Her projects have been featured in Forbes, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, Whitehot Magazine, and other international and Ukrainian media outlets.