New Display of Lithuanian Art

New Display of Lithuanian Art of the First Half of the 20th Century

The renewed part of the National Art Gallery's permanent exhibition invites to explore the history of Lithuanian art from the beginning of the 20th century to the Second World War. It is divided into four thematic sections: 'Reality, Expectations and Visions', 'Art and State', 'Who Are We' and 'Tensions'. The exhibition begins with a presentation of the legacy of artists who worked in Vilnius in the early 20th century. Starting from this transformative historical period, visitors are invited to explore the field of Lithuanian art in the interwar period: which artists and art were fostered by independent Lithuania. Alongside examples of the official, state-sponsored art style examples, the exhibition presents bold artistic experiments and highlights the tensions of the time that concerned artists.

In addition to paintings, sculptures and graphic works, the exhibition also includes photography, animation and applied and book graphics. A separate part of the permanent exhibition is the biannual temporary exhibition, which allows to discover new themes, authors and works. The first one invites you to get acquainted with the artists' view of forms of leisure and entertainment in inter-war Lithuania.

The narrative is shaped by the works of artists from different generations, from the classics to lesser-known authors. The exhibition features artists such as Gerardas Bagdonavičius and Jan Bułhak, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Barbora Didžiokienė, MstislavasDobužinskis, Adomas Galdikas, Antanas Gudaitis, Adasa Gurevič-Grodzka, Antanas Ingelevičius, Vytautas Kairiūkštis, Petras Kalpokas, MarcėKatiliūtė, Viktoras Petravičius, MoišėRavivas-Vorobeičikas, Petras Rimša, FerdynandasRuszczycas, Antanas Samuolis, DomicelėTarabildienė, Stasys Ušinskas, Antanas Žmuidzinavičiusir kt.  

Curators: prof. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Gabrielė Radzevičiūtė

Architect Mindaugas Reklaitis

Graphic designer Milda Šiulytė

Coordinator Eglė Juocevičiūtė

Children's inclusion designer Ieva Šimkonytė

Curators of "Blind Date": Matas Drukteinis, Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Eglė Nedzinskaitė

Producing designer Ugnė Balčiūnaitė

Editors: Audra Kairienė, Rūta Tumėnaitė

Translator Aušra Simanavičiūtė

The project is organised by the National Art Gallery of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art

Institutional partners: M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, National Museum of Lithuania, Lithuanian Theater, Music and Cinema Museum, Lithuanian Archives of Literature and Art, Lithuanian Central State Archives, Šiauliai "Aušros" Museum, Samogitian Museum "Alka", Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History, KupiškisEtnographic Museum, The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE, Antanas Gudaitis Foundation, and private collections.

The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania

Sponsor "ExterusFundermax"

Media partner "JCDecaux Lietuva "