NEW National Art Gallery's permanent exhibition

From 30 April, 2025

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, Mstislavas Dobužinskis, Adomas Galdikas, Antanas Gudaitis, Adasa Gurevič-Grodzka, Antanas Ingelevičius, Vytautas Kairiūkštis, Petras Kalpokas, Marcė Katiliūtė, Viktoras Petravičius, Moišė Ravivas-Vorobeičikas, Petras Rimša, Ferdynandas Ruszczycas, Antanas Samuolis, Domicelė Tarabildienė, Stasys Ušinskas, Antanas Žmuidzinavičius and others.   

 

 

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, Kupiškis Etnographic Museum, The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE, Antanas Gudaitis Foundation, and private collections. 

 

Sponsor „Exterus Fundermax“ 
Media partner „JCDecaux Lietuva „ 
The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania 

 

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See also

Exhibition opening

New stories in the permanent exhibition of the first half of the 20th century Lithuanian art at the National Gallery of Art