ARTVILNIUS’12 – Third International Contemporary Art Fair

Date: 27 June – 1 July, 2012
Place: Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre (Laisvės av. 5, Vilnius)

The Third Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius’12 appeared to be the most successful one – 53 member galleries from 12 countries of the world sold 117 pieces of art for nearly half a million litas.

The best artist and the best gallery were selected by visitors, too. Algirdas Gataveckas got the most visitors’ votes; he was also selected as the Best Young Artists of ArtVilnius’12 by the panel of judges. The visitors’ most favoured gallery was Kaunas Photography Gallery, which presented works by A. Sutkus and R. Rakauskas. A total of 3,758 visitors voted at the art fair.

According to Mrs. Diana Stomienė, directress of Art Fair ArtVilnius, this art fair outperformed its predecessors. “We are very pleased with the results as they prove we are on the right path. This year collectors started buying art works on the very first day, as it is common in other internationally renowned art fairs. Negotiations were in progress up to the last minute. On Sunday, Walter Bischoff Galerie sold a piece right before the closing. Also, there was more action in this art fair than before, including various educational programmes, demonstration of documentary films about artists, video art programme, 3 performances, concerts given by well-known performers and meetings held with the authors of the exhibited works”, comments Diana Stomienė.

This year, the art fair was visited by 15,000 people. The art fair caught the interest not only of collectors, but of known business people as well. There were quite many famous artistic figures among the visitors: directors, actors, musicians and designers. In addition, quite many organised groups of children and artists came to visit the art fair from other cities and towns of Lithuania.

According to Diana Stomienė, the sponsors and partners who believed in the project, also the professional work of art fair architect Heinz Hermann Jurczek who is the author of the exposition of the art fair, and the high artistic level of the presented authors contributed a lot to such good results of the art fair.  This year, the organisers of the art fair were assisted by volunteers and students from Vilnius Academy of Arts. There were as many as 80 of them this year.

Panel of Judges:

• Chairman – Dr. Virginijus Kinčinaitis / Art Critic (Lithuania)
• Dr. Simona Makselienė / Art Critic (Lithuania)
• Ernestas Parulskis / Art Critic (Lithuania)
• Dr. Vytautas Rubavičius/ Cultural Anthropologist
• Dr. Skaidra Trilupaitytė / Art Critic (Lithuania)
• Bronius Gražys / Painter
• Česlovas Lukenskas / Artist

Audronė Petrašiūnaitė, gallery Kauno langas (Kaunas, Lithuania / Hall 3.22)

Krishna Murari (India), gallery GALERIJA 21 (Riga, Latvia / Hall 5.8)

Algirdas Gataveckas, project Poveikis (Hall 5.4)

Kristians Brekte, gallery ALMA (Riga, Latvia / Hall 3.2)

Vilnius Academy of Arts, textile gallery Artifex (Vilnius, Lithuania / Hall 5.13)

GALERIJA 21 (Riga, Latvia / Hall 5.8)

Giedrius Jonaitis Lėktuvnešis, Vilnius Academy of Arts gallery Akademija (Vilnius, Lithuania / Hall 5.3)

Nerijus Erminas Voveraitė ir siena, gallery AV17 (Vilnius, Lithuania / Hall 5.1)

Žilvinas Landzbergas Mano benamiui dievui (Hall 3)

GALLERIES

A GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
AKADEMIJA, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ALMA GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
ARKA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ARTIFEX, VDA GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
AUKSO PJŪVIS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
AV17 (Vilnius, Lithuania)
BAROTI GALERIJA. Klaipėdos apskrities dailininkų sąjunga (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
BERLIN AVANTGARDE (Berlin, Germany)
COLLECTIVA (Berlin, Germany)
DAILININKŲ MENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DREVINĖ PUŠIS. Projektas (Utena, Lithuania)
FRANTS GALLERY SPACE (Sankt Peterburg, Russia)
GAIDYS, MOBILI GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GALERA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GALLERIA NOVE (Berlin, Germany)
GALERIE STP (Greifswald, Germany)
GALERIJA XX, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Panevezys, Lithuania)
GALERIJA 21 (Riga, Latvia)
JAUNOJO TAPYTOJO PRIZAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
JUŠKUS GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
KAUNO FOTOGRAFIJOS GALERIJA (Kaunas, Lithuania)
KAUNO LANGAS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
KLAIPĖDOS GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
LASANDR-ART (Minsk, Belarus)
LIETUVOS AIDO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MALONIOJI 6 (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MENO NIŠA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MENŲ TILTAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
NB GALLERY (Viborg, Danija)
NIVET-CARZON Galerie (Paris, France)
PAMĖNKALNIO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
PANEVĖŽIO DAILĖS GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
PITT PROJECTS (Worcester, UK)
PROSPEKTO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
RA GALLERY (Kiev, Ukraine)
SAVICKO PAVEIKSLŲ GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
SENAMIESČIO MENININKŲ GALERIJA / DIRBTUVĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
SERPENTE GALLERY (Porto, Portugal)
SOFA (Druskininkai, Lithuania)
ŠV. JONO GATVĖS GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TERRA RECOGNITA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TIFĀNA (Riga, Latvia)
TITANIKAS, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition Halls (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TSEKH (Kiev, Ukraine)
UFOFABRIK (Trento, Italy)
VDU MENU GALERIJA „101“ (Kaunas, Lithuania)
VILNIAUS GRAFIKOS MENO CENTRAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
VILNIAUS VAIKŲ IR JAUNIMO MENO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
WALTER BISCHOFF GALLERY (Berlin, Germany)
WERKSTATTGALERIE (Berlin, Germany)
Ў (Minsk, Belarus)

TAKAS
Large scale sculptures, installations and performances exhibition

ANDRIUS ERMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ALGIS KASPARAVIČIUS (Lazdijai, Lithuania)
JUOZAS LAIVYS (Plungė, Lithuania)
KĘSTUTIS LANAUSKAS (Garliava, Lithuania)
ŽILVINAS LANDZBERGAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
PETRAS MAZŪRAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
RIMANTAS MILKINTAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ANDRIUS PETKUS (Darbėnai, Lithuania)
KĘSTUTIS SVIRNELIS (Štutgartas, Germany)
MINDAUGAS TENDZIAGOLSKIS (Vilnius, Lithuania)

BOOTH 5.4
Project Poveikis (Algirdas Gataveckas, Lithuania)

CINEMA HALL PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS
Juozas Matonis and Vytautas Damaševičius (Lithuania)

VIDEO ART COLLECTION 

JURGA BARILAITĖ (Lithuania)
LAIMA BUIVYDAITĖ (Lithuania)
KRISTINA INČIŪRAITĖ (Lithuania)
EVALDAS JANSAS (Lithuania)
GIEDRIUS JONAITIS (Lithuania)
ANDRIUS KVILIŪNAS (Lithuania)
GINTARAS MAKAREVIČIUS (Lithuania)
RIMAS SAKALAUSKAS (Lithuania)

You can download ArtVilnius’12 catalogue PDF here.