ARTVILNIUS'17

ARTVILNIUS’17 – Eight Contemporary Art Fair

Date: 8-11 June, 2017
Place: Litexpo, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (Laisvės av. 5, Vilnius)

ArtVilnius’17 has set a number of new records. The four-day event at the Litexpo exhibition and congress centre was visited by some 22,500 people who purchased over 200 artworks, a significant increase from last year.
This year’s fair attracted even more visitors than last year. Interested collectors came to ArtVilnius’17 from France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia. A number of ambassadors and diplomats have also been among the visitors, while the guest list of Lewben Art Foundation’s art collection presentation event, organized by the fair’s exclusive partner Lewben Group, featured prominent dignitaries from the art and the business worlds.
This year, buyers at the art fair were equally interested in foreign artists and offerings of Lithuanian galleries. Stalowa from Poland has been named one of the seven best galleries at ArtVilnius’17 and has sold several artworks. Equally successful were ArtVilnius regulars: Maksla Xo (Latvia), Karavan (France), NB Galleri (Denmark) all enjoyed good sales. Immaginaria Arti Visive from Italy, Happy Art Museum from Latvia and Grosart Romta from Russia, all returning to Vilnius for the second time, also concluded a number of successful deals.
Foreign galleries and artists say that, in Vilnius, not only have they sold existing artworks, but also shook hands on new commissions and found potential partners for cooperative projects. The art fair’s head Ms Stomienė notes that Lithuanian galleries focused much more on making sales this year. Galleries such as Meno Niša, The Rooster Gallery, Aukso Pjūvis, Grafo, Contour, Kunstkamera, Menų Tiltas, Kristinos Norvilaitės Galerija, Šv. Jono Gatvės Galerija and E.K.Art all reported excellent results.

AWARDS

Panel of judges:

  • dr. Virginija Vitkienė / Art Critic, Kaunas Biennal Artistic Director (Lithuania)
  • Ernestas Parulskis / Art Critic (Lithuania)
  • Virginijus Kinčinaitis / Art Critic (Lithuania)
  • Deimantas Narkevičius / Artist (Lithuania)
  • Žilvinas Landzbergas / Artist (Lithuania)

ArtVilnius'17 Best Galleries (in alphabetical order):

ARgenTum, the Vilnius Academy of Art gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Dusetai Gallery and Arts Centre (Dusetai, Lithuania)
Foku (Tallinn, Estonia)
Kuldīga Artists‘ residence (Kuldīga, Latvia)
Stalowa (Warsaw, Poland)
Meno Parkas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Gallery-apartment Trivium (Vilnius, Lithuania)

The Best ArtVilnius'17 Installation

#selfie by Raimonda Sereikaitė

The Best ArtVilnius'17 Artist

Mindaugas Navakas

The Best ArtVilnius'17 Young Artist, under 35 (Eur 1,000 prize by Law Firm COBALT, maecenas of the Fair)

Povilas Ramanauskas, presented by Meno Parkas gallery (Kaunas, Lithuania)

ArtVilnius'17 Audience Select Gallery (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)

Dusetai Gallery and Arts Centre (Dusetos, Lithuania)

ArtVilnius'17 Audience Select Artist (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)

Remigijus Kriukas and Indrė Stulgaitė-Kriukienė, presented by Dusetai Gallery and Arts Centre (Dusetos, Lithuania)

PARTICIPANTS

GALLERIES

5 MALŪNAI, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
A GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
AGIJAS SŪNAS ART GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
AKADEMIJA, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ARGENTUM, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ARTIFEX, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
AUKSO PJŪVIS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
BAROTI GALERIJA (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
CAP GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
CONTOUR ART GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DAILININKŲ SĄJUNGOS GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DUSETŲ DAILĖS GALERIJA. Kultūros centras (Dusetos, Lithuania)
E.K.ART (Vilnius, Lithuania)
FOKU. Estonian Photographers Association (Tallinn, Estonia)
GALERIJA 555 (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GALERIJA KRISTINA NORVILAITĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GRAFO (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GROSART (Moscow, Russia)
HAPPY ART MUSEUM (Riga, Latvia)
HAUS GALLERY (Tallinn, Estonia)
IMMAGINARIA ARTI VISIVE GALLERY (Florence, Italy)
IRENOS MIKULIČIŪTĖS DAILĖS STUDIJA-GALERIJA (Kaunas, Lithuania)
KARAVAN GALLERY (Paris, France)
KAUNO LANGAS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
KLAIPĖDOS GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
KOVCHEG GALLERY (Moscow, Russia)
KULDĪGA ARTISTS’ RESIDENCE (Kuldīga, Latvia)
KUNSTKAMERA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MĀKSLA XO (Riga, Latvia)
MENO NIŠA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MENO PARKAS, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Kaunas, Lithuania)
MENŲ TILTAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MOLĖTŲ DAILĖS GALERIJA (Moletai, Lithuania)
NB GALLERI (Viborg, Denmark)
NIVET-CARZON (Paris, France)
NULINIS LAIPSNIS. Architecture gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
OKAPI GALLERY (Tallinn, Estonia)
PANEVĖŽIO MIESTO DAILĖS GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
POST GALERIJA (Kaunas, Lithuania)
PROJECT ARTBEAT (Tbilisi, Georgia)
RIXC GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
THE ROOSTER GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
STALOWA ART GALLERY (Warsaw, Poland)
ŠV. JONO GATVĖS GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TERRA RECOGNITA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TIFĀNA ART GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
TITANIKAS, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition Halls (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TRIVIUM. GALERIJA NAMUOSE (Vilnius, Lithuania)
VILNIAUS VAIKŲ IR JAUNIMO MENO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Ў GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART (Minsk, Belarus)

 

TAKAS
Large scale sculptures, installations and performances exhibition

ERIK ALALOOGA (Tallinn, Estonia)
ALEKSAS ANDRIUŠKEVIČIUS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
JONAS ANIČAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ROBERTAS ANTINIS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
BIONICS. LINA PRANAITYTĖ IR URTĖ PAKERS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
TADAO CERN (Vilnius, Lithuania)
EVELINA DAPKUTĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MONIKA DIRSYTĖ (London, UK)
ANDRIUS ERMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
NERIJUS ERMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
KĘSTUTIS GRIGALIŪNAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MARIJA GRINIUK (Vilnius, Lithuania; Copenhagen, Denmark)
SARAH HADDOU (Paris, France)
SEVERIJA INČIRAUSKAITĖ-KRIAUNEVIČIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MATAS JANUŠONIS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ALBINAS JUKUMAS (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
AISTĖ KANAPICKAITĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TAURAS KENSMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
BODO KORSIG (Trier, Germany)
DOMAS MYKOLAS MALINAUSKAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
PETRAS MAZŪRAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ROMAN MIKHAYLOV (Kiev, Ukraine)
ŠARŪNAS NAKAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MINDAUGAS NAVAKAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ANDRIUS PETKUS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
RAFAL PIESLIAK (Vilnius, Lithuania)
PETRO PYROHOV (Vilnius, Lithuania)
LOUIS ROLLINDE IR FRANÇOIS DURIF (Paris, France)
MYKOLAS SAUKA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
RAIMONDA SEREIKAITĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
BENAS ŠARKA (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
LUKAS ŠIUPŠINSKAS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
JELEN ŠKULIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
RASA ŠMITE IR RAITIS ŠMITS (Riga, Latvia)
DŽIUGAS ŠUKYS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
AUDRONĖ VAUPŠIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)

 

PROJECTS

LEWBEN ART FOUNDATION
Presented artists:
Marwa Arsanios (US-Lebanon)
Kristina Inčiūraitė (Lithuania)
Teresa Margolles (Mexico-Spain)
Helen Marten (UK)
Katja Navitskova (Estonia-The Netherlands-Germany)
Marina Rheingantz (Brazil)
Tschabalala Self (US)
S&P Stanikas (Lithuania-France)
Claire Tabouret (France-US)

Curator Francesca Ferrarini (Italy)

 

VIDEONALE. Festival for Contemporary Video Art (Germany)
Curator  Tasja Langenbach

Presented artists:
Cooper Battersby ir Emily Vey Duke
Yao Cong
Teboho Edkins
Lotte Meret Effinger
Max Grau
Randa Maroufi
Stefan Panhans
Lucy Pawlak
Benjamin Ramírez Pérez
Stefan Ramírez Pérez
Julia Sher
Anna Vasof
Susanne Wiegner

MOCAK. Museum of Contemporary Art (Krakow, Poland)
Presented artist Mariusz Tarkawian
Curator Monika Kozioł

 

RUPERT. Centre for art, residencies and education (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Presented artists:
James Lewis
Jenine Marsh
Anna-Bella Papp
Miša Skalskis
Anastasia Sosunova
Andrea Zucchini

Curators Justė Jonutytė, Adomas Narkevičius, Maximilian Gallo

 

JONAS MEKAS VISUAL ARTS CENTER  (Vilnius, Lithuania)

VYTENIS JANKŪNAS

RAUL RAJANGU

JUHAN SOOMETS

KĘSTUTIS SVIRNELIS

VLADIMIR TARASOV

CATALOGUE

You can download ArtVilnius’17 catalogue PDF here.