2021 - ArtVilnius

ARTVILNIUS'21

THE LARGEST EVENT OF VISUAL ARTS IN EASTERN EUROPE

The biggest visual arts event in the Eastern region, the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’21, invited everyone on October 15-17 at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center LITEXPO. ArtVilnius’21 brought together 56 galleries from 12 countries.

ArtVilnius is not just a traditional gallery fair. The structure of the event comprises of the 10 most important highlights: gallery program, the project zone, sculptures and performances exhibition Takas, focus – works on paper, lectures, discussions, meetings, and conferences, young collector’s stand, selection of the best participants of the fair, tours of the fair with art critics, gallery festival Art After Hours, virtual fair space (3D tours, electronic catalogue of participants).

In the ArtVilnius’21 project area, visitors were able to see exhibitions of world-famous artists, collections of museums and art foundations, and expositions of institutions. Project zone participants Polish Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK, Lewben Art Foundation, founded by ArtVilnius’21 exclusive partner Lewben, SetP Stanikas, Stasys Eidrigevičius’ Arts Center in Panevėžys, Contemporary Art Center, Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center.

E-CATALOGUE

ArtVilnius’21 all artworks catalogue

ArtVilnius’21 all participating galleries catalogue

ArtVilnius’21 all artists catalogue

ArtVilnius’21 exhibition TAKAS/THE PATH catalogue

ArtVilnius’21 Project zone participants catalogue

PARTICIPANTS

GALLERIES

PROJECTS

MOCAK. Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Poland)
Curator Monika Kozioł
Presented artists: Beat Streuli (CHE), Julius von Bismarck (DEU), Teresa Murak (PL), Krzysztof Maniak (PL), Małgorzata Markiewicz (PL), Rolf Julius (DEU).

LEWBEN ART FOUNDATION (Vilnius, Lithuania)
„How soon is tomorrow. Collecting NFTs“
Artists, projects: Avid Lines, CryptoPunks, Chromie Squiggle, Damien Hirst, Katja Novitskova, MoonCat, Robertas Narkus, Spectron, Tommy Cash.
Curators: Edgar Aronov, Ugnė Bužinskaitė, Justė Jonutytė, Giedrė Marčiulaitė, Olga Temnikova

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Curator: Asta Vaičiulytė
Jurgis Paškevičius. Alternating Current ~ 2.0

JONAS MEKAS VISUAL ARTS CENTER (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Represented artists: Jurgis Mačiūnas (1931-1978) and Jonas Mekas (1922-2019)

SetP STANIKAS (France/Lithuania)
Priez pour nous, pauvres pécheurs | Pray for us sinners

STASYS EIDRIGEVIČIUS ARTS CENTRE (Panevėžys, Lithuania)
Stasys Eidrigevičius, New Sigh

GORA PARASIT (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Performance TIkTok Shakespeare

TAKAS | THE PATH
The curator of the exhibition TAKAS is an art critic Vytenis Burokas

Danas Aleksa
Kristina Ališauskaitė
Jonas Aničas
Evelina Dapkutė
Tomas Daukša
Monika Dirsytė
Andrius Erminas
Geraširdys Linkėtojas/ Goodhearter Wisher
Nerijus Erminas
Domas Ignatavičius
Matas Janušonis
Nancie Naive
Domas Raibys
Džiugas Karalius
Tauras Kensminas
Iveta Laure
Edvinas Mikulskis
Domas Mykolas Malinauskas
Živilė Minkutė
Mykolas Sauka
Kęstutis Svirnelis
Paulius Šliaupa
Dalia Truskaitė
Karolis Vaivada
Gabrielė Vetkinaitė

YOUNG COLLECTOR'S STAND

The young collector’s stand is dedicated to small-format works of art, the price of which does not exceed the chosen range, and young collectors, art lovers, or those only starting to get interested in art, can discover and buy their first work of art, or maybe add to an already existing collection.

In this curated stand, you will find 27 small-format works selected by various galleries participating in the fair, the price of which does not exceed 500 euros.

3D TOUR

We invite you to walk around through ArtVilnius’21 galleries and view or even purchase the works exhibited in them in a virtual 3D tour.

Main 5th hall (galleries and exhibition Takas). I part

Main 5th hall (galleries and exhibition Takas). II part

Main 3th hall (galleries and exhibition Takas)

Project zone, hall 4

AWARDS

Panel of judges:

Chairlady – Laima Kreivytė – an independent curator, artist, writer, and lecturer at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
Monika Kozioł – curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Poland)
Virginijus Kinčinaitis – art researcher, critic, photographer, organizer and participant of international and national art projects, exhibitions, and campaigns (Lithuania)
Neringa Bumblienė –contemporary art curator, art critic, adviser and designer. She works as a curator at the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius and curates the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. (Lithuania)
Danutė Gambickaitė – art critic and chairwoman of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (Lithuania)

ArtVilnius’21 best seven galleries (in alphabetical order):

„Artifex“. VDA textile gallery (Lithuania)
Galerie Nivet-Carzon (France)
GOM/TAC (Albania)
MENO PARKAS. Lithuanian Artists’ Association (Lithuania)
Molėtų dailės galerija (Lithuania)
TITANIKAS. VDA exhibition halls (Lithuania)
Vilniaus fotografijos meno centras „7:14“ (Lithuania)

The Best ArtVilnius’21 Artist
Geraširdys Linkėtojas (Goodhearter Wisher) (Vytautas Viržbickas) Exhibition the Takas

The Best ArtVilnius’21 Young Artist, under 35
(Eur 2,000 prize by Law Firm COBALT, Maecenas of the Fair)
Denisas Kolomyckis, presented by 5 MALŪNAI. Academy of Arts gallery (Lithuania)

The Best ArtVilnius’21 Installation
Dalia Truskaitė. Installation Unsay presented by the gallery MENO PARKAS (Lithuania)

ArtVilnius’21 Audience Select Gallery (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)
PILOT. Experimental Art Space of Art Academy of Latvia

ArtVilnius’21 Audience Select Artist (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)
Jurgis Paškevičius, presented by Contemporary Art Center (Lithuania)

PROGRAMME

Friday 15, October

11.30-8 p.m. Monika Dirsytė. Performance Limits. Exhibition The Path. 3th Hall
11.30-8 p.m. Denisas Kolomyckis. Performance Transmediations. Presented by gallery 5 malūnai. 3rd Hall.
11.30 a.m.-8 p.m. Maureen Béguin and Morgane Le Doze. Performance. Presented by Galerie Nivet-Carzon (Paris). Booth 3.09
12.00–12.20 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
1–1.15 p.m.Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. II part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
2.30-2.35 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. III part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
2.00 – 3.00 p.m. Domas Raibys. Performance-tour Fake art critic. Booth 5.08
3.30-3.40 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. IV part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
3.30-4.30 p.m. Culture as a Journal. Lithuanian Culture Institute presents a new culture magazine titled * as a Journal. Participating: editor of the magazine Kotryna Lingienė, compiler of the second issue Julijonas Urbonas, member of the magazine concept development group Ernestas Parulskis, and the director of the Lithuanian Culture Institute, Aušrinė Žilinskienė. Moderated by Indrė Kaminckaitė. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.
4p.m.-4.10 p.m. Nancie Naive. Performance Buy Me, God. Booth 3.23
5p.m.-7 p.m. Edvinas Mikulskis. Performance Persona II. Booth 3.23
5p.m.-7 p.m. Regina-Mareta Soonsein’s. Performance. Presented by OKAPI galleri (Estonia). Booth 5.31
5.00-6.00 p.m. Free-form discussion: Fluxus. Opera. Edible. Participating: Gintaras Sodeika, director of the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, artist Antanas Zabielavičius, and art critic Laima Kreivytė. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.

Saturday 16, October

11.30-8 p.m.Monika Dirsytė. Performance Limits. Exhibition The Path. 3th Hall
11.30-8 p.m. Denisas Kolomyckis. Performance Transmediations. Presented by gallery 5 malūnai. 3rd Hall.
11.30-8 p.m. Maureen Béguin and Morgane Le Doze. Performance. Presented by Galerie Nivet-Carzon (Paris). Booth 3.09
12.30—1.30 p.m. Literary critic Jūratė Čerškutė’s interview with artist Stasys Eidrigevičius. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.
1p.m.-1.20 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
2p.m.-2.15 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
2.00—3.00 p.m. Podium discussion An Artist’s Career: from None to Global. Participating: art critic, NGA curator Ernestas Parulskis and art critic, director of Vilnius Auction dr. Simona Skaisgirytė-Makselienė. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.
3p.m.-3.10 p.m. Nancie Naive. Performance Buy Me, God. Booth 3.23
3p.m.-4 p.m. Domas Raibys. Performance-tour Fake art critic. Booth 5.08
3.30 p.m.-5.30 p.m. Edvinas Mikulskis. Performance Persona II. Booth 3.23
3.30—4.30 p.m. Discussion Post-Pandemic Challenges and Forms of Visual Art Communication. Participating: Meno Parkas director Arvydas Žalpys, sculptor Žilvinas Landzbergas, and art critic Monika Krikštopaitytė. Moderated by LAA chairwoman Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė. Presented by the magazine Dailė. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.
5.00—6.00 p.m. Art market experts Justė Jonutytė and Thomas Stauffer. Conversation Why do People Collect Art?. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – English.In this talk, art market experts Justė Jonutytė and Thomas Stauffer discuss the history of art collecting, the aspects of legacy and philanthropy and the cultural differences of the field. What are some of the first steps to get into collecting art: the most important aspects to pay attention to, and the common mistakes to avoid?
6p.m.-6.05 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
6.30p.m.-6.40 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
6.30—7.30 p.m. Round Table – Part I, The Future of the Art Market: What Changes Are Technology, Social Networks, and Metamodernism Bringing? Participating: Meno Parkas director Arvydas Žalpys, painter Vilmantas Marcinkevičius, art market expert and head of artXchange Global, Ornela Ramašauskaitė. Moderated by AMRES ART Gallery founder Rasa Baltė Balčiūnienė. Organizers: artXchange Global and AMRES ART Gallery. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – Lithuanian.

Sunday 17, October

11.30-6 p.m. Monika Dirsytė. Performance Limits. Exhibition The Path. 3th Hall
11.30-6 p.m. Denisas Kolomyckis. Performance Transmediations. Presented by gallery 5 malūnai. 3rd Hall.
11.30-8 p.m. Maureen Béguin and Morgane Le Doze. Performance. Presented by Galerie Nivet-Carzon (Paris). Booth 3.09
12-12p.m. Nancie Naive. Performance Buy Me, God. Booth 3.23
12.30—1.30 p.m. Discussion with curator Josée Drouin-Brisebois (Canada), Future Models of Exhibitions. Presented by Kaunas Biennial. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – English.
12.30-12.50 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
1.30-1.45 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
2p.m.-4p.m. Edvinas Mikulskis. Performance Persona II. Booth 3.23
2.00—3.30 p.m. Round Table – Part II, The Future of the Art Market: What Changes Are NFTs, Social Networks, and Metamodernism Bringing?
Participants: director of Galleri NB and president of the Danish Gallery Association Thorkild NB Nielsen (Denmark), OKAPI Galerii director Temuri Khvingia (Estonia), NFT pioneer, creative technologist, immersive artist Gleb Divov (Estonia-Lithuania), artist, lecturer in Philosophy of Art Ian Damerell (Norway), artist, lecturer Reiu Tuur (Estonia-Lithuania), Galerie Nivet-Carzon curator and artist Yves Bartlett (France), blockchain expert Vytautas Kašėta (Lithuania). Moderated by art market expert, head of artXchange Global, Ornela Ramašauskaitė. Organizers: artXchange Global and AMRES ART Gallery. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – English.
3.00-3.40 p.m. Greta Štiormer. Performance Warming. Presented by gallery 5 Malūnai. Booth 3.17
4p.m.-5 Domas Raibys. Performance-tour Fake art critic. Booth 5.08
4.30-4.35 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23
4.00—5.00 p.m. Lewben Art Foundation discussion How Soon Is Tomorrow? Collecting NFTs. Participating: NFT collector Edgar Aronov (Estonia), gallerist and entrepreneur Olga Temnikova (Estonia). Moderated by art market expert Justė Jonutytė. LRT studio, stand 5.35. Language – English.
5.15—5.40 p.m. ArtVilnius’21 audience Selected gallery and Artist award (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman). LRT studio, stand 5.35.
5.20-5.30 p.m. Gabrielė Vetkinaitė. Performance Songs of an Aching Heart. I part. Exhibition The Path. Booth 3.23