ArtVilnius’23 is proud to continue the media partnership with Aesthetica Magazine.  Aesthetica is the worldwide destination for art, culture & design. Founded in 2003, the magazine is a bastion for independent ideas and innovative practitioners working across art, design, photography, sculpture, installation, architecture, fashion and film. Key topics of their award-winning print & digital journalism include sustainability, climate justice, new technologies, diversity and inclusion. Renowned for its signature curation and outstanding visuals, Aesthetica Magazine is an intelligent survey of contemporary […]

The best Lithuanian and international art galleries and artists meet once a year at the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius. The fair, which will take place on 13-15 October at Litexpo, invites art galleries to apply. ArtVilnius’23 will be held for the 14th time at Litexpo, the largest exhibition and conference center in the Baltic States. The 12,000 square meters of Litexpo space allows the fair architects to plan modern solutions for the layout of the stands each year, and the […]

The opening ceremony of the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’22 took place at the Litexpo exhibition and conference center on Friday evening. This year’s best were also awarded there. Starting from Friday morning, the jury, headed by the chairwoman of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association and the head of the cultural complex SODAS 2123 Danutė Gambickaitė, selected 7 best galleries, the best artist, the best young artist, and the best installation of the fair. The jury, in addition to Gambickaitė, […]

Ukraine has been an important partner of the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius since its inception. In 2009, the first fair brought together as many as ten art galleries from Ukraine. “Artists from each country have their own style, but Ukrainian works immediately catch your eye – talented, interesting, bright, and carrying important topics. In 2015, after the first annexation by Russia, in order to support the Ukrainian people, we invited Ukraine for the first time to participate as a […]

The Art After Hours art festival, which is an extension of the ArtVilnius contemporary art fair, has become not only a tradition but also an important affair in the city. The event of contemporary art initiatives, ideas, and international networking broadens the opportunities to feel the artistic pulse of Vilnius for foreign visitors, Vilnius residents, and all those interested in art. The doors of the city’s galleries and institutions will be open for free until late this Friday, 7 October. […]

This weekend, the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo will become the largest art gallery in Lithuania. 70 art galleries and institutions and 320 artists from 18 countries will be housed in the three main halls of the center and outdoors in an area of 12,000 square meters. The organizers and curators of ArtVilnius’22 international contemporary art fair have prepared a program for the visitors of the fair, the main highlights of which are the genres of installation, sculpture, and […]

The best Lithuanian and international contemporary art, only three days, once a year. On 7-9 October, the ArtVilnius’22 art fair invites everyone to return to Litexpo, where the organizers present a long-prepared programme of art galleries, institutions, and artists.  The theme of the art fair ArtVilnius’22, which is being held for the thirteenth time this year, is ecology, with a special focus on the genres of installation and sculpture. The guest of the fair is Ukraine, whose artists’ works will […]

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ArtVilnius, the largest and oldest international contemporary art fair in Eastern and Northern Europe, returns to the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre for the 13th time. Having changed from a summer event to an autumn one, the fair will take place on 7-9 October and is already waiting for participants’ applications.  The international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius has grown in quality over the course of its thirteen years of operation and is no longer just a traditional gallery art fair. […]

The premises of the Ukrainian art gallery TSEKH in Kyiv could be destroyed at any time. Some of the works in the Ukrainian-founded Vilnius branch gallery are the only hope for the gallery and the artists to survive this terrible period of war. The organizers of ArtVilnius are inviting you to support Ukrainian artists by participating in an auction, which will take place at the TSEKH Gallery, Vytenio str. 6 in Vilnius on 17 March, 6 p.m. TSEKH Gallery, which […]