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 […]

The organizers of the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius21 invite you to return to the spaces of Litexpo, only this time, virtually. You will be able to take a walk in a virtual 3D tour of the biggest visual arts event in the Eastern region that took place on 15-17 October. For the twelfth time, the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius21 brought together 56 galleries from 12 countries in three halls and outdoor areas of the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center […]

The 12th International Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius’21 ended yesterday at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center Litexpo. For three days, visitors of the fair voted for the Audience Select Gallery and the Audience Select Artist. The hearts of the visitors went to the Latvian gallery PILOT and the artist Jurgis Paškevičius. The gallery and the artist have traditionally been awarded the prizes of the fair’s partner Volfas Engelman. The audience of the fair gave the most votes to the Latvian […]

On the first day of the fair, traditionally, the best young ArtVilnius’21 artist (under 35) was selected and announced. This year’s winner is Denisas Kolomyckis, a 29-year-old interdisciplinary artist who is a first-year master’s student at the Vilnius Academy of Arts participating in the fair for the first time. The jury praised and awarded him for his bold manifestation of personality and politics. The nomination for the best young artist is special in that its winner is the only one […]

The best galleries, artists, and works were awarded during the opening ceremony of the 12th ArtVilnius’21 Contemporary Art Fair on Friday evening. This year, the art fair ArtVilnius’21 brought together 56 galleries from 12 countries at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center Litexpo. The fair presents private international art collections, installations, sculptures, and performances, and meetings with artists, discussions, and lectures take place in the LRT studio. On Friday afternoon, the jury, chaired by Laima Kreivytė, an independent curator, artist, […]