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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 1, 2026

Design in jazz rhythms – Tadas Baginskas’s exhibition at the Museum of Applied Art and Design

The Museum of Applied Art and Design in Vilnius has opened the exhibition "Tadas Baginskas. Design Counterpoints," celebrating the 90th anniversary of the architect and designer Tadas Baginskas, a key figure in Lithuanian design. The show spans his six-decade career, featuring architecture, lighting, interior and graphic design, and architectural drawings, with a focus on musical motifs—particularly jazz and dance rhythms—that influenced his work. Curated by Dr. Karolina Jakaitė, the exhibition includes collaborations with his wife, glass artist Ginta Baginskienė, and other creatives, presenting both original artifacts and contemporary interpretations.

museum exhibitions schedule May 29, 2026

Exhibition Artists on the Move Presents Cultural Heritage Returned to Lithuania Over 25 Years

A new exhibition titled "Artists on the Move" has opened at the Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE, showcasing rarely seen works and life stories of Lithuanian émigré artists who migrated across continents over nine decades of the 20th century. Curated by art historian Prof. Dr. Rasa Žukienė along with researchers Dr. Ieva Burbaitė and Emilija Vanagaitė, the exhibition traces artistic trajectories from interwar Paris to Freiburg, the United States, France, and South Africa, highlighting how these artists preserved cultural continuity while developing distinctive voices in exile. Notable repatriated works include paintings by Jonas Rimša returned from Argentina in 2008 and sculptures by Matas Menčinskas returned in 2014.

museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2026

Summer in Five Exhibitions: Rothko Museum Announces New Exhibition Season

The Rothko Museum in Daugavpils, Latvia, opens its summer exhibition season on June 5, featuring five distinct shows that span photography, painting, and ceramics. Highlights include a retrospective of South African photographer Roger Ballen, known for his psychologically intense and boundary-blurring work; Chinese painter Liu Guofu’s meditative abstractions exploring entropy; Lithuanian artist Romualdas Balinskas’s shift toward abstract expression; Latvian artist Madara Tropa’s botanical paintings; and a ceramic series by Pēteris Martinsons marking his 95th anniversary. The season brings together artists from Latvia, Lithuania, China, and South Africa, curated by Aivars Baranovskis, Calvin Hui, and Tatjana Černova.

museum exhibitions schedule May 22, 2026

World-renowned photographer Roger Ballen will visit Latvia with a lecture at ISSP and a retrospective exhibition at the Mark Rothko Art Centre

World-renowned photographer Roger Ballen will visit Latvia in June 2025 for a public lecture at the contemporary photography platform ISSP in Riga, followed by a major retrospective exhibition titled "The Other Mind: Roger Ballen. Retrospective" at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils. The lecture, held on June 6, offers a rare opportunity to hear Ballen discuss his creative process and over fifty years of work, while the exhibition, running from June 5 to August 30, spans his career from early documentary works to his signature "documentary fiction" and recent color photography.

museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026

The first UK museum presentation of Aleksandra Kasuba’s work: her exhibition Shelters for Senses open at Tate St Ives

Tate St Ives has opened 'Shelters for the Senses', the first UK museum presentation of Lithuanian-American artist Aleksandra Kasuba (1923–2019). Curated by Tate St Ives Director Anne Barlow in collaboration with LNMA curator Elona Lubytė, the exhibition spans seven decades of Kasuba's work, including early paintings, mosaics, public artworks, architectural designs, and spatial environments. A reconstruction of her 'Live-In Environment' (1971) is featured, alongside works donated to Lithuania and kept by the LNMA. The show runs until 4 October.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026

Ukrainian Dreamers from Kharkiv: photography exhibition of the Radvila Palace Museum of Art – on courage to dream and create

The Radvila Palace Museum of Art in Vilnius, Lithuania, has opened a major exhibition titled 'Ukrainian Dreamers: The Kharkiv School of Photography.' The show, created in collaboration with the Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography, presents the work of 33 artists and groups across four generations, featuring hundreds of photographs, videos, and archival objects. It traces the school's evolution from its rebellious origins in the 1970s under Soviet censorship through Ukraine's independence and up to the present day of ongoing Russian military aggression.

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