Art spells 2016-04-22
April is probably the busiest month in galleries and museums. Currently, upon visiting Kaunas galleries one can see jubilee, retrospective and quite magical phenomena; one can dive into meditation, look for light in the shadows, re-read the fairy tales, look at Kaunas from a different angle or get acquainted with art from another country.
Month of March in the galleries of Kaunas 2016-03-29
"I was astonished and after that / I welcomed spring", writes poet Donaldas Kajokas in one of his poems. The abundance and variety of exhibitions taking place in March also astonishes - from the ones looking back at the classic painting school or the topic of war to philosophical, or the ones that celebrate the female beauty in painting.
The aim of rethinking the continuity of time and history and the importance and sacredness of the cloth 2016-03-29
M. Žaltauskaitė-Grašienė's exhibition Attire hosted in Pažaislis, presents the works comprised of three series about women: nymph (Penelope), saint (Virgin Mary) and queen (Victoria). The drapes carved in all of these sculptures are re-weaved by the artist and brought back to the shape of fabric.
A never-ending glow 2016-03-24
Although it has become increasingly difficult to believe in something absolutely sacred, to believe in your fellow man, a utopian world of joy, harmony and goodness, graphic artist Birutė Stančikaitė still believes in that and lives it. Artist's exhibition Light in the dark at the National Art Gallery is an incentive or rather a friendly invitation to discover that magical particle that eventually turns our days, months and years into Life.