{"id":24090,"date":"2025-07-11T10:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/nacionaline-dailes-galerija\/parodos\/between-dawns-acquisitions-of-the-lithuanian-national-museum-of-art-2015-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:15:49","slug":"between-dawns-acquisitions-of-the-lithuanian-national-museum-of-art-2015-2025","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/exhibitions\/between-dawns-acquisitions-of-the-lithuanian-national-museum-of-art-2015-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Dawns. Acquisitions of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, 2015\u20132025"},"content":{"rendered":"

What can a museum<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s collection tell us when we look at something only just beginning to take shape as heritage? The predawn of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art collection begins in 1907, when, amid a wave of national romanticism in Vilnius, societies dedicated to nurturing Lithuanian science and culture first emerged. On the initiative of their members, these organisations began collecting artefacts and artworks important to the region<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s history and culture. Many of these early acquisitions later entered the national museums<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>collections.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, the LNMA holds roughly a quarter of a million works of Lithuanian and international art, which are researched, catalogued, and conserved by curators across various departments \u2013 including sculpture, graphic arts, painting, photography, applied arts, folk art, and more. Between 2015 and 2025, more than 22,000 works of art were added to the LNMA\u2019s collection, including 1,791 works acquired through purchase. This surge marks a major shift in both the scale and strategy of the M<\/span>useum<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s acquisition<\/span>s, fragments of which are on view in the current exhibition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The past decade has been shaped by evolving cultural policies, shifting economic conditions, as well as revised collection<\/span>\u2010<\/span>building strategies, and turnover in M<\/span>useum<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s leadership. While acquisitions remain rooted in national value, there is an equally strong focus on the present moment: historical canons are reconsidered in light of today<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s<\/span> political<\/span> and<\/span> soci<\/span>o-cultural contexts. Most newly acquired works don<\/span>\u2019<\/span>t appear in exhibitions right away \u2013 their true significance often reveals itself over time, the impact of which cannot be assessed in advance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition has been arranged as a panoramic, schematic survey of the LNMA<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s collections of visual art. Its stark medium-based divisions \u2013 painting, graphic arts, sculpture, and photography (including video) \u2013 point to just a sliver of the \u2018Grand A<\/span>rchive<\/span>\u2019<\/span>. <\/span>The title evokes momentary states in which echoes of the past merge with forecasts of the future. \u2018Between Dawns\u2019 speaks not only to the interval between two dates, but also to a hopeful uncertainty that has guided the collection over the last decade. After all, no collection is ever truly complete.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curators: Goda Aksamitauskait\u0117, Giedrius Gulbinas, Egla Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117, Au\u0161ra Trak\u0161elyt\u0117\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition architect Mindaugas Reklaitis\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Graphic designer Ugn\u0117 Bal\u010di\u016bnait\u0117\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Artists: <\/span>\u017dygimantas Augustinas, Kristina Ali\u0161auskait\u0117-<\/span>Volungevi\u010d\u0117<\/span>, Neemija Arbit Blatas, Milda Bartnikait\u0117-Spindler, Augustas Bidlauskas, Egl\u0117 Budvytyt\u0117, Marco Carloni, Inga Dargu\u017eyt\u0117, Gintaras Did\u017eiapetris, Tatjana Di\u0161\u010denko, Lida Dubauskien\u0117, Stasys Eidrigevi\u010dius, Pranas Gailius, Ugnius Gelguda, Antanas Gerlikas, Tadas Gindr\u0117nas, David Goldblatt, Aldona Gustas, Kristina In\u010di\u016brait\u0117, Donatas Jankauskas (Duonis), Agn\u0117 Juodvalkyt\u0117, Patricija Jurk\u0161aityt\u0117, <\/span>\u201e\u017dalias lapas\u201c<\/span> (D\u017eiugas Katinas, Gediminas Urbonas), Linas Leonas Katinas, Vytautas Kasiulis, Aleksandra Kasuba, Egl\u0117 Kuckait\u0117, Algimantas Jonas Kuras, Vida Kri\u0161tolaityt\u0117, Juozas Laivys, Lina Lapelyt\u0117, Dainius Li\u0161kevi\u010dius, Vitas Luckus, Mindaugas Luko\u0161aitis, Paulius Makauskas, Marija Marceliony\u0117-Paliuk\u0117, Mindaugas Navakas, Audrius Novickas, Valentyn Odnoviun, \u201ePakui Hardware\u201c (Neringa \u010cerniauskait\u0117, Ugnius Gelguda), Liudas Parulskis, Lili Janina Pa\u0161kauskait\u0117, Art\u016bras Raila, Michael Rakowitz, Petras Rep\u0161ys, Egl\u0117 Ridikait\u0117, Pranci\u0161kus Smuglevi\u010dius, Rosanda Sorakait\u0117, Jonas Staselis, Gintautas Stulgaitis, Ingryda Suokait\u0117, Veronika \u0160leivyt\u0117, Henrikas \u0160alkauskas, Raminta \u0160umskyt\u0117-Sum, Algimantas \u0160v\u0117g\u017eda, Gintautas Trimakas, Gediminas Urbonas, Kazys Varnelis, Egl\u0117 Vertelkait\u0117, Justinas Vieno\u017einskis, Romas Viesulas, Vytautas Vir\u017ebickas, Kazimiera Zimblyt\u0117<\/span>\u00a0
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\nTranslator Emilija Ferdmanait\u0117\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0
\nEditors: Ilona \u010ciu\u017eauskait\u0117, Emma Stirling<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0
\nConservators: <\/span>Rasa Bieliauskait\u0117-Mikolaitien\u0117,\u202fAist\u0117 Eitutyt\u0117, Linas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius, Audron\u0117 Petro\u0161evi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Egl\u0117 Pi\u0161\u010dikait\u0117, Leokadija \u0160alkovska<\/span>\u00a0
\nTechnicians:\u202f<\/span>Vadim \u0160amkov, Vidas Jur\u0161\u0117nas, Dainius Markevi\u010dius, Tomas Orlovas, Norbert Hinc, Andrius Ivanovas, Tomas Karolis Kucharskis, Salvijus Misevi\u010dius, Vytas Narbutas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you: Rasa Adomaitien\u0117, Irena Dobrovolskait\u0117, Lina Jonkuvien\u0117, Gintar\u0117 Krasuckait\u0117, Elona Lubyt\u0117, Nijol\u0117 Nev\u010desauskien\u0117, Rima Rutkauskien\u0117, Laima Sazonova, Regina Urbonien\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organiser LNDM Nacionalin\u0117 dail\u0117s galerija<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Media sponsor JCDecaux Lietuva<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsor Exterus, Fundermax<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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