We invite you on a retrospective journey through nine decades of the twentieth century, following the traces of Lithuanian artists far beyond the borders of their homeland.
The exhibition Forever Temporary is a dialogue between art history and the present, between then and now, between this and that. What does art history reveal about artworks and their viewers when we see it not merely as a succession of styles or eras, but as humanity’s ongoing effort to understand itself in the world? Each period brings its own context and visual language, yet all share a common thread: timeless existential questions around which creativity unfolds. TARTLE lent three artworks for this exhibition.
On 22th September an exhibition “The Cosmic Choir” was opened at the Church Heritage Museum.
From June 8 to September 21, 2025, you can visit Gediminas and Nomeda Urbonai installation Futurity Island from the TARTLE collection at the Helsinki Biennale.
Emerging as a countermovement to the rationalism of Classicism, Romanticism swept across Europe as a new artistic and literary movement that opened up space for emotions, dreams, and individualism. The genius of the creator began to be boldly exalted, spiritual values were elevated above material ones, and those seeking moral support or inspiration were encouraged to look backwards, to a past stretching back centuries. In Lithuania, however, Romanticism ‘lingered’; rather than yielding to Realism, which was gaining prominence in the West during the second half of the 19th century, it transformed into Neo-romanticism, or National Romanticism, which inventively employed the expressive means of Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and other contemporary styles. Some artworks at the exhibition were loaned by TARTLE.
Since July 10, the exhibition “Lines and Words” has been open at Trakai Island Castle. 7 works from the TARTLE collection were loaned for this exhibition.
On June 6th the exhibition “Creative gene” was opened in Pakruojis for the 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the most prominent Lithuanian artists, Stasys Ušinskas. TARTLE has lent 9 artworks by Stasys Ušinskas for the exhibition.
Currently we are changing the exhibition. We will be open for visitors starting from June.
The exhibition ‘Stasys Ušinskas: The Iceberg of Lithuanian Modernism’ at the Museum of Applied Arts and Design.
In the TARTLE exhibition ‘Solely Saints’, we welcome you to explore depictions of saints spanning from the 16th century to contemporary times.