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.
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.
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.
On June 1–15, 2026, during the Vilnius Art Festival, the Lithuanian Artists\' Union Gallery \"Project Space\" will host a painting exhibition \"Landscape Change: From Žmuidzinavičius until Today\", dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (1876–1966), an outstanding Lithuanian artist, educator, and chairman of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences from 1944–59. It will present a collection of landscapes by contemporary painters - a symbolic dedication to the neo-romantic tradition of Lithuanian painting. TARTLE has lent Antanas Žmuidzinavičius\'s work \"On the Seashore\" for this exhibition.
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.
Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuania’s most famous composer and Symbolist painter!
Exhibition opening at 5.30 pm on Wednesday, 5 March 2025 at Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA (Didžioji 4, Vilnius).