In the Shadow of Knowledge. Sculpture Pre-context
“We also hold what resides in the shadow of knowledge,” remarked Vladas Urbanavičius, one of Lithuania’s most renowned sculptors, in conversation with the art critic Alfonsas Andriuškevičius. This idea defines the concept of the exhibition, which presents sculpture as a direct, sensory experience. Sculpture in the shadow of knowledge invites viewers to encounter sculptural objects before contextualizing their themes or meanings. Here, the emphasis is on the intrinsic properties of sculpture – its spatial presence, materiality, and emotional impact – elements we perceive immediately, before engaging in rational analysis and starting to “read” the work like a book. The exhibition unfolds in three sections: space, material, and dream. It features works from the TARTLE collection, spanning the 19th to the 21st centuries, with a strong focus on classical and modernist Lithuanian sculpture. Complementing these pieces are contemporary sculptures from artists’ private collections, which challenge tradition and invite new ways of seeing – offering moments of surprise and discovery.
On March 9th at the MO museum, exhibition “We Don’t Do This. Intimacy, Norms and Fantasies in Baltic Art” was opened. During the long decades of Soviet occupation, sexuality-related content and discussion were widely censored from the public. According to a famous catchphrase, there was no sex in the USSR. We ask why was sex so suppressed and what kind of love was allowed? How different are the region’s public notions of intimacy, gender, love and sexuality today? \"We Don’t Do This. Intimacy, Norms and Fantasies in Baltic Art\" will explore the shifts and changes in representations of gender, family and sexuality, marked by back-and-forth loosening and re-enforcement of norms throughout the Soviet era and beyond. Two of the works for the exhibition were lent by TARTLE.
The exhibition “A Woman in Yellow. The Retrospective and Inspirations of Antanas Samuolis (1899–1942)”, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of painter Antanas Samuolis.
This comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Antanas Samuolis, one of the most famous Lithuanian artists of the early 20th century, is held at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art after a 25-year break.
We are among the winners of the World Architecture Festival 2023. Residence with art museum & depot U40 by Trimonis architects in Lithuania are among the winners in INSIDE – for best Interior category.
The sixth exhibition at the Lithuanian Art Centre Tartle is part of an exhibition diptych on the theme of Vilnius, and is one of the 700th anniversary events, inviting visitors to experience the city through different forms of time.
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.
Four Vilnius libraries - The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius University Library, and the Lithuanian Audiosensory Library - and the Lithuanian National Art Museum present \"The Uncharted World of Old Books\" exhibition. For the first time, the scattered heritage of the noble libraries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is being opened to the public in one place. In the part of the Radziwiłł family - an 18th-century book from the TARTLE collection.
2023 11 10 | "Vilnius, Wilno, Vilne 1918 - 1948. One City - Many Stories" in National Gallery of Art
On November 9th the exhibition Vilnius, Wilno, Vilne 1918 - 1948. One City - Many Stories was opened in the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition shows Vilnius in an exceptionally complicated historical period. We become acquainted with the city thanks to paintings, graphics, photographs and other works of contemporary artists. An artwork by Tymon Niesiołowski from the TARTLE collection was lent to the exhibition.
The exhibition focuses on the works of three Baltic women artists – Malle Leis (1940–2017), Maija Tabaka (1939) and Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė (1933–2007) – in the late Soviet era of the 1970s and 1980s. All three of the artists challenged contemporary art discourses through non-conventional approaches to self-representation, ways of creating space and reflections on being artists. TARTLE has lent the artwork \"The Birth\" (1983) by Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė for the exhibition.
On July 12 an exhibition of the works of Jonas Rimša, an artist from the Anykščiai region, Life in Wanderings was opened in the Anykščiai Chapel. The exhibition in the Chapel will be complemented by a virtual reality film based on the work of Jonas Rimša, artworks for the film were also lent by TARTLE.