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Opening of the Exhibition "Shalom, Israel! The Paths of Litvak Artistsopening"

You are kindly invited to the art exhibition "Shalom, Israel! The Paths of Litvak Artists" opening at 5.30 p.m. December 16, 2015, at the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum (Naugarduko St. 10/2, Vilnius).

The exhibition presents 24 Litvak artists and 37 pieces of art that unveil the two-way development of Jewish art. It illustrates the influence Litvak art had on the art of Israel and the way nature and traditional folk art in Israel changed the artistic expression of Litvak artists. Visitors will have the possibility to admire the works of Marc Chagall, Max Band, Boris Schatz, Emmanuel Mane-Katz, Pinchus Abramovich and the other artists. These art works belong to the collections of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lewben Art Foundation, Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, law firm Valiunas Ellex and other private art collectors. Most of these works have not yet been exhibited in Lithuania before.

Exhibition will be displayed till the 13th of March, 2016.

Curators of the exhibition Vilma Gradinskaitė, Irina Nikitina

You are kindly invited to the art exhibition "Shalom, Israel! The Paths of Litvak Artists" opening at 5.30 p.m. December 16, 2015, at the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum (Naugarduko St. 10/2, Vilnius).

The exhibition presents 24 Litvak artists and 37 pieces of art that unveil the two-way development of Jewish art. It illustrates the influence Litvak art had on the art of Israel and the way nature and traditional folk art in Israel changed the artistic expression of Litvak artists. Visitors will have the possibility to admire the works of Marc Chagall, Max Band, Boris Schatz, Emmanuel Mane-Katz, Pinchus Abramovich and the other artists. These art works belong to the collections of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lewben Art Foundation, Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, law firm Valiunas Ellex and other private art collectors. Most of these works have not yet been exhibited in Lithuania before.

Exhibition will be displayed till the 13th of March, 2016.

Curators of the exhibition Vilma Gradinskaitė, Irina Nikitina