"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.
In the years 1918-1948 Vilnius passed from hand to hand - it became part of Poland and Lithuania and was occupied by both the Nazis and the Soviet army. Occupations and wars radically changed the social structure and population of the city, and also influenced its architecture and urban planning. The seven-part narrative of the exhibition shows how the artists of the then multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Vilnius perceived their city. Apart from representatives of Polish culture, an important role in creating this image was also played by Lithuanian, Jewish and Belarusian artists.
The exhibition presents more than 250 works of Vilnius artists stored in Polish and Lithuanian cultural heritage institutions. In addition to the well-known and repeatedly presented works by the classics of Vilnius art, e.g. Jan Bułhak, Ludomir Slendzinski, Michał Rouba, Jerzy Hoppen, Adomas Varnas, Vytautas Kairiūkštis and Bencionas Cukermanas you can also see paintings, graphics and photographs of the younger generation of artists, which included e.g. Hanna Milewska, Józef Horyd, Hadassa Gurewicz-Grodzka, Sofija Urbonavičiūtė-Subačiuvienė, Vladas Drėma, and Moshé Vorobeichic (Moï Ver). Some of them are being shown for the first time.
Exhibition curators: Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Andrzej Szczerski
Honorary Patronage:
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Simonas Kairys
Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Piotr Gliński
Organizers: National Gallery of Art, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie
Coordinators of the project: Ieva Mazūraitė-Novickienė, Katarzyna Pawlowska
Architect of the exhibition: Mindaugas Reklaitis
Graphic design: KLIMAITE KLIMAITE, Laura Grigaliūnaitė
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.
In the years 1918-1948 Vilnius passed from hand to hand - it became part of Poland and Lithuania and was occupied by both the Nazis and the Soviet army. Occupations and wars radically changed the social structure and population of the city, and also influenced its architecture and urban planning. The seven-part narrative of the exhibition shows how the artists of the then multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Vilnius perceived their city. Apart from representatives of Polish culture, an important role in creating this image was also played by Lithuanian, Jewish and Belarusian artists.
The exhibition presents more than 250 works of Vilnius artists stored in Polish and Lithuanian cultural heritage institutions. In addition to the well-known and repeatedly presented works by the classics of Vilnius art, e.g. Jan Bułhak, Ludomir Slendzinski, Michał Rouba, Jerzy Hoppen, Adomas Varnas, Vytautas Kairiūkštis and Bencionas Cukermanas you can also see paintings, graphics and photographs of the younger generation of artists, which included e.g. Hanna Milewska, Józef Horyd, Hadassa Gurewicz-Grodzka, Sofija Urbonavičiūtė-Subačiuvienė, Vladas Drėma, and Moshé Vorobeichic (Moï Ver). Some of them are being shown for the first time.
Exhibition curators: Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Andrzej Szczerski
Honorary Patronage:
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Simonas Kairys
Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Piotr Gliński
Organizers: National Gallery of Art, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie
Coordinators of the project: Ieva Mazūraitė-Novickienė, Katarzyna Pawlowska
Architect of the exhibition: Mindaugas Reklaitis
Graphic design: KLIMAITE KLIMAITE, Laura Grigaliūnaitė
