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Baltics set up joint cultural foundation
The culture ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Sunday signed in Riga an agreement on the establishment of a Baltic cultural foundation. […]
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Dutch musical touch to a Lithuanian National Holiday
Right upon the heels of the visit by the Dutch King to Lithuania last month, a much larger contingent is making a musical call on Vilnius. The 52 members of the Netherlands Royal Military Orchestra ‘Johan Willem Friso’ are playing a number of concerts in the Capital. They are also a reminder that there is also a large Dutch presence in Rukla as part of the NATO presence in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuania mulls de Beauvoir commemoration near Sartre sculpture in Nida
The Lithuanian coastal resort of Neringa’s recent decision to unveil a sculpture in Nida to commemorate French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to the Curonian Spit resort in 1965 has sparked controversy as critics say his feminist companion Simone de Beauvoir was left out. […]
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A retrospective of Baltic documentaries and premieres of latest Lithuanian productions at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The name of Lithuania will be reiterated louder than ever at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival which opens today. After a 15-year hiatus the audiences will have an opportunity to see a retrospective of classics from the Baltic countries titled “Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary”. World premieres of two renowned Lithuanian filmmakers will take place at the festival with both films participating in the competition programmes. Lithuanians will also actively take part in industry events, a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]
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Lithuanian Song Festival starts in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Song Festival started in Vilnius on Sunday, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s independence. […]
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Two exhibitions, opera to mark completion of Lithuania’s Palace of Grand Dukes
Lithuania’s national museum, the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, is inviting guests to mark the completion of its construction on Jul. 6, with two exceptional exhibitions and an opera planned. […]
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Song festival: thousand of songs and participant elder than independent Lithuania
A thousand of songs will be performed during the Lithuanian Song Festival, starting this week, and some of them will be performed by a Lithuanian-Australian who is elder than an independent Lithuania. […]
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Sculpture to French philosopher Sartre to be unveiled in Lithuanian resort of Nida
A sculpture will be unveiled in Nida on Thursday to commemorated French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to the Lithuanian Curonian Spit resort in 1965. […]
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Lithuanian-Bulgarian-Polish co-production Miracle triumphs at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards
On June 13, Eglė Vertelytė’s debut film Miracle – first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival – was awarded the Silver Crane (Sidabrinė gervė) for the best feature film of the year at the 11th Lithuanian Film Academy Awards. Vertelytė also received the prizes for the best writing and directing, while the award for the best acting went to Eglė Mikulionytė who appeared as the lead actress in the Miracle. […]
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First ever Lithuanian Film Week in Beijing
On June 2–10, seven Capital Star Art Film theaters in the Chinese capital welcomed cinema-goers to 21 screenings of Lithuanian film. They had a chance to meet a delegation of the Lithuanian film industry – representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre and producers of the films selected to be screened at the event – who came to Beijing for the Lithuanian film week, the Lithuanian Film Centre wrote in a press release. […]
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Trips to a secret painting island: a conversation with painter Auksė Miliukaitė
Auksė Miliukaitė is a painter of the young generation whose bright-coloured canvases and their captivating stories have already been noticed by gallery visitors both in Lithuania and beyond. Before the upcoming solo exhibition of her newest paintings “Hush-hush Island”, the artist shares her thoughts about creative work and the soon-to-be-opened exhibition, and reveals the secrets of her private painting island, a press release from The Rooster Gallery states. […]
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Lithuanian actor Vinokuras to teach Eastern Ukrainian children art of circus
Lithuanian actor, writer and journalist Arkadijus Vinokuras will go to Eastern Ukraine in the fall to teach war-affected children the art of circus. […]
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9th International Art Fair Artvilnius’18 to showcase enticing Baltic art scene
Art lovers and professionals should mark June 7-10 on their calendars as ArtVilnius’18, an event drawing in over 22,000 visitors each year, invites them to the ninth edition of one of Eastern Europe’s biggest contemporary art fairs. This year the event, hosted at Litexpo exhibition space in Vilnius, is putting together a programme to mark the centenary of Lithuania’s independence restoration and focusing on the vibrant art scene of the Baltic States, a press release from ArtVilnius states. […]
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Lithuanian artist’s installation opens in Washington Union Station
“Gardens”, a LED and aluminum mobile sculpture by Lithuanian-American artist Ray Bartkus, was unveiled in Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington DC, on Wedneday to mark the centennial of the modern state of Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian artist’s sculpture to be exhibited at Washington Union Station
A sculpture, named “Gardens”, by Lithuanian-American artist Ray Bartkus will be unveiled at Washington Union Station on Wednesday, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania. […]
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Kaunas hosts European Capital of Culture Forum
A two-day European Capital of Culture Forum starts in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas is on Friday, with over 400 guests and more than 30 speakers expected. […]
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Lithuania gets into Eurovision final
Lithuania’s representatives Ieva Zasimauskaitė on Tuesday got into the Eurovision Song Contest‘s grand final with her song “When We’re Old”. […]
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President to open festival of Lithuanian culture in Rome
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is currently in Rome where she is set to open Lithuanian art festival Flux. […]
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Painting Routers lets you jump on a trolleybus by famous painters in Vilnius
Have you ever taken a journey on a piece of art? Now you can take an epic ride on one of Vilnius’ trolleybuses covered in contemporary art. Running for the second consecutive year, the Painting Routers art initiative has once again turned normal trolleybuses into canvases painted on by five teams of well-known young artists from Lithuania and Estonia, a press release from GoVilnius states. […]
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When art and tech unite, paintings start to talk in Vilnius
On Saturday more than 50 participants met in Vilnius at the first hackathon of arts and tech hARTckathon to create and develop ideas how to enrich museum going experience. A team which suggested a way to talk to paintings won this one-day workshop. This idea will be put to practice at the MO Museum that opens this fall already. […]