ArtVilnius’24  

Art Fair ArtVilnius’24  

67 contemporary art galleries, 15 art institutions, and more than 300 artists from 14 countries have been invited to participate in the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’24. The 15th-anniversary edition will take place between 4 and 6 October at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo in Vilnius. The focus of ArtVilnius’24 is Northern Europe.

Gallery programme

Among participating galleries, ArtVilnius’24 visitors will see some familiar galleries, such as Māksla XO, Pilot and Alma (Latvia), Tutar Gallery (Estonia), Nivet Carzon (France), TSEKH (Ukraine/Lithuania), galleri NB (Denmark), and from Lithuania, Artifex, Baroti, Meno niša gallery, The Rooster Gallery, Terra Recognita, The Room.

As many as 20 art galleries will participate for the first time. Among the first-timers at ArtVilnius’24 will be Asni, ISSP Gallery and Cut Art Gallery from Latvia, Davis Gallery and Gallery Hjorth from Denmark, Eristavi Gallery and Louise Gallery from Belgium, Italian 89 Cento Art Gallery, Van Rij Gallery from Poland, and wildpalms from Germany. It will also be a first for Kita (Finnland), Sami Center for Contemporary Art (Norway) and Simson Holding (Estonia/Sweden) and others.

Project Zone

For the third consecutive, the ArtVilnius Project Zone has been handed over to Valentinas Klimašauskas, a renowned curator of contemporary art, who, between other things, co-curates the Lithuanian National Pavilion of the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). The three-day programme – Agency: Of Mice, Scene & Machines – will showcase a selection of contemporary artists, galleries, and institutions from Northern Europe.

Among the participants of the Project Zone, this year will be Edith Karlson and Katja Novitskova, who represented the Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Riga’s art gallery 427 will present artists Kaspars Groševs, Ieva Kraule-Kūna, and Viktor Timofeev, while Simian Art from Copenhagen will bring projects by artists Lukas Danys and Jan S. Hansen.

On the moving image stage, Index: The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation will present a video by Nina Sarnelle, while Kunsthal Charlottenborg from Copenhagen will introduce the artist Simon Dybbroe Møller. MELK Gallery from Oslo will be showing a video project by Norway-based Ukrainian artist Lesia Vasylchenko, and Kunsthalle Kohta from Helsinki will present a screening by Anu Pennanen. The Lithuanian contemporary art scene will be represented in the Project Zone by the recently opened Stasys Museum in Panevėžys, as well as individual projects by Jonas Aničas, Gabija Grušaitė, Rytis Urbanskas, and Igoris Piekuras (presented by MTR Art Foundation).

Exhibition The Path

The Path, an exhibition of sculptural installation and performance, will present 17 works by international artists. The curator of the exhibition is the Director of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, curator, and long-time commissioner of the Estonian National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Maria Arusoo. Participants from Lithuania include Danas Aleksa, Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Indrė Liškauskaitė, Laima Kulbytė, Liudvikas Kesminas, Matas Janušonis, Monika Žaltauskaitė Grašienė Žaltė, Saulė Noreikaitė, Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė, Žygimantas Bėrontas, Žilvinas Baranauskas, Kęstutis Svirnelis. Estonia will be represented by Edith Karlson, Keithy Kuuspu, and Terje Ojaver, Zody Burke and Anni Puolakka will be coming from Finnland.

Additional programme  

The creative program of ArtVilnius’24 is complemented by discussions, lectures, presentations of art publications, an educational program, and excursions with art critics. Same as every year, a jury will be selecting the best Fair participants in nominations: Best 7 galleries; Best Young Artist, under 35 (prize by Law Firm COBALT, Maecenas of the fair); Best Artist; Best Sculpture/Installation; Best Gallery Audience Prize and Best Artist Audience Prize.

Venue

Located just 15 minutes outside of the city centre, the 12,000-square-metre indoor and outdoor spaces of the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo is Lithuania’s prime exhibition space. Each year, the fair attracts 18-23 thousand visitors of all ages.

Opening hours

4 October (Friday)      14.00–20.00
5 October (Saturday)   11.30–20.00
6 October (Sunday)     11.30–18.00

Tickets

Tickets are available online via Kakava.lt. 

Art Fair ArtVilnius’24 is organised by the Lithuanian Art Gallerists’ Association. The director of the fair is Diana Stomienė and the artistic director is Sonata Baliuckaitė. ArtVilnius’24 is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and supported by Vilnius City Municipality. The art fair’s Maecenas is the law firm Cobalt, and the main partner is the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo.