The actors Edita Niciūtė and Arnis Aleinikovas, initiators for one of the five interdisciplinary Kaunas Biennial projects in Kaunas communities this summer, invited the people of Šilainiai area to share their own poetry. The project “Eiliuoti Šilainių kiemai” (“The queues of the Yards of Šilainiai”) attracted authors who simply “snatched” pages from their personal diaries […]
This year, Kaunas Biennial, which implements an international platform project MagiC Carpets, changes its activities and will pay more attention to the native artists and local community initiatives. Its five interdisciplinary projects will involve different communities of Kaunas city and district. According to the manager of MagiC Carpets project, Ms. Neringa Stoškutė, enabling local artists […]
The carpets carrying the full scale of culture projects, artistic ideas, new stories and inspiring collaborations have landed. The year 2 of the MagiC Carpets platform has been an exciting journey for 27 international artists, who worked with the local colleagues and communities in 25 residencies. With our official multimedia documentary team Nanook, following the […]
Kaunas Biennial is delighted to announce the appointment of Josée Drouin-Brisebois as Curator for the 13th Kaunas Biennial, which will take place on 5 November 2021 – 30 January 2022. The next edition of Kaunas Biennial will be one of the most significant contemporary art events in Kaunas city, which will be the European Capital […]
At this uncertain nowadays it is so nice to remember more sunny times – last summer with the 12th Kaunas Biennial “After Leaving | Before Arriving”. For its 12th edition, the Kaunas Biennial explores the journey as a metaphor for the burgeoning cultural identity of a city with a complex past. Curators: Elisabeth Del Prete, […]
MagiC Carpets is a four-year (2017–2020) platform project made possible by Creative Europe and headed by Kaunas Biennial (Lithuania). It is a network of fifteen international organisations in fifteen European countries. Designed to promote cultural exchange, artist mobility, inclusion of local communities and international cooperation, in the face of the global pandemic, the project is […]
12th Kaunas Biennial AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING, a catalogue of harmoniously concocted texts revealing the time-travel of Kaunas as a city and the architecture, people and stories that have become traces of this journey, reflected in the exhibition of the 12th Kaunas Biennial. As you scroll through the pages you will find: – […]
Lithuanian artist Inga Galinytė and Greek artist Anna Papathanasiou, two halves of an artistic duo, have been researching the phenomenon of empathy since the day they met. Responding to individual traumatic experiences, the artists are executing a long-term communication project to try to create an ‘empathetic body’ in their performances each time they meet. During […]
GUIDED TOURS 99 meters | September, 26 21:00 – 22:00 The directions have already been installed in train wagons, the waiting hall, the platform. They will help you to make the longest 99 meters in your life. Will we be able to measure them? Venue: Kaunas Railway Station 12-oji Kauno bienalė | „99 metrai“ ekskursija […]
12th Kaunas Biennial would like to get to know you a bit better, to find out what interests you, who influences you, what you think about the After Leaving | Before Arriving event and what you expect from us in the future. Please, fill in this short survey. It’s anonymous and it will take you […]
ATTENTION – on the 21st of September performance at the installation by the artist Jasmina Cibic at the Vytautas the Great War Museum is canceled. We are sorry for any inconvenience. The 12th Kaunas Biennial “After Leaving | Before Arriving” exposition at the various venues in the city will be opened till the 29th of […]
Laura Kaminskaitė is an artist from Lithuania, whose works play with words as elements that constantly shift their forms and become works of art that find their place in galleries. In this interview, the artist shares her thoughts on her creative road, the rhythm and inspiration. The work by Laura Kaminskaitė, Its Own Unfolding Elsewhere, […]
Kaunas Biennial, the largest event of contemporary art in Kaunas, is approaching the finish line. The exhibition AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING by thirty international artists has been presented in different museums, galleries and public spaces of the city. The twelfth Kaunas Biennial will we welcoming its visitors until September 29. Its works and artists […]
Elisabeth del Prete is one of the five curators of this year’s Kaunas Biennial AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING. Engaged in a wide range of activities, from curating exhibitions to providing a learning programme for artists that are developing community projects, Elisabeth del Prete concentrates on participatory, collaborative and accessibility aspects in her practice. In […]
The body of work of Bálint Szombathy, an artist from the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia, is political and brave. The artist, who began his career in difficult and politically exceptional circumstances, does not lack irony, even then he works on very complex socio-political issues and touches on sensitive topics. In the following conversation, […]
Kaunas Biennial is joining the national initiative for the free museum day. Every last Sunday of the month visit the exposition „After Leaving | Before Arriving“ with the discount and even see a few of our artwork admission free. „After Leaving | Before Arriving“: – 50 % discount for a DAY TICKET. Price: 4 Eur, […]
The exhibition presenting contemporary textiles of ten artists from Japan and Lithuania Deep “Rivers Flow Silently“ is open to the public till the 1st of September at M. Zilinskas Art Gallery in Kaunas. Lithuanian and Japanese contemporary textile is an amazingly close art world. The artists of both countries dive into deep philosophical reflections, while […]
Italian artist Francesca Grilli often collaborates with very diverse and sometimes marginalized people, invites them to face their limitations and encourages them to disregard them in her performances. During the opening weekend of the 12thKaunas Biennial AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING the artist presented a performance at Kaunas Artists’ House, the video of which is […]
ATTENTION – on the 23rd of August installation by the artist Jasmina Cibic at the Vytautas the Great War Museum will be open until 3 pm. On the 24th of August installation is temporarily closed for visitors. We are sorry for any inconvenience. The 12th Kaunas Biennial “After Leaving | Before Arriving” exposition at the […]
Extravagant Moldovan artist Ghenadie Popescu has walked several hundred kilometers during his performances. The body of his work is diverse and distinctive and raises many questions, those of a political nature in particular. In the following conversation, Ghenadie Popescu shares his thoughts on his artistic wanderings, his very first costume and the documentation of a […]