Welcome! Shalom! Thank you for joining us. Threshold is a sculpture tour inspired by the mezuzah, a small ritual object which Jewish people fix to the doorways of their homes and workplaces. A mezuzah contains a sacred scroll on which is written a Hebrew prayer and marks the human passage between private and public space. […]

This street art route around Kaunas and Kaunas district was born during the project “Kaunas 2022 – European Capital of Culture”. These street artworks were created during “CityTelling festival” initiated by Kaunas 2022 in the year 2019–2020. All artworks are site-specific. The “CityTelling festival” aims to remind the multiethnic memory of Kaunas and its surroundings, […]

Memory, history and the landscape. “Palimpsest” by British foto artist Marc Wilson looks at the lives of three Kaunasians – Fruma, Julijana and Jaroslavas, their lives stories during the interwar period, Second Worls War and after the war. At the center of this exhibition – three lives intertwined with history, memory and the landscape of […]

“In this summer resort of great natural beauty and wellness, one wants to spend not several hours, but several months. All places are overbooked. Holidaymakers are daily entertained by concerts, they can visit a swan with her five cygnets, play basketball, tennis and croquet free of charge every day, go to the cinema in the […]

(material exhibited during the exposition in VMU art gallery “101” from 17 11 – 22 12 2016, curator: Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė). When the state started to pay more attention to the matters of hygiene, wellness and recreation institutions had become an integral part of the social infrastructure used every day. Therefore, as early as at the […]

Chinese magic mirror is an ancient form of art, when one side of a bronze plate is polished so much that it becomes a mirror, and the other one is carved. When bright sunlight or other bright light reflects onto the mirror, it seems to become transparent, and if that light is reflected from the […]

Route in Your Phone  (Download) “Shh, shh. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on, just a moment. Damn allergy… Okay. Let’s agree on some ground rules. I am a Spirit. Yes, a Spirit. Right now, what you are listening to is a recording of my voice, and we both know it. That’s because I am not […]

This alternative guide is based on the photos taken by the photo artist Romualdas Požerskis from 1974 to 1983 and his memories about them. Back then, still a resident of Žaliakalnis, Požerskis started capturing the life in Kaunas Old Town: its yards, streets, small and large stories of people in this area. These photos capture […]

About the route “Bohemian lifestyle usually represents a community of young people with artistic or humanitarian backgrounds. […] It is believed that artistic expression goes hand in hand with a unique lifestyle that differs from those who commonly juggle public responsibilities, family, and work. It is also a gathering of true believers who feel as […]

How do specific locations and surroundings affect the artist? I do not say that a specific place in the city is important. (…) A lot depends on the individual traits of a painter. But I do not agree that this artistic uniqueness of someone can be damaged by a place. This provocative and suggestive discussion […]

Do you have time to go? And strength? Are your shoes comfortable? Are you not afraid of October or maybe even November? If you are not, then let’s go. We can start from the Railway Station. Going from Vilnius to Kaunas is great. So, if you look from the railway bridge to the railway itself […]