The 14th edition of the Baltic Triennial (BT14) is set with the conviction that in a paradoxical time of fragmented integration, addressing the local is, simultaneously, to question the global. Consequently, and for the first time since it was established in 1979, BT14 focuses on the geopolitical territory of Central…

Occupying the main exhibition hall of the CAC, Double double is Laura Kaminskaitė’s most comprehensive solo presentation to date. The exhibition is an exercise in handling information sensitively, which combines new works and scenarios with reappearances and reappraisals of the last decade of the artist’s activity.

Chicago-based sculptor, activist, detective, radio broadcaster and occasional chef, Michael Rakowitz (b. 1973 in New York) is one of the most celebrated contemporary artists working with cultural heritage and museums. ‘Return’ is the first of two solo exhibitions by this American artist of Iraqi descent to be held in Lithuania…

There are two nuclear power plants in the vicinity of Vilnius: Ignalina (decommissioned) and Astravets (not yet operational). A third, and infamous other, is Chernobyl, eerily present following the effects of its catastrophic failure, and more recently via the popular television series that focuses on the disastrous consequences of lies…

The JCDecaux Prize is an annual exhibition series established by CAC and JCDecaux in 2016, aiming to promote the works of young Lithuanian artists, their dissemination in Lithuania and abroad, and public interest in contemporary art. The one-time prize of 4000 euros established by JCDecaux is awarded to one artist…

Chicago-based sculptor, activist, detective, radio broadcaster and occasional chef, Michael Rakowitz (b. 1973 in New York) is one of the most celebrated contemporary artists working with cultural heritage and museums. ‘Return’ is the first of two solo exhibitions by this American artist of Iraqi descent to be held in Lithuania…

Arthur Jafa explores painful issues of racial politics and identity. The core of his work are various cultural phenomena, beliefs and power dynamics formed on a racial basis in the public space and pop culture. Two of the artist’s films will be shown in Vilnius: “akingdoncomethas” (2018), a montage of …

Guest artists and musicians: Alexandre Bavard, Adam ir E. B. Itso, Mykolas Cibutavičius, Eglė Razumaitė, Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson, „Noise Ladder“, Robert Kusmirowski, Jon Benjamin Tålleras, „Truck“ among others Curator: Ūla TornauKipras Dubauskas’ solo exhibition Daynighting will be displayed on the roof of the CAC building, inviting visitors to experience both …

Curator: Kęstutis KuizinasThe renovated CAC Sculpture Yard hosts the exhibition of sculptures by Antanas Gerlikas, Donatas Jankauskas, Žilvinas Landzbergas, Mindaugas Navakas and Pakui Hardward. The CAC Sculpture Yard is conceived as a new and changing creative space under the open sky for artists’ spatial initiatives. By establishing the Sculpture Yard …

Lebenswelt through the eyes of Petrov

Participants: Aidas Bareikis, Khairani Barokka, Tiago Borges, Polly Brown, Marco Bruzzone, Vitalij Červiakov, Ian Damerell, Viktorija Damerell and Ona Juciūtė, Povilas Dirgėla, Sholto Dobie and Dovilė Šimonytė, Daniel Eatock, Greta Eimulytė, Annabel Elgar, Marta Frėjutė, Vytautas Gečas, Arūnas Gudaitis, Lizzie Homersham (Book Works), Ellie Hunter and Anastasia Sosunova, Milda Januševičiūtė …

Curators: Neringa Bumblienė, Julija Fomina, Virginija Januškevičiūtė, Ūla Tornau and Asta Vaičiulytė

Mimicking the structure of a proverb, and sounding somewhat didactic or pseudo-wise, Dedobbeleer’s title opens up the humorous world of a practice in which sculptures, titles, found words, architectural elements, and other objects subvert the usual professional, institutional, and functional hierarchies with an untraceable lightness of touch.

Blut und Boden was a key tenet of Nazi ideology. ‘Blood and Soil’ was not just about stealing other people’s land and food; it was a mental crystal of feel-good darkness, a deviously emotional mobilising call in the ‘severe style’ of contempt for the Other that melted so many twentieth-century…