Address: Konstitucijos Ave. 22, LT-08105, Vilnius., Lithuanian. Tel.:  (+370 5) 212 2997, (+370 5)  212 888, fax (+370 5) 2122888, e-mail info[at]ndg.lt

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

• collects, researches and exhibits Lithuanian art of the 20th and 21st c, explores and consolidates its links to international culture;
• educates and raises audience' awareness and knowledge of contemporary visual culture, encourages new interpretations of modern and contemporary art;
• operates as a dynamic multifunctional centre of art and culture - responsible for generating public discussion and debate about culture;
• eleven galleries dedicated to permanent collection exposition, a grand hall for temporary exhibitions, an open-air exposition court, a multi-purpose auditorium for conferences and cultural events, the contemporary art information centre, educational centre, bookshop, and cafe.

ON DISPLAY

• early 20th c. art of multicultural Vilnius and the rise of Lithuanian art movement;
• modern art of Lithuania and Vilnius region of the first half of the 20th c.;
• Lithuanian art affected by World War II and Soviet occupation in the mid-20th c.;
• post-war Lithuanian art and photography that continued the modernist tradition, as well as the art of Lithuanian exiles;
• contemporary Lithuanian art from the 1990s onwards.

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITHUANIAN PAINTING, SCULPTURE, THE GRAPHIC ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTALLATION AND VIDEO IN PERMANENT COLLECTION EXHIBITION

• More than 46,000 objects in the National Art Museum of Lithuania collection of the 20th and 21st century Lithuanian art.
• Curated projects of international and Lithuanian modern and contemporary art in the grand hall.
• New, and specially commissioned, artists' projects in the lobby and courtyard of the gallery.
• Lectures, conferences, cultural events and screenings of films by Lithuanian and international artists in the 200 seat multi-media auditorium.
• The best resourced research archive about Lithuanian art and artists of the 20th and 21st c. in the Contemporary Art Information Centre that houses the public library and reading
• Art lessons, practical art workshops, guided tours, lectures, meetings with museum professionals, and public presentations by Lithuanian and visiting international artists in the Educational Centre. Educational programmes for families, schoolchildren, and visitors of various age groups.

Reconstruction

• The National Gallery of Art is situated on the right bank of the River Neris in the new public and commercial centre of Vilnius, in close proximity to the Vilnius Municipality, banks, hotels as well as commerce and entertainment centres.
• The prime building of the National Gallery of Art was designed by  architects Gediminas Baravykas and Vytautas Vielius in 1968. It was built in 1980 and housed the Museum of Revolution of the LSSR.
• A subdivision of the National Art Museum of Lithuania, the National Gallery of Art, was opened in this building in 1993. Until the building was closed for reconstruction it held constant expositions of Lithuanian folk art and sculpture by Vytautas Kasuba.
• In 2003 a project by Audrius Bučas, Darius Čaplinskas and Gintaras Kuginys won the competition for the architectural reconstruction and extension of the National Gallery of Art.
• The plot of the National Gallery of Art is 14,569 m£, the total floor area - over 10,000 m2 and the capacity of the building is 57,800 m3. The area of permanent collection exposition halls is 2,200 m2, the grand exhibition hall - 1,055 m2, the onsite collection storage -1,700 m2.
• In 2005 the National Gallery of Art was awarded a Japanese cultural grant aid to the value of 180,000 EUR; to furnish the auditorium with audiovisual equipment for conferences and culture events.
• The reconstruction and extension of the National Gallery of Art is part of the Millennium of Lithuania Programme and was finished in 2009.
• The National Gallery of Art hosts two of the principal projects of Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009: the international exhibitions Dialogues of Colour and Sound. Works by Čiurlionis and His Contemporaries and Cold War Modern: Art and Design in a Divided World. 1945-1970.