Lewben Art Foundation Vilnius, Lithuania

Lewben Art Foundation - a non-governmental body administering representative art collection, which includes Lithuanian and foreign artists from the eighteenth century. the end of the day. In addition to painting, forming the core of the collection, it takes up a large part of the sculpture, photography, graphic art, video art and installations.

In collaboration with art critics, curators, artists and other cultural and art organizations, Lewben Art Foundation organizes exhibitions, allows art albums.

"Lewben Art Foundation is the Lithuanian Emigration Art Foundation, whose purpose - to systematically explore the Diaspora art works and return to their homeland, the founder. Lithuanian Diaspora Arts Fund administered by the Lithuanian emigrants collection includes works from the twentieth century. the beginning to the present day.

"Lewben Art Foundation's activities regularly complemented by new cultural and educational projects, and new cultural initiatives. 2013. "Lewben Art Foundation became institution" Artnews, which manages projects artnews.lt, artbooks.lt and Echo Gone Wrong, partner.

The Foundation collaborates with the Lithuanian Art Museum (LAM) LAM National Gallery of Art, LDM Kasiulio Art Museum, LDM Applied Art Museum, MK Čiurlionis Art Museum, Michael Žilinskas Art Gallery, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, the Contemporary Art Center, Gallery Vartai, Education , residences and exhibition center "Rupert". Also, Lewben Art Foundation participates in projects such as Kaunas Biennial, ArtVilnius, Young Painter Award, the Google Art Project.

The Lewben Art Foundation is a non-governmental institution, which has accumulated a representative collection of Lithuanian and international art from the end of the 18th century to the present day, and makes it accessible to the public. In addition to paintings, which predominate in the collection, there are large amounts of sculptures, photographs, graphic works, video works and installations. The Lewben Art Foundation organizes exhibitions and publishes books on art, in collaboration with art researchers, curators, artists, and cultural and art organizations.

The Lewben Art Foundation has established the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, which seeks to systematically explore the art of the diaspora and return it to the homeland. The collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation consists of works by members of the Lithuanian diaspora from the early 20th century to the present day.

The Lewben Art Foundation is constantly supplementing its activities with new cultural and educational projects, as well as new cultural initiatives. In 2013 Lewben Art Foundation became a partner in such projects as artnews.lt, artbooks.lt and Echo Gone Wrong.

2016. "Lewben Art Foundation joined the National Creative and Cultural Industries Association.

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