The Art Gallery “101”
Vytautas Magnus University Art Gallery “101” is an inter-academic space that fosters connective processes of contemporary art and applies diverse strategies: educational, visual, performative, and (practice-based) research-oriented. The gallery presents works by Lithuanian and international artists through solo and group exhibitions, as well as other formats characteristic of contemporaneity. The gallery’s conceptual directions are contemporaneity, performativity, education, and mediation.
Every autumn, the gallery announces an open call for proposals from those wishing to organize or participate in exhibitions curated by the gallery; applications for events are also accepted on a rolling basis. Gallery “101” is closed in July and August. The gallery continuously invites participation on a volunteer basis or through academic internships.
VDU Art Gallery “101” was established in 2008 and operated at Laisvės Ave. 53 until 2014. It is currently located in the premises of the VDU Faculty of Arts at Muitinės St. 7, Kaunas. From 2008 to 2017, the gallery was headed by art historian Daiva Citvarienė. In the autumn season of 2017, the gallery was led by curator, art manager, and mediator Vaida Stepanovaitė, and from the winter season of 2018 these duties were taken over by artist and curator Margarita Žigutytė.
Since the autumn season of 2021, the gallery has been directed by photographer and art curator Milda Gineikaitė.