The Art Gallery “101”

Vytautas Magnus University Art Gallery “101” is a space located in-between-academic context, with a goal to induce connecting practices of contemporary art by using different strategies: educational, visual, performative, experiential, research… The gallery presents creative work of Lithuanian and foreign artists in solo and group shows, as well as in other contemporaneity formats. Conceptual directions of the gallery are contemporaneity, performativity, mediation.

Every autumn the gallery issues an open call for exhibitions and accepts proposals for events throughout the season. The gallery is closed in July and August. Also, volunteers and interns are always invited to contribute.

VMU Art Gallery “101” was established in 2008 and till 2014 operated in Laisves av. 53. Now it is located in VMU Arts Faculty Muitines st. 7 in Kaunas. From 2008 until 2017 the head of the gallery was art researcher Daiva Citvarienė. From 2017 Autumn season curator, art manager and mediator Vaida Stepanovaitė took the position of the gallery’s director. From 2018 to 2021 gallery was run by artist and curator Margarita Žigutytė. From 2021 Autumn season the head of the gallery is photographer and art curator Milda Gineikaitė.