The Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery (Lithuanian: Mykolo Žilinsko dailės galerija) is an art museum based in Kaunas, Lithuania, branching off from the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum.[1][2] The majority of exhibited works were donated by Lithuanian collector Mykolas Žilinskas.[3] In 1991, the sculpture "Man", created by Petras Mazūras in 1986, was erected next to the entrance.[4] In 2020, the post-modernist building of the gallery was included in the Registry of Cultural Property.[5]
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 The Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery building, in Independence square, Kaunas, Lithuania | |
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| Established | 1963 |
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| Location | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 54°53′46.79″N 23°55′14.49″E / 54.8963306°N 23.9206917°E |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Owner | M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum |
| Website | Official website |
The gallery houses a collection of 1,683 works of art donated by Mykolas Žilinskas to the city of Kaunas between 1974 and 1988. In 1978, a new picture gallery was built on K. Donelaitis Street to house the collection. As Žilinskas continued to donate new works, a new bigger gallery building was deemed necessary, which subsequently opened on 30 June 1989. The new gallery was opened in Independence Square (architects Eugenijus Miliūnas, Kęstutis Kisielius, Saulius Juškys).[citation needed]
The Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery exhibits Ancient Egyptian art, 17th-20th century European applied-decorative art, 17th-18th century Italian paintings, 19th - 20th-century Western European paintings, and early 20th-century paintings and sculptures by Baltic artists. Three rooms of the gallery are reserved for temporary exhibitions of the works of Lithuanian and foreign artists. The gallery has a Contemporary Art Information Centre, a lecture theatre, the "Menapilis" cinema and a children's aesthetic education studio, and an exhibition "Museum for the Blind" for visually impaired visitors.[6]
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References
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- ^ "Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery". muziejai.lt. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Kauno paveikslų galerija (dab. Mykolo Žilinsko dailės galerija)". autc.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery". Lithuania.travel. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ M. Žilinsko dailės galerija – didžiausias Nacionalinio M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejaus padalinys, Vlniaus galerija, 2018 m. rugpjūčio 2 d.
- ^ „Objekto Nr. 45138 išsamus aprašymas“. Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros vertybių registras.
- ^ "Mykolo Žilinsko dailės galerija". tpl.lt. Turizms po Lietuvą. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
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