Kaunas residents and guests that are now visiting the square of the town hall can enjoy not only the sight of the Christmas tree but also the newly restored façades of the St. Francis Xavier church.

A contemporary art exhibition “(In)visible dreams and streams”, introducing 22 artists from the Baltic and Nordic countries, was opened at the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius on December 2 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Offices in the Baltic States.

This November London based gallery Maureen Paley is showing a groupshow curated by Michael Bracewell titled HOUNDED BY EXTERNAL EVENTS .  The show centers around the theme of surveillance and anxious-making domestic and international situation. Participating artists are: Kaye Donachie, Gareth Jones, John Kelsey, Nick Mauss, Lucy McKenzie, Andrew...

On 18 November, Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis met with Vice Minister of Culture of the People’s Republic of China Ding Wei. The Minister of Culture welcomed the fact that bilateral cultural cooperation had recently become more active and that a solid network of partners had been created.

This October and November two Lithuanian artists - Darius Mikšys and Darius Žiūra  are participants in the artistic residencies of Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow (CCA). Both residencies come as a direct result of the research visit to Lithuania by the CCA director Francis McKee.

The Council of Europe Cultural Routes Annual Advisory Forum 2016 will take place in Vilnius on 26-27 October. This year’s Forum “Expanding the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: challenges and opportunities” will look at the recent expansion of the programme, highlighting both challenges and opportunities.

October 19, 16:10 hrs. the winning artist of ACCELERATE /Lithuania Julijonas Urbonas will be presenting his work at  Globe of Science and Innovation, CERN, after having finished one month of residency at CERN  in September/October 2016.    

Vice-Minister of Culture Romas Jarockis met with the UNESCO international expert Jad Tabet from France, who visited Lithuania at the invitation of related Lithuanian institutions with the purpose to assess the first draft of Kaunas Modernism Architecture nomination file for the inscription on the UNESCO Tentative World Heritage List.

On 5-6 October, representatives of cultural organizations from Lithuania and Norway have gathered in Vilnius at the conference „International Cooperation: Cultural Players‘ Insights on its Benefits and Challenges“.

The second phase of the Lithuania – Ukraine: Cultural Partnership 2016 project began last week in Ukraine. From September to November, Kiev, Lvov and Odessa will feature a marathon of cultural events bringing contemporary Lithuanian culture and the people who create it closer to Ukraine, celebrate existing ties, form new ones, and initiate long-term cooperation that would inspire...

On 5–7 September, Chancellor of the Ministry of Culture Laimonas Ubavičius participated in the meeting of the Lithuania-Georgia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation and discussed the issues of cooperation in the field of culture.

On September 2 in Vilnius, the Minister of Culture of Lithuania Šarūnas Birutis met Latvian and Estonian Ministers of Culture Dace Melbārde and Indrek Saar. The three Baltic ministers took part in a ceremony of opening Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania after renovation.