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22-615: The Museum is established by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania . As of 1995, the Museum belongs to the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The institution's origins can be traced to the early 20th century. The Museum started to develop as a public institution with a resurgence of cultural interest following the end of the ban on the Lithuanian language that was imposed by

44-462: A commonplace beach scene with 30 tons of imported sand. Though the opera is staged in leisurely harmony, and the performers sing about mundane existence, worry, and boredom, the libretto's contents darkly remark on Earth's deterioration. Their solo arias and group harmonies address the causes and physical impacts of climate change and topics including the sun, the tide, ocean pollution, environmental threats, and extreme weather events , such as

66-504: A highlight of the overall Biennale exhibition. The Guardian named the show as the year's second best and the best surprise of the Biennale. Visitors waited hours in inclement weather to see the popular and " Instagram sensation" performance. Artsy wrote that the show's universality was underscored by its libretto and commonplace setting and activities. The website praised the piece for its aesthetic beauty and resonant message, that

88-473: A highlight of the overall exhibition and The Guardian included it among the best performances of the year. As presented at the 2019 Venice Biennale, the opera is set on an imitation beach indoors. Around 24 performers from Lithuania and Italy walk on the sand, lounge on chairs and towels, and partake in beach and other mundane activities, such as eating salad, checking phones, knitting, and playing frisbee. The actors range in age and family status, reflecting

110-403: Is a governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania . Its mission is to formulate and implement state cultural policies supporting professional and amateur art, theatre, music, fine arts, cinema, museums, libraries, and written publications, to guard copyright and copyright-related interests, and to protect cultural values. The Ministry of Culture was formally established on 8 June 1994, following

132-542: Is an opera composed by Lina Lapelytė  [ lt ] with a libretto by Vaiva Grainytė and directed by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė  [ lt ] , and presented as part of the 2019 Venice Biennale in a project curated by Lucia Pietroiusti. It won the festival's top award, the Golden Lion . The opera premiered in 2017 at the Lithuanian National Gallery of Art and was translated into English for

154-569: Is visited by around 350 thousand visitors annually. The collections at the Museum consist of around 250 thousand valuable objects. They include about 2,500 paintings dating from the 16th to 19th centuries, mostly portraits of nobility and clergy of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy from the 16th to 18th centuries, as well as religious works from Lithuanian churches and cloisters. The Museum houses over 8,000 drawings by Italian, German, French, Flemish, Dutch, Polish, English, and Japanese artists from

176-804: The Russian Empire . A number of art exhibitions at that time donated works to the Lithuanian Art Society , which began to make plans for a permanent facility. The activity was interrupted by World War I . During the postwar era, the plans were restarted. In 1933, the Vilnius Magistracy, an administrative division of the Polish government that controlled Vilnius at the time, decided to establish Vilnius City Museum. Works of art were collected and stored in various buildings, but were not accessible to visitors. In April 1941, its first exhibitions were held; it

198-626: The 15th to 20th centuries. The first half of the 20th century has an extensive presence with over 12,000 works. The collection from the second half of the 20th century features more than 21,000 objects. Collections of sculptures consist of works from the 14th to 20th centuries, coming from a number of European countries. Other notable collections include works done in watercolor and pastel, and photography. Section of applied arts features works and objects made from amber, ceramics, metal, porcelain, glass, textile, and leather as well as furniture, numismatics, and clocks. The Museum has accumulated and displays

220-410: The Biennale, where it served as Lithuania's national participation . It is set on a faux beach indoors, in which 24 performers partake in commonplace beach activities while singing about the causes and physical impacts of climate change in solo arias and group harmonies. The performance was a popular attraction with long wait lines at the Biennale. Multiple reviewers considered Sun & Sea (Marina)

242-617: The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania is the honorary badge “Nešk Savo Šviesą Ir Tikėk”. It is an acknowledgment of many years of work in the field of culture and arts, of creativity and its promotion. Prizes of the Ministry of Culture for the most significant international awards in the field of culture were launched in 2019. Among the first laureates are the group of opera Sun & Sea (Marina) creators Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė , Vaiva Grainytė , and Lina Lapelytė together with curators Rasa Antanavičiūtė and Lucia Pietrouisti, as well as

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264-451: The Museum is Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitisation and LIMIS centre. Its mission is to organise and coordinate the digitisation of Museums’ valuables, to present Lithuania's national holdings on international portals and thus to enrich European digital collections. Ministry of Culture (Lithuania) The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania ( Lithuanian : Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros ministerija )

286-652: The United States in September 2021 at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music . The production will continue to locations across the United States: Philadelphia's Arcadia Exhibitions , Bentonville, Arkansas's The Momentary , and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art . The Lithuanian pavilion received the Biennale's Golden Lion award for best national participation. Multiple reviewers considered it

308-747: The artists imagined watching a performance in the atrium from atop the museum's upwardly spiraling ramp. The opera premiered at the Vilnius National Gallery of Art in 2017. It was rewritten from Lithuanian to English for the Venice Biennale. The production was staged in the Marina Militare, within Venice's Castello area and apart from the main Biennale events in the Giardini and Arsenale . The production immediately faced financial issues, lacking

330-527: The city, sold out of tickets in 48 hours after being postponed four times. The show's capacity was reduced from 5,000 to 1,500 due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols. The Berlin production cost an estimated US$ 150,000 with 60 performers and workers. The world tour continued onto Athens in the September Epidaurus Festival and Sweden's Malmö Konsthall in November. Sun & Sea will premier in

352-400: The funds to continue even a weekly performance for the duration of the Biennale after its preview week . The productions costs ran about US$ 3 /minute for eight hours of daily looped performances, eventually leading to reductions in operating hours. A crowdfunding campaign, buoyed by the performance winning the exhibition's top national prize, ensured a weekly performance for the remainder of

374-601: The government's decision in 1993 to split it off from the Ministry of Culture and Education . Its first minister was Dainius Trinkūnas. The ministry awards prizes including Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts for achievements in the arts and culture, the Martynas Mažvydas Award for scholarly research, National Jonas Basanavičius Award for outstanding achievements related to ethnicity, also awards to young creators, librarians, translators, etc. The Top Prize of

396-792: The group of the documentary Bridges of Time creators and operatic soprano Asmik Grigorian . The Department of Cultural Heritage is the department of the ministry responsible for protecting and documenting cultural property and maintaining historical preservation . The Ministry of Culture performs the following functions within the framework of Lithuanian legislation:     Christian Democratic Party     Democratic Labour Party     Labour Party     Liberal and Centre Union     Liberal Movement     Liberal Union     National Resurrection Party     Social Democratic Party     Independent Sun %26 Sea (Marina) Sun & Sea (Marina)

418-400: The six-month Biennale. The show ultimately ran during the Biennale's opening week and on Saturdays thereafter. The production toured internationally following its Biennale exhibition, including Norway, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark. Its July 2021 performance, organized by E-Werk Luckenwalde  [ de ] and staged in an abandoned, Bauhaus -style swimming pool complex outside

440-463: The wealth of the national folk art, consisting of clothes, fabrics, crosses, chapels, paintings, prints, and wooden sculptures. Today all museums in Lithuania use the services provided by Pranas Gudynas Centre for Restoration. Its employees are highly qualified restoration specialists who research, conserve, and restore art works, historical as well as archaeological artefacts. Another important branch of

462-531: The whitening of the Great Barrier Reef and Easter -like weather during Christmas . The audience ascends stairs to a balcony and views the opera from above. The performance runs 60 minutes. In its 2019 Biennale exhibition, the production looped for eight hours of the day. Sun & Sea (Marina) was created by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelytė. The work was partly inspired by an experience at New York's Guggenheim Museum , in which

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484-849: Was known at the time as the Vilnius State Art Museum. From 1966 the Museum was called Lithuanian Art Museum; in January 1997, the new government of Lithuania granted the Museum its current status as a national museum. As of 2020 the official title of the Museum continues to be Lithuanian National Museum of Art. The Museum exhibits and exhibitions take place in 9 venues located in Vilnius and coastal region of Lithuania: Vilnius Picture Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Clock and Watch Museum, Radvila Palace Museum of Art, Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art, Pranas Domšaitis Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Palanga Amber Museum, and Pamarys Gallery. The Museum

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