{"id":6528,"date":"2026-10-23T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.txtilezine.com\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:42:14","slug":"kedainiai-launches-its-first-international-contemporary-art-triennial-dialogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.txtilezine.com\/en\/kedainiai-launches-its-first-international-contemporary-art-triennial-dialogues\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u0116DAINIAI LAUNCHES ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART TRIENNIAL \u201cDIALOGUES\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

| by Violeta Jocien\u0117 |<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this art\u2026 or merely a commodity? What – and why – is my home? Do politicians have the right to refuse dialogue? When is it difficult to be brave\u2026 and what is the genetic code of design?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are questions suspended between tapestries, winding across floors, glowing majestically on walls or resting quietly on small shelves at the Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery in K\u0117dainiai, Lithuania. Here, a multitude of questions, answers and dialogues unfolds through works spanning a wide variety of techniques and genres, as the international contemporary art triennial \u201cDialogues\u201d makes its debut on 23 October 2026. Responding to artist and patron Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks\u2019s aspiration to make professional art accessible beyond the metropolitan elite, and joining the programme of \u201cK\u0117dainiai – Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2026\u201d, the triennial has attracted more than 150 applications from artists in Lithuania and around the world. It offers a polyphonic score of contemporary art, distinguished by its quality, as an invitation to cultural conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project\u2019s initiator, textile artist and Museum-Gallery Manager Asta Fedaravi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Jasi\u016bn\u0117, together with an international jury, selected 76 Lithuanian and international artists, including six invited artists. Seeking to draw viewers into explorations of memory and states of being, nature and ecology, history, ethnic identity and social issues, the exhibition brings together 41 Lithuanian artists – including J. Monkut\u0117-Marks and two artists from K\u0117dainiai – alongside 36 artists from 14 countries. Their contributions reach K\u0117dainiai from as far afield as Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, as well as from closer European countries, including Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Poland, France, Romania, Finland, Hungary and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dialogai Dialogues JMM 2000×2000 px<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The range of outstanding works is remarkably broad, encompassing painting, graphic art, textiles, sculpture, objects and installations. Their dimensions are equally varied, from pieces measuring just 10 cm to works extending across 5 m\u00b2. This diversity has inspired the organisers to spread the triennial\u2019s wings from the outset through a two-part presentation. The first exhibition opens on 23 October 2026 and runs until 5 December, while the second opens on 11 December 2026 and continues through 31 January 2027. The two exhibitions together create an evolving space for encounters between artistic practices, perspectives and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The powerful, organic structure of the exhibitions seeks to allow \u201cdifference to become connection, and new meaning to emerge from being together\u201d<\/em>. Artists\u2019 texts will speak directly to viewers, helping them understand the meanings and intentions behind the works. These may invite audiences to enter a ritual, to give tangible form to emotions, to avoid becoming lost between grey and sky-blue hours<\/em> or, perhaps, to learn to transform practical seriousness into ironic expectations<\/em>. Throughout the exhibition period, these texts will also find their place in the triennial catalogue, extending the dialogue beyond the gallery walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hele – Latvia. FOREST OF THE GODS. 2024. linen, wool; hand-weaving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cAlone, a feather yields to the wind, while many feathers seeking unity form wings that overcome it.\u201d<\/em> This thought captures the spirit of \u201cDialogues\u201d: together, we can overcome not only the wind, but also the great distances and obstacles that stand in the way of a shared goal. Togetherness always gives rise to new experiences \u2013 and this is precisely what the triennial\u2019s organisers wish for every visitor who comes to the Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery in K\u0117dainiai between 23 October 2026 and 31 January 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors are invited to join a multilingual dialogue of the arts that is playful, poignant, critical, ironic and wise, discovering how contemporary art can open new perspectives, challenge assumptions and bring people together across borders. The opening events, taking place on 23 October and 11 December 2026, both at 5:00 p.m., will mark the beginning of these encounters and welcome audiences into the world of \u201cDialogues\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beccaria Silvia – The light in the cracks-02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Virginija Kirveliene – Lithuania. CONNECTIONS. 2005. wool, wool blend, linen; tapestry woven on a painted warp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The exhibitions<\/strong> will be open to the public at Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery, J. Basanavi\u010diaus St. 45, K\u0117dainiai, Lithuania, Part I from 23 October through 5 December 2026 and, Part II, from 11 December 2026 until 31 January 2027. Opening events: 23 October and 11 December 2026, at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Izabela Wyrwa MEMORY III. 2026 synthetic fiber, 3D drawing DETAIL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Izabela Wyrwa -Poland. MEMORY III. 2026 synthetic fiber, 3D drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Participating artists<\/strong>: Aet Ollisaar, Agnese Kurz\u0113mniece, Aleksandra Berlinsky, Alvidas Pa\u0161kauskas, Ana-Maria Rugescu, Andra D\u012bri\u0146a, Andra Kurz\u0113mniece, Anet Brusgaard, Antra Augustinovica, Art\u016bras Brazi\u016bnas, Art\u016bras Rimkevi\u010dius, Aurimas Eidukaitis, Aust\u0117 Guogait\u0117, Au\u0161ra Sedle\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Berthe Forchhammer, Birut\u0117 Sarapien\u0117, Bronius Rutkauskas, Dace Vecozola, Elvita \u0160iberekovait\u0117, Erny Piret-Heuertz, Eszter Bornemisza, Gintar\u0117 Mar\u010diulynait\u0117 – Maskali\u016bnien\u0117, Girmantas Rudokas, Greta Grendait\u0117, Hele, Yoo Jounghye, Irina Kolesnikova, Izabela Wyrwa, Jacobo Alonso, Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks, Jonas Gel\u010dys, J\u016brat\u0117 Kazakevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, J\u016brat\u0117 Petru\u0161kevi\u010dien\u0117, Kakuko Ishii, Karen Perry, Kazys Bimba, Kenji Sato, Kristina Dani\u016bnait\u0117, Kristina Valan\u010di\u016bt\u0117 – Vai\u010deka uskien\u0117, Lina Ringelien\u0117, Loreta \u0160vaikauskien\u0117, Loreta Zdanavi\u010dien\u0117, Ludwika Zytkiewicz – Ostrowska, Luka \u017diauberyt\u0117, Magdalena Sobon, Maija Purgaile, Mayumi Tsukuda, Marina Majcen, Marta \u0122ibiete, Matilda Kalvaityt\u0117, Minnamarina Tammi, Naoe Okamoto, Nargiza Nurdinova, Neringa Marcinkevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Strazd\u0117, Nika Nuova, Noriko Amano, Paulius \u0160liaupa, Piotr Pandyra, Ri\u010dardas Zdanavi\u010dius, Rolands Krutovs, Romarika Pikelien\u0117, Saori Sakai, Shinichi Ishihara, Sigut\u0117 Bronickien\u0117, Silvia Beccaria, \u0160ar\u016bn\u0117 Kaupas, Taut\u0117 Baranauskait\u0117, Tina Marais, Tomas Vosylius, Ulrikka Mokdad, Urt\u0117 Jasenka, Violeta Ka\u010dinskien\u0117, Violeta Lau\u017eonyt\u0117, Virginija Kirvelien\u0117, Vitalijus \u010cepkauskas – Vitalis, Vytenis Tolutis, \u017divil\u0117 Vai\u010diukynien\u0117<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Noriko Amano – Japan. FRUITFULNESS. 2026. paper, paper clay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The participating artists and artworks were selected by an international jury<\/strong>: Violeta Jocien\u0117, Egl\u0117 Mickut\u0117, Anet Brusgaard, Kakuko Ishii, Andra D\u012bri\u0146a, Asta Fedaravi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Jasi\u016bn\u0117<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

| by Violeta Jocien\u0117 | Is this art\u2026 or merely a commodity? What – and why – is my home? Do politicians have the right to refuse dialogue? When is it difficult to be brave\u2026 and what is the genetic code of design? These are questions suspended between tapestries, winding across floors, glowing majestically on walls or resting quietly on small shelves at the Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery in K\u0117dainiai, Lithuania. Here, a multitude of questions, answers and dialogues unfolds through works spanning a wide variety of techniques and genres, as the international contemporary art triennial \u201cDialogues\u201d makes its debut on 23 October 2026. Responding to artist and patron Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks\u2019s aspiration to make professional art accessible beyond the metropolitan elite, and joining the programme of \u201cK\u0117dainiai – Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2026\u201d, the triennial has attracted more than 150 applications from artists in Lithuania and around the world. It offers a polyphonic score of contemporary art, distinguished by its quality, as an invitation to cultural conversation. The project\u2019s initiator, textile artist and Museum-Gallery Manager Asta Fedaravi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Jasi\u016bn\u0117, together with an international jury, selected 76 Lithuanian and international artists, including six invited artists. Seeking to draw viewers into explorations of memory and states of being, nature and ecology, history, ethnic identity and social issues, the exhibition brings together 41 Lithuanian artists – including J. Monkut\u0117-Marks and two artists from K\u0117dainiai – alongside 36 artists from 14 countries. Their contributions reach K\u0117dainiai from as far afield as Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, as well as from closer European countries, including Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Poland, France, Romania, Finland, Hungary and Germany. The range of outstanding works is remarkably broad, encompassing painting, graphic art, textiles, sculpture, objects and installations. Their dimensions are equally varied, from pieces measuring just 10 cm to works extending across 5 m\u00b2. This diversity has inspired the organisers to spread the triennial\u2019s wings from the outset through a two-part presentation. The first exhibition opens on 23 October 2026 and runs until 5 December, while the second opens on 11 December 2026 and continues through 31 January 2027. The two exhibitions together create an evolving space for encounters between artistic practices, perspectives and cultures. The powerful, organic structure of the exhibitions seeks to allow \u201cdifference to become connection, and new meaning to emerge from being together\u201d. Artists\u2019 texts will speak directly to viewers, helping them understand the meanings and intentions behind the works. These may invite audiences to enter a ritual, to give tangible form to emotions, to avoid becoming lost between grey and sky-blue hours or, perhaps, to learn to transform practical seriousness into ironic expectations. Throughout the exhibition period, these texts will also find their place in the triennial catalogue, extending the dialogue beyond the gallery walls. \u201cAlone, a feather yields to the wind, while many feathers seeking unity form wings that overcome it.\u201d This thought captures the spirit of \u201cDialogues\u201d: together, we can overcome not only the wind, but also the great distances and obstacles that stand in the way of a shared goal. Togetherness always gives rise to new experiences \u2013 and this is precisely what the triennial\u2019s organisers wish for every visitor who comes to the Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery in K\u0117dainiai between 23 October 2026 and 31 January 2027. Visitors are invited to join a multilingual dialogue of the arts that is playful, poignant, critical, ironic and wise, discovering how contemporary art can open new perspectives, challenge assumptions and bring people together across borders. The opening events, taking place on 23 October and 11 December 2026, both at 5:00 p.m., will mark the beginning of these encounters and welcome audiences into the world of \u201cDialogues\u201d. The exhibitions will be open to the public at Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks Museum-Gallery, J. Basanavi\u010diaus St. 45, K\u0117dainiai, Lithuania, Part I from 23 October through 5 December 2026 and, Part II, from 11 December 2026 until 31 January 2027. Opening events: 23 October and 11 December 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Participating artists: Aet Ollisaar, Agnese Kurz\u0113mniece, Aleksandra Berlinsky, Alvidas Pa\u0161kauskas, Ana-Maria Rugescu, Andra D\u012bri\u0146a, Andra Kurz\u0113mniece, Anet Brusgaard, Antra Augustinovica, Art\u016bras Brazi\u016bnas, Art\u016bras Rimkevi\u010dius, Aurimas Eidukaitis, Aust\u0117 Guogait\u0117, Au\u0161ra Sedle\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Berthe Forchhammer, Birut\u0117 Sarapien\u0117, Bronius Rutkauskas, Dace Vecozola, Elvita \u0160iberekovait\u0117, Erny Piret-Heuertz, Eszter Bornemisza, Gintar\u0117 Mar\u010diulynait\u0117 – Maskali\u016bnien\u0117, Girmantas Rudokas, Greta Grendait\u0117, Hele, Yoo Jounghye, Irina Kolesnikova, Izabela Wyrwa, Jacobo Alonso, Janina Monkut\u0117-Marks, Jonas Gel\u010dys, J\u016brat\u0117 Kazakevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, J\u016brat\u0117 Petru\u0161kevi\u010dien\u0117, Kakuko Ishii, Karen Perry, Kazys Bimba, Kenji Sato, Kristina Dani\u016bnait\u0117, Kristina Valan\u010di\u016bt\u0117 – Vai\u010deka uskien\u0117, Lina Ringelien\u0117, Loreta \u0160vaikauskien\u0117, Loreta Zdanavi\u010dien\u0117, Ludwika Zytkiewicz – Ostrowska, Luka \u017diauberyt\u0117, Magdalena Sobon, Maija Purgaile, Mayumi Tsukuda, Marina Majcen, Marta \u0122ibiete, Matilda Kalvaityt\u0117, Minnamarina Tammi, Naoe Okamoto, Nargiza Nurdinova, Neringa Marcinkevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Strazd\u0117, Nika Nuova, Noriko Amano, Paulius \u0160liaupa, Piotr Pandyra, Ri\u010dardas Zdanavi\u010dius, Rolands Krutovs, Romarika Pikelien\u0117, Saori Sakai, Shinichi Ishihara, Sigut\u0117 Bronickien\u0117, Silvia Beccaria, \u0160ar\u016bn\u0117 Kaupas, Taut\u0117 Baranauskait\u0117, Tina Marais, Tomas Vosylius, Ulrikka Mokdad, Urt\u0117 Jasenka, Violeta Ka\u010dinskien\u0117, Violeta Lau\u017eonyt\u0117, Virginija Kirvelien\u0117, Vitalijus \u010cepkauskas – Vitalis, Vytenis Tolutis, \u017divil\u0117 Vai\u010diukynien\u0117 The participating artists and artworks were selected by an international jury: Violeta Jocien\u0117, Egl\u0117 Mickut\u0117, Anet Brusgaard, Kakuko Ishii, Andra D\u012bri\u0146a, Asta Fedaravi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Jasi\u016bn\u0117<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t