Due to rejected funding, the second Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art, which was supposed to take place in the Lithuanian capital in 2025, is currently rethinking its structure and is being postponed to 2026. Continue reading

To celebrate the success of the first biennial in 2023 and in anticipation of the second edition in 2025, the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art presents a special intermediate event on 9 December at 7:30 pm at the Skalvija Cinema... Continue reading

A lecture by RoseLee Goldberg on the internationally acclaimed Performa Biennial in New York will take place on 6 September at 4 pm at the Mo Museum in Vilnius. Goldberg, a world-renowned art historian, critic and curator, is the Founding... Continue reading

Following the success of the inaugural Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art in 2023, the Biennial organisers are pleased to announce an open call for artists wishing to participate in the second edition. The only performance art festival in the Lithuanian... Continue reading

The 1st Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art (VB23), dedicated to the 700th anniversary of Vilnius and taking place throughout the year, concludes its programme at the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’23, between October 13–15 at LITEXPO. Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art... Continue reading

On Sunday 23 July the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art opened in celebration of the 700th anniversary of Vilniuss. Among the highlights of the Biennial was the premiere of A Guided Light Part 2, a performance by internationally acclaimed artists... Continue reading

Interviewed by Rosana Lukauskaitė. This Sunday, 23 July, the program of the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art dedicated to the 700th anniversary of Vilnius begins in Vilnius. The Biennial will open with the performance Song Sing Soil by Eglė Budvytytė... Continue reading

This Sunday marks the start of the first Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art in celebration of the 700th anniversary of Vilnius. From 23 July to 6 August, the Biennial’s events will take place in various, often unexpected, and little-known spaces... Continue reading

“Say it again: someone has built this city in a desert. A saline sea sways over it, like some sister, in the warm currents coming from the more marginal seas that feed it. Weightlessness and weighted politics. If making visible... Continue reading

On 23 January, a lively crowd filled the National Opera and Ballet Theatre to witness artist Emilija Škarnulytė performance which launched the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art. Her work Aphotia and the 1st Biennial of Performance Art are a gift... Continue reading

By Rosana LukauskaitėMain photo by Benoit Muñoz The first Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art starts with Aphotia; a new piece by the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian artist Emilija Škarnulytė, which will be performed on 23 January at 7pm at the Lithuanian National... Continue reading

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Vilnius, residents and guests of the capital are offered a special gift—the first iteration of the international Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art:, which will take place in various public spaces across the... Continue reading

Celebrating the exact day of Vilnius’s 700th anniversary, the 1st Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art presents the opening event of the festival—a new work by artist Emilija Škarnulytė, Aphotia, which will take place on 23 January at 7 pm at... Continue reading

On the occasion of the upcoming 700th anniversary of Vilnius, a new tradition is about to emerge in the cultural sphere of Lithuania’s capital city – the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art. Launching in 2023, it will become a regular event... Continue reading