Vilnius to host Italian and Lithuanian female artists

Vilnius - Italy and Lithuania are joined by art in an exhibition, "MAGMA. Writing in bodies. Italy and Lithuania from 1965 to nowadays", at Lithuania's National Art Gallery. The exhibition showcases the works of the major Italian and Lithuanian female artists, offering the possibility to critically investigate the origins of feminist art as well as Italian and Lithuanian feminism.

The exhibition is meant to compare these works to the origins of the feminist movement and the different conditions in Italy and Lithuania. It also seeks to provide innovative research opportunities to explore one of the most original and debated periods of our modern history. That is, proving how body and words were used, for the first time, as weapons for political and artistic achievements. The works on display belong to artists such as Mirella Bentivoglio, Suzanne Santoro, Lucia Marcucci, Cloti Ricciardi, Maria Lai,Verita Monselles, Ketty La Rocca, Nicole Gravier, Chiara Fumai, Jurga Barilaite,Egle Ganda Bogdaniene, Violeta Bubelyte, Coolturistes, Coro Collective, Laura Garbstiene, Karla Groudis, Kristina Inciuraite, Egle Kuchaite, Lina Lapelyte, Giedre Liliene, Aurejia Maknyte, Paulina Pukuyte, Egle Ridikaite, Marija Teresa Rozanskaite, Laisvyde Salciute, and Egle Vertelkaite.

The show, which will remain open to the public until 4 June, has been organised by the National Art Gallery in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Vilnius.