Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center
- Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center
The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center is an avant-garde arts centre in Vilnius, Lithuania.
In opened on November 10 2007 by the acclaimed Lithuanian filmmaker Jonas Mekas. The premiere exhibition featured "The Avant-Garde: From Futurism to Fluxus" [ [http://www.mekas.lt/cms/en/home Official site] ] . Part of recently purchased Fluxus art collection, consisting from 2,600 pieces, is presented to public in Visual Arts Center. Total Fluxus collection is worth of 12 million litas (5,6 million USD).
ee also
*Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
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