The Kaunas Picture Gallery () is an art museum based in Kaunas, Lithuania, which is a branch of the M. K. ÃÂiurlionis National Art Museum. It opened in 1979, and houses part of the works donated by the famous Lithuanian collector Mykolas à ½ilinskas (along with the Mykolas à ½ilinskas Art Gallery). The gallery hosts exhibitions by Lithuanian and foreign artists and the community platform "Small Stories".
The gallery was opened in 1979, as a branch of the M. K. ÃÂiurlionis National Art Museum. The building was designed by architects Liucija Gedgaudienàand Jonas Navakas in the modernist Brutalist style. It houses part of the works donated by the famous Lithuanian collector Mykolas à ½ilinskas (along with the Mykolas à ½ilinskas Art Gallery). The three-storey structure of the building is a fractured rectangle. The ground floor houses an exhibition hall, a lobby, a cloakroom and a café. The second floor has three exhibition halls and an auditorium for events, while the third floor has four exhibition halls. The lobbies on all floors adjacent to the halls are also used for exhibitions.
The gallery hosts exhibitions by Lithuanian and foreign artists and the community platform "Small Stories". The Fluxus Cabinet of Jurgis MaÃÂià «nas is housed here. It exhibits works by J. MaÃÂià «nas, Jonas Mekas, Joseph Beuys, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier, George Brecht and other members of the Fluxus movement, including unconventional books, examples of mail art, prints, objects, etc. Alongside are works by Lithuanian authors (Jolanta JanaviÃÂienÃÂ, Jurgis JanaviÃÂius, Redas Dirà ¾ys, Naglis R. Baltuà ¡nikas, the Post-Ars group, KÃÂstutis Grigalià «nas) dedicated to the movement. Visitors can see Ay-O's installation "Black Hole" and Takako Saito's installation "Manoman Theater".