The main aim of the project is to educate and introduce the public to the Lithuanian cultural field. History of MO culture Ī new project “History of culture” was launched in 2011 in order to gain a better understanding of the context of Mo's art collection. Many of those creators are still working to this day and are well-known artists both in Lithuania and worldwide. The collection introduces those artists who started creating after Lithuania had restored its independence as well. Ī part of MO's collection is art that was ideologically rejected during the Soviet times and received no attention from the greatest museums in Lithuania because of the political views at that time. This collection and its context is the base of Lithuanian modern and contemporary art development. The core of the collection are large sets of painting, graphic, photography and video artworks with additional sets of sculpture and interdisciplinary (performance, installation, etc.) artworks. MO Museum's collection is one of the biggest private collections in Lithuania, which was announced to be of national significance in 2011. It was the first cultural patronage project of such large volume in the independent Republic of Lithuania as well as the only private museum of such great scale. The construction of MO Museum, which was funded by Viktoras and Danguolė Butkai, began in the location of “Lietuvos” cinema in April, 2017. “Lietuvos” cinema was built in this location in 1965, which later became a culturally important space for the city and provided culture for its people until 2005. Vingriai, which is located next to the museum, was the main Vilnius’ water source, which was open until the 19th century. The defensive embankment of Vilnius is thought to have been standing in the location of MO Museum in the 14th century while the gates of Trakai were built there as a part of a defense wall in the 16th century. MO Museum is situated in a historically and culturally significant location in Vilnius city. MMC published over 30 various artbooks for children and adults by the time MO Museum opened in 2018. Later books on MO's collection as well as graphic artworks were published. The list of published books also included translated books for youth and adults as well as albums of great Lithuanian painting artworks, that were formed by modernists Arvydas Šaltenis and Kostas Dereškevičius. Many books on artists and art history by exceptional foreign writers were picked and published for children. For this reason, they started publishing art books with the intention to contribute to Lithuanian education system. MMC was orientated not only towards the collection of artworks but education as well. The active collection of artworks, that was organized by MMC, received more attention from the public which helped raise the interest of collectors and, thus, assisted in creation of art market and the recovery of arts field in Lithuania. Modern Art Centre (MMC) was founded in 2009 with the intention to open a museum in the future. The significance of MO's collection is distinguished through its reflectance of Lithuanian culture's modernization in the beginning of 1960s as well as slow but continuing cultural liberation, which began after the Stalin era had ended. Art expert Raminta Jurėnaitė and other art critics agreed to assist with the collection of Lithuanian artworks, which are dated from the 1960s to the present day. MO began its work in 2008, when the founders of the museum Viktoras and Danguolė Butkai started their own art collection. Museum hosts numerous exhibitions, film screenings, educational workshops, concerts and other cultural events, which are intended for various age groups. Italian news agency ANSA included Mo Museum into Top 10 21st century museums to visit. Architect Daniel Libeskind admitted that although it is his smallest project it is also one of his favorites, and also noted that he used circular form in it for the first time in his career (spiral staircase in the interior). Total building floor area: 3100 sq.m., height: 17 m. The museum was opened for the public on 18 October 2018 in the building designed by Studio Libeskind and the team of Lithuanian architects Do Architects. The collection of 5,000 modern and contemporary pieces contains major Lithuanian artworks from the 1950s to this day. As a private initiative of Lithuanian scientists and philanthropists Danguolė Butkienė and Viktoras Butkus, it functioned as an art museum without walls for about ten years. MO Museum is a modern art museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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