ArtVilnius’26 participants list announced

From 1–4 October 2026, the 17th international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius will bring together 70 art galleries from Austria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

The 17th edition of ArtVilnius will focus on the contemporary art scenes of Vilnius, Warsaw and Vienna, fostering cross-regional exchange and supporting the international visibility of artistic practices. 

The fair will once again take place at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo,  the country's leading exhibition venue, just 15 minutes from Vilnius city centre. Each year, ArtVilnius attracts between 18,000 and 23,000 visitors of all ages.

Gallery Selection 

The gallery programme in Vienna is represented by Christine König Galerie, one of Austria’s most prominent contemporary art galleries, which has presented conceptual and contemporary art at international fairs for over four decades, and by Galerie Sturm & Schober.

From Warsaw, LETO Gallery – a participant in the first edition of ArtVilnius – returns after nearly a decade, as does Le Guern Gallery. HOS Gallery and Fijewski Gallery, which represent contemporary Polish artists, both make their debut.

First-time participants also include Galerie 3AP (Düsseldorf), Galleri Lundberg-Sandhagen (Stockholm), Tur (Riga), and Galerija Vartai (Vilnius). Returning galleries include KOGO Gallery (Estonia), ISSP (Riga), Galerie Nivet-Carzon (Paris), Galleri NB (Viborg),  The Room gallery (Vilnius), OKAPI (Tallinn).  The Vilnius Academy of Arts will present six of its galleries, and galleries from Utena, Molėtai, Trakai, Ukmergė, Šiauliai, and Panevėžys will represent the Lithuanian regions. 

The founder of ArtVilnius – the Lithuanian Art Gallerists’ Association – celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. It founded ArtVilnius seventeen years ago, and ArtVilnius has since grown into the largest international contemporary art fair in the Baltic States. Many of the association’s member galleries are taking part in the fair this year, among them are DRIFTS, The Rooster Gallery, Terra Recognita, Meno Niša (all Vilnius), Baroti Gallery from Klaipėda and others. 

Project Zone

The ArtVilnius’26 Project Zone is curated by Neringa Bumblienė, director of Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts and artistic director and curator of the Vilnius Performance Art Biennial. Institutional participants include Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw), Poland’s national institution for contemporary art and a long time commissioner of the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; Galeria Studio (Warsaw), home to a collection of more than 1,000 works of Polish modern and avant-garde art; Gelatin, the renowned Viennese collective known for its humourous performative installations, courtesy of Galerie Meyer Kainer (Vienna); the Rothko Museum (Daugavpils), holding the only original Rothko works in the Baltic States; and the Stasys Museum (Panevėžys), dedicated to the work of Stasys Eidrigevičius. Featured Lithuanian artists include Deimantas Narkevičius, one of Lithuania’s most celebrated artists, who represented Lithuania at the 49th Venice Biennale and won the prestigious Vincent van Gogh award in 2008, and Emilija Škarnulytė, one of the leading artists of her generation, whose work has been widely presented internationally including a recent solo show at Tate St Ives; participation in a group exhibition at Palais de Tokyo in Paris; and winner of the Future Generation Art Prize and the Ars Fennica Award.

Exhibition The Path | Takas
The Path, the fair’s annual exhibition of sculpture, installation, and performance, is curated for the first time by Vienna-based curator and writer Aliaksei Barysionak. It features eleven artists: from Lithuania, Žygimantas Julijus Bėrontas, Rokas Janušonis, Povilas Jatkevičius, Ūla Šukytė, Kasparas Brazovskis and Vytautas Viržbickas; from Estonia, Anna Mari Liivrand and Bob Bicknell-Knight (Estonia/UK); from Latvia, Anna Egle; from Ukraine, Mariia Kulykivska; and Katsiaryna Miats (Belarus/Lithuania).

Additional programme
The ArtVilnius'26 programme is complemented by ArtVilnius Talks, a series of discussions and panels, with collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt, art advisor Alia Al-Senussi, curator Paco Barragán, and Jemal Inaishvili of the Kvarelli Foundation among the confirmed speakers. 

The fair also offers guided tours with art historians, an educational programme for visitors of all ages, and networking events. The Young Collectors' stand returns, alongside ArtVilnius+, a space dedicated to cultural initiatives. An international jury of art professionals, together with fair visitors, will present awards recognising outstanding galleries, artists, and works presented at the fair. A dedicated VIP programme offers special guests and collectors exclusive events and private visits.

Opening hours
Thursday 1 October (VIP preview, by invitation only): 2–8 pm
Friday 2 October: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday 3 October: 11 am–8 pm
Sunday 4 October: 11 am–6 pm

Tickets
Tickets are available at www.kakava.lt.
For practical information and the full 2026 participants list, visit: https://artvilnius.com/ 

ArtVilnius’26 is organised by VsI ArtVilnius, the public institution of the Lithuanian Art Gallerists’ Association. Director: Diana Stomienė and Artistic Director Sonata Baliuckaitė Arlauskienė. 

ArtVilnius’26 is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Under the patronage of Vilnius City Municipality. The fair’s Maecenas is the Law Firm Cobalt, and its General Partner is EIKA Group.