On February 17th, at Moletai Art Gallery was opened „Chinese art in the Baltic countries“ exhibition. The exhibition was organized by a group of cultural initiatives "Square“ and Confucius Institute at Vilnius University initiative. In the opening ceremony participated Moletai mayor Stasys Zvinys, Confucius Institute at Vilnius University director professor Zhang Donghui, Confucius Institute project manager Vilma Sniukstaite, cultural initiatives „Square“ director Tomas Daunora, art collector of teapots Armandas Burba and many participants from Moletai.
During an opening ceremony, guests could try Chinese tea, which was prepared by Armandas Burba according all Chinese tradition. The exhibited works of art were presented by the exhibition organizers, and the mayor was happy that for the first time in the history of Moletai, town‘s inhabitants have truly unique opportunity to see the works of art brought from China.
"Chinese art in the Baltic countries“ will provide visitors with a variety of Chinese art and such artists as Chen Minxin painting, Jianwen Xu graphics artwork, Gu Jing Zhou and his students Shi Xiao Ma, Zhou Xiao Ming ceramics and Yang Zhihong paper cuttings work. Paper cutting Master Yang Zhihong is China’s Liaoning province folk artist, Jianping County of Liaoning provincial intangible cultural heritage centre manager. At Moletai this exhibition is open until 10 March.