+ Exhibition “After time”: (re)written
stories of photography
Fair and exhibition working hours:
27th September, Saturday, 11AM–7PM
28th September, Sunday, 11AM–6PM
“Kaunas Art Book Fair” is accessible for visitors with reduced mobility
Events will be held in Lithuanian and English
Entry is free of charge
Kaunas Art Book Fair is an event dedicated exclusively to promoting art publications, encouraging the creation of new communities and supporting existing ones, and initiating global trends in Lithuania.
Kaunas Art Book Fair is organised by Kaunas Photography Gallery.
Kaunas Photography Gallery
Vilnius str. 2, Kaunas
After Time: (Re)Written Histories of Photography
What happens when history loses its chronology? When the narrative is fragmented not out of ignorance, but deliberately – as a critical gesture, as a reflection, as a suggestion to think differently?
Exhibition “After Time” presents attempts to rewrite, break down, and appropriate the history of photography, created during zine workshops. This is not a reconstruction, but a defragmentation: texts, comments, and visual notes that may be inserted between the lines. Here, history does not become a final version, but turns into a process – unstable, subjective, personal. These are unfinished stories that raise more questions than they offer answers.
Alongside these attempts, different versions of the history of photography from recent decades are exhibited – academic publications, national narratives, alternative archives. They do not complement each other, but create tension: between the center and the periphery, between institutional knowledge and individual memory. Some of them speak loudly, others – in quiet remarks in the language of the margins.
This exhibition is not about what was. It is about what we could remember differently: from the margins, from mistakes, from silence, from what was not important enough to be emphasized – but still existed. It existed because of us.
Public educational programme for adults and children (announced soon)
Fair participants
Publishing house “Artseria”
“Artseria”, in line with its priorities – the "Dailė" (“Art”) magazine, the representation of the activities of the Artists' Association and the publishing of art books - pays great attention to the aesthetics and beauty of a book. The "face" of the publishing house's books is created by the best contemporary book artists, and the publishing process is based on the latest technologies.
Ieva Drukteinytė and Karina Aleksejevė
(magazine “ate ate”)
“ate ate” is an independent art publication about disappearance. Each issue explores a different form of disappearance through texts, images, conversations, and poetry. The magazine invites readers to engage in a slow, sensitive experience that brings together art, design, and philosophical everyday life. The publication is created on a community basis, inviting writers, creators, and thinkers from various fields to contribute.
Publishing initiative “Arklys”
It is a student initiative that was formed during the first year of studies at the Graphic Arts Department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. The publishing initiative is based on handmade, limited edition art publications.
Sam Margevicius
American artist working in and around photography, building systems of meaning through experimental frames, installations, and books. The work privileges process, emphasizing ideas that emerge in dialogue with people, places, and materials. Margevicius’ artist book Darkroom Drawing was published by Small Editions in Brooklyn, New York, and is held in several permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA, and the Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA.
Vilnius Academy of Arts Kaunas Faculty Graphics department
The department, which has been operating since 2004, offers Applied Graphic Art and Illustration study programmes, aiming to educate artists who are able to make professional and creative use of conceptual and functional graphic art technologies and expression possibilities, and then to find, improve and experiment in their own unique stylistic styles, in order to pursue the path of a professional illustrator/creative artist. During the fair, the department will invite you to get acquainted with recent student works, debut books and young creativity.
Austė Skardžiukaitė-Kabašinskienė
The author graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Applied Graphics and specializes in printmaking, creating illustrations for publications. The most important themes in her work are life, the relationship with nature, and time. The author is currently beginning her master's studies in graphic design at the VAA, where she is exploring the applicability and modes of expression of intaglio techniques.
Kaunas Photography Gallery
Founded in 1979, it is one of the most active galleries in the country, promoting the art of photography in Lithuania and abroad. The gallery is constantly looking for new forms of presenting photography, organising exhibitions, and has been publishing photography books and magazines for over a decade. The publications include acclaimed representatives of classical Lithuanian photography (Antanas Sutkus, Virgilijus Šonta, Vitas Luckus) and local and foreign artists implementing contemporary art projects (Indrė Šerpytytė, Joan Fontcuberta, Ieva Stankutė).
Lithuanian Cultural Research Institute
LCRI is a research institution which studies the historical development of Lithuanian culture, art and philosophy, its peculiarities and links with the history and development of contemporary and world culture. The Institute has its own publishing centre, where most of the Institute's scientific output is prepared for the press: monographs, collections of articles, continuing publications, studies of the heritage of religious culture, and others.
Andrew Miksys
Photographer originally from Seattle who has been based in Lithuania since the early 2000s. His work has been exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, MO Museum, and Maureen Paley in London. Andrew’s photography has appeared in publications such as DAZED, The New Yorker, Harper’s, HOTSHOE, BuzzFeed, and VICE. He has also collaborated with fashion brands including Vetements, Helmut Lang, and Marc Jacobs. Through his publishing imprint, ARÖK Books, he has released several photobooks, including DISKO (2013), a portrait of Lithuanian village discos, and TULIPS (2016), a project focused on Belarus. His most recent book, BAXT (2025), is the culmination of a long-term project documenting the Lithuanian Roma community.
Rūta Cyrolytė
Graphic designer, illustrator, self-publishing and book production enthusiast working and creating in Kaunas. She mainly works with silkscreen printing, illustration, and self-publishing, but her range of favorite media is constantly expanding. In her work, she explores human connections, the intertwining of past, present, and future, personal transformations, and allows herself to explore everything and anything.
Bookstore “Kolibris”
A bookshop with shelves full of
carefully selected books, established
to promote publications from various publishing houses, not forgetting individual publishers.
“Six Chairs Books”
"Six Chairs Books” is an independent art bookstore, a rare book publishing house and an online platform to showcase the most interesting examples of artistic publishing and self-publishing. The bookstore aims to develop a culture of independent publishing in Lithuania and to use its resources to support sustainable and creative publishing practices. In 2019-2022 and 2024, the bookstore has put together a programme of special events for Kaunas Art Book Fair, the only art book fair in Lithuania.
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
It is one of the largest and oldest museums in Lithuania, uniting 10 branches in Kaunas and Druskininkai. It presents unique cultural values covering different historical periods – from ancient art to contemporary works. The museum also organizes various cultural events, actively creates and develops educational programs for all age groups, and publishing plays an important role in the museum's activities: books, catalogs, and other publications are published to promote cultural awareness, dissemination, and dialogue between the content created by the institution and the public.
Studio Violatipia (IT)
Viola Chiang is a visual artist and graphic designer originally from Taiwan, currently living between Venice and Dublin. In 2022, she founded Studio Violatipia in Venice, an experimental space where graphic design merges with alternative photography. Here, books, publications, and works are created on unique, handcrafted, and carefully selected paper, seeking ever new possibilities for artistic expression.
Simona Kačerauskaitė
The author works with traditional and digital graphics and creates illustrations.
Culture journal “Nemunas”
“Nemunas” is a culture and art magazine published in Kaunas since 1967.
Kaunas City Museum
Kaunas City Museum is a space where the history and culture of the city are presented in a modern way, events are held, educational and community activities are organized, a café operates, unique souvenirs and publications can be purchased, and quality time can be spent.
Deimilė Janonytė
A beginner illustrator and graphic designer. She adapts her illustrations to various forms – stickers, postcards, prints, etc. The author also sometimes takes photographs and turns them into postcards.
Mindaugas Kavaliauskas
Photographer and curator, who has been organizing the Kaunas Photo festival for almost two decades. He has been interested in aviation since childhood, and since the beginning of this century, he has been photographing people and airplanes. His photo series travel’AIR was published in 2013, and in 2025, the publishers “Šviesos raštas” and “Diaphane éditions” released the second book in the travel’AIR project, “A-Spot: A Journey into the World of Airplane Spotting”. This is Mindaugas Kavaliauskas’ fifth monographic album, notable not only for its unique structure – it consists of two blocks that can be turned at the same time – but also for its special editions: experiential (with scents) and limited-edition archival author's prints.
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Gabrielė Arlauskaitė
Chief Executive Director
kaunasartbookfair@gmail.com
Jonas Vaikšnoras
Graphic designer
Donatas Stankevičius
Architect of the Fair
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