On Friday 10 November 2023, the Young Painter’s Prize art competition (YPP) has marked its fifteenth anniversary and held the award ceremony which was followed by the opening of the YPP finalists’ group show in the Museum of Applied Art and Design. This year, the main prize went to the Lithuanian artist Agata Orlovska. In his address to the participants of the competition, the YPP jury member Mr. Laurent Le Bon – art historian, the President of the Centre Pompidou, Paris – has highlighted that YPP is particularly significant today because it not only demonstrates the abundance of talent in the young contemporary art scene all across the Baltic states and Ukraine, but also provides the young artists with the encouragement and material support which are crucial when pursuing an international career. Read more
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