The Institute of Art Research of Vilnius Academy of Arts was founded in 1994.

The Institute is comprised of Departments of Art History Research, Cultural Heritage Research, Architecture and Design Research, and Contemporary Art Research, with seventeen researchers working in them.

The Institute is located next to the Tamošaičiai Museum, Dominikonų str. 15, Vilnius, together with VAA publishing house, with which it closely collaborates and coordinates the publishing of the periodic peer-reviewed publication Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis.

Main activities of the Institute include: academic research; initiating, coordinating and managing research projects; participating in Lithuanian and international research programmes; distributing and promoting research; organizing national and international academic conferences; participating in VAA study process.

INSTITUTE OF ART RESEARCH
RESEARCH AREAS


Approved by the Institute’s Board on 23 November 2022

Manifestations of contemporary and historical experiences in art: history, theory and artistic research.
1. Contemporary art, architecture, and design in the global cultural context.
2. Artistic research.
3. Historiography of art history and theory.
4. Research and publishing of primary sources.

The art world and cultural politics.
1. Art patronage, collecting, market.
2. Art institutions and curatorship.
3. Art, architecture, and design in local and international contexts: migrating ideas and practices.
4. Artists and their role in society.

Artistic and architectural heritage: concepts and historical milieus
1. Pre-historical art in the Baltic region.
2. Research of Lithuanian art and architecture.
3. Material heritage and its social contexts.
4. History of urban and manor culture.