On May 21, the photography exhibition “CONNECTIONS: Architectural Modernity between Italy and Lithuania”, by Marina Macrì and Edoardo Prando, opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius.
The exhibition, curated by Vilnius University Professor Marija Drėmaitė, reveals the connections between Lithuanian and Italian modernism in the interwar period – architectural dialogues through which a contemporary national identity was formed, albeit rooted in historical tradition.
During the interwar period (1918-1940), Italy and Lithuania experienced a phase of intense flourishing of modern architecture – a time when economic development intertwined with the search for new national identities.
The event was opened with a live video greeting from the President of the Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on Culture, Science, and Education, Federico Mollicone. He emphasized that “the exhibition not only strengthens bilateral cooperation between Italy and Lithuania, but also reaffirms the intrinsically international nature of rationalist architecture: a language of contemporaneity, a founding pillar of Europe’s cultural identity, and a meeting point between the Italian and Lithuanian urban planning and architectural traditions.”
Ambassador Emanuele de Maigret emphasized that the exhibition is one of the key initiatives of the Italy-Lithuania Cultural Program 2025-2026 and is also part of the project “Italian Creativity in the World”, which promotes the creativity of Italian talent abroad, of which photographers Marina Macrì and Edoardo Prando are two shining examples.
