National Centre for Contemporary Arts
State gallery of Belarusian contemporary art on Nekrasova Street, holding some 5,000 works.
The institution began as the Museum of Modern Fine Arts, which opened to the public in 1997 to collect and show Belarusian art from the second half of the twentieth century. It was reorganised in the 2010s as the National Centre for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus, and took on a wider remit covering experimental work in visual art, design, theatre, music and digital media as well as the curating of national participation in international exhibitions.
The collection numbers roughly five thousand works of painting, graphic art, sculpture, textiles, photography and installation, built up largely through purchases from exhibitions and gifts from artists. The Nekrasova Street building holds the main galleries, used for a rotating programme of temporary shows by Belarusian and visiting artists rather than a fixed permanent display, together with studios and rooms for talks and workshops. The centre also runs a separate exhibition hall in the city.
Highlights
- Collection of about 5,000 works of Belarusian art since the 1950s
- Rotating programme of temporary exhibitions rather than a fixed display
- Painting, graphic art, sculpture, textiles, photography and installation
- Talks, workshops and screenings alongside the gallery programme
