The Pranas Gudinas Center for Restoration of Museum Valuables of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art will help restore 100 paintings by Maria Primachenko, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy said.
“The center is the main training base for restorers of movable art treasures in Lithuania, particularly paintings and tapestries. Master classes, seminars and lectures related to the preservation and care of museum collections are held here,” the press service of the Ministry of Culture said in a statement following a visit to the Center by acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostislav Karandeev.
The Center’s restorers have already examined and restored more than 50 paintings and 1,000 graphic works from Ukrainian museums, and another 600 works and at least two Ukrainian interns are expected in the near future.
“In addition, in the near future in this center will be restored 100 paintings by Maria Primachenko from the state part of the Museum Fund of Ukraine from the funds of the communal institution ‘Zaporizhzhya Regional Art Museum’ of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Council”, – stated in the message.
As of today, paintings from the Ukrainian Khanenko Museum are being restored, and Lithuanians are also restoring a Ukrainian carpet from Mariupol.
