The new collection display is divided into thematic chapters "Explosion", "Modernization Projects", "Crisis and Rebellion", "Transformation" and "The Contemporary: Criticism and Imagination" which present Lithuanian art of the 2nd half of the 20th c. and the 21st c. in the context of epoch-making local and international political, social and cultural developments.
Works by more than 150 Lithuanian and exile artists of various generations (their paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, textiles, objects, installations, films, etc.) are on show, some rarely exhibited items, unfamiliar to the viewers among them.