THE ART OF LIVING – WORKING – LEISURE IN A MARITIME HERITAGE
When restoring and adapting a historical building to a new purpose, the cultural legacy is respected, and its identity is reflected in every detail implemented from the very beginning. „MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“ stands out with its subtle design solutions, quality of materials and workmanship, and modern interior, positioning itself as one of the best boutique hotels in Klaipėda and Lithuania. We know that you value time, striving for perfection every day. For business partners and guests of Klaipėda, book a stay in advance in our hotel, located in restored 18th–19th-century warehouse buildings. We provide two unique spaces for work – the MEMEL hall and the VENICE hall. For relaxation after work, we invite you to SPA BRÌCOŁA and MOSSO restaurant. Both buildings are connected by a glass passage, so you can move between the hall, your room, the restaurant and the spa without going outside.
REMIGIJUS KRIUKAS
FUNCTIONAL GLASS ART
“Seeing, observing and listening to the surroundings of everyday life – its forms, sounds and the surfaces of objects – is what inspires me most. Every day I see a world around me made of glass. Small details of things create aesthetic visions in my imagination, which then turn into glass forms. Some visions are very vivid and strong, and they come very quickly. Others are built step by step, until they finally take shape in a transparent, shining material. Later, the form being created comes face to face with me and with time. One work of art can be created in an instant, while other ideas need time – the right period of waiting until it is born.”
More information: remigijuskriukas.com
AKVILLE MIKA
A LOVE FOR POSTER ART
Akvilė Mikalauskaitė-Kalugina is a graphic designer, art director and brand consultant with many years of experience in the creative field. Symmetry and balance are always components of a work that please the eye. No matter how much time passes, style will find its uniqueness in creating the future, when, looking back at the past, imagination is allowed to run free… Enjoy the warmth of Akvilė’s posters and her growing love for Klaipėda and Smiltynė by stopping by for a cosy moment with us at „MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“.
More information: akville.com
ANTANAS SUTKUS
J.-P. SARTRE IN LITHUANIA. NIDA. 1965
In his early period, Antanas Sutkus created the photo series that probably brought him the greatest fame abroad: “Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir in Lithuania”. In 1965, during the famous French couple’s five-day visit to Lithuania, Sutkus accompanied them together with the writers Eduardas Mieželaitis and Mykolas Sluckis, and created an expressive image of the philosopher that has become memorable and recognisable in many countries around the world.
In June 2018, a bronze sculpture of Sartre, “Against the Wind” (by Klaudijus Pūdymas), based on this photograph by A. Sutkus, was unveiled on the Parnidis Dune in Nida.
More information: antanassutkus.com
AGNĖ KIŠONAITĖ
REPRODUCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ACRYLIC PAINTINGS
The first exhibition in Klaipėda of reproductions of contemporary acrylic paintings, held at „MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“, presented the works that best represent the artist Agnė Kišonaitė. They are united by an idea she has nurtured since the very beginning of her career: art for the home should evoke only good emotions, inspire new ideas or bring back pleasant memories. The artist, well known as AgneArt, is always in a creative flow that spans painting, carpet design and art installations.
Photography by Tomas Raižys.
More information: agneart.com
RIVA 1920
NOBODY LOVES LIKE THEY DO
“To produce honestly, aiming to pass on to future generations solid-wood furniture able to challenge time, with full respect for the environment.” This is the thought that motivates every daily action of Riva 1920.
In 2016, the furniture for the hotel lobby was made in Cantù, Italy, from brìcoła wood given a second life. Brìcoła (Venetian) is a symbol of Venice: structures of two or three wooden poles that mark the waterways of Venice. Later, in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda, this name was chosen for SPA BRÌCOŁA because of its connection with the 18th–19th-century port warehouses – Venetian-type buildings brought back to life.
More information: riva1920.it
ALIUS BERDENKOVAS
A PENSIVE TRANSFORMATION
Architect, sculptor and painter Alius Berdenkovas does not call himself an artist. He does not care for the contemporary approach to art, in which the idea has become more important than form. Creating striking interior sculptures and bas-reliefs, he does not follow any fashion of the art world; he does only what he himself likes and, as he says, to make life more interesting. “I am a process that knows neither its beginning nor its end…”, he says, as if confirming his refined inclination and remarkable ability to interpret the possibilities of the body’s flexibility, even its deformations, deconstructing them in carved wood or hewn stone. Alius Berdenkovas distrusts anything that claims to be absolute truth. His exhibition at „MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“, with works that metaphorically convey the struggle between the subconscious and the conscious, presented both well-known and new pieces.
More information: artnews.lt
VENINI
THE MAGIC OF GLASS
„MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“ is adorned with unique handmade lamps by VENINI masters, and we are delighted to have a selected collection of their handmade vases inspired by artists such as Tapio Wirkkala. It is an opportunity for lovers of glass to admire them here, in Klaipėda. VENINI craftsmanship – beyond trends, timeless and inimitable – moves between the techniques and skills traditionally cherished by the glassmakers of the island of Murano and the bold creative visions and endless chromatic reflections of contemporary art from all over the world, and inspires balance. In their furnace, in their workshops, nothing is ever left to chance. Since 1921, this has been the place, the stage, where the glory of glass art shines day and night in all its splendour.
More information: venini.com
EDITA SUCHOCKYTĖ
AN INNATE SENSE OF FREEDOM
Balancing between technical mastery and nonchalant lightness, the artist creates etchings and monotypes, paints, draws and illustrates books. Capturing moments, personalities, movements and symbols that convey her own romanticised understanding of the world, she reveals the meaning of eternal values. As she says herself, she creates intuitively. “It is a kind of luxury to carry thoughts of future works around with you. I like the idea of the imperfect human being. Mistakes have so much life in them. Like a person who makes mistakes. It is important to understand and accept your shortcomings. They give character sensitivity. An imperfect person can charm with their individuality. And I look at simplicity from the other side – I am interested in experimenting with line, discovering its new relationships with space.”
Works by Edita Suchockytė, which seek to open up another reality intertwined in the imagination, adorn some of the rooms at „MICHAELSON boutique HOTEL“.
