This is a list of art galleries, paint studios, cultural centers and other institutions operating in Albania. [1]
Vangjush Mio was an Albanian impressionist painter. He was the brother of the Albanian film director and actor Sokrat Mio.
Albanian art refers to all artistic expressions and artworks in Albania or produced by Albanians. The country's art is either work of arts produced by its people and influenced by its culture and traditions. It has preserved its original elements and traditions despite its long and eventful history around the time when Albania was populated to Illyrians and Ancient Greeks and subsequently conquered by Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans.
Anri Sala is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video.
Vladimir Dubossarsky is a Russian painter working in pop art genre.
Zef Pashko Shoshi is an Albanian painter, painting in socialist realism. Shoshi is considered a national art treasure in Albania.
Farhad Sadeghi Amini, born in Isfahan, Iran, 1963 is an Iranian painter.
The National Museum of Fine Arts is a national art museum in Tirana, Albania, under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation. It features the work of well-known Albanian artists such as Kole Idromeno and Sadik Kaceli.
Helidon Gjergji is a contemporary artist who works in various media.
David Selenica, also commonly known as Selenicasi, was an Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine period in the seventeenth century. Alongside Onufri and Kostandin Shpataraku, he is regarded as one of the most prominent figures of medieval Albanian art.
Spiro Xega was an Albanian painter. He is associated with the Albanian National Awakening and its ideals. He worked for the movement during the Albanian Declaration of Independence and continued after that event. He was always proud to be Albanian and so was inspired for a long time in his extensive patriotic and artistic activity. During all his life he fought for the independence of Albania.
Agim Sulaj is an Albanian painter, living in Rimini, Italy since 1990 and having Italian citizenship.
George Pali is an American Albanian contemporary visual artist. George Pali is a painter born in Shkodra Albania. From 1976 - 1980 attended the ILA Instituti i Larte i Arteve Academy of Arts in Tirana, 1991 he graduated from Michigan State University, Studio Arts (MFA). He works and lives in Stamford CT in the United States as a free artist. Specialized in painting, collages and mosaics, after many exhibitions New York City, San Francisco, Miami, Bernardsville NJ, Cane, Nice, Florence, Tokyo art galleries and art events, in October 2013 he exhibited his works at the National Art Gallery of Albania, in an exhibition named "The Journey", and May 2015 "The Journey Continues" at the FAB Art Gallery.
Vasiliev Nini is an Albanian-born American sculptor who lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Adela Demetja is an Albanian art curator. Since 2007, she has initiated and organised culture projects aimed at fostering regional collaboration in the art and culture sector in South East Europe. Through exhibitions, culture events and articles she promotes artists and art from the SEE region in Europe and the United States.
The National Gallery of Kosovo, formerly known as the Kosova National Art Gallery, is an art gallery situated at the University of Pristina Campus that focuses on 20th-century art.
Ilir Butka, born 1965 is a painter, film director and producer. He graduated the Albanian Academy of Arts in Tirana, Albania. Currently he is serving as Chairman of the Albanian National Centre of Cinematography, the official institution representing the Albanian cinema.
The Culture of Tirana concerns the arts, music, museums, festivals and other entertainment in the capital city of Albania. Tirana is one of the country's leading business and cultural centers including entertainment, music, media, fashion, and the arts all contribute to its status as Albania's largest city.
Albanian heraldry is the use of heraldic symbols in Albania. The earliest form of Albanian heraldry is from the late 12th century, with the creation of the first Albanian medieval state, the Principality of Arbanon in 1190. During the 13th to the 15th century, a great number of medieval Albanian noble families had at their coat of arms the symbol of eagle like the Kastrioti, Muzaka, Arianiti, Dukagjini, but the most prominent being the Kastrioti's coat of arms, having a black double headed eagle, which became a national symbol of the Albanians during Skanderbeg's reign in the 15th century, as well as the official national flag of Albania from 1912.
Armando Lulaj is an artist, playwright, filmmaker, and film producer, living and working in Tirana, Albania. His work “constantly negotiates the borders between economical power, fictional democracy and social disparity in a global context.” Lulaj is the founder of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art. Lulaj has been called “one of the most prominent Albanian artists of his generation.” Since 2022, Lulaj is a member of the art collective Manifesto.