Long-standing director of Ciurlionis museum dies

Osvaldas Daugelis, the long-standing director of Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis National Museum of Art in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas, passed away on Sunday after a long illness at the age of 64.

The death was announced by the museum on its social media accounts.

A Lithuanian art historian and museum specialist, Daugelis led the museum from 1992 until 2019. He received stated awards from Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands.