第10届波罗的海三年展的前言中有这样一段介绍“这个展览起源于1979年的立陶宛年轻艺术家波罗的海三年展,当时的国家仍然处于前苏联的统治之下。矛盾的是,双年展和三年展在立陶宛早已有之,而前苏联时期的这类展览远比世界其他地区为多(虽然,它们具备不一样的本土功能),这些展览包括年轻艺术双年展、海报三年展、陶瓷双年展、手工艺双年展, The preface to the 10th Baltic Triennial contains an introduction ”This exhibition originated in the Baltic trilogy of Lithuanian young artists in 1979, when the country was still under the rule of the former Soviet Union. Paradoxically, the Biennale And the Triennale has long existed in Lithuania, whereas the pre-Soviet era shows far more of such exhibits than the rest of the world (though they have different indigenous features), including the Young Art Biennale, Poster Triennial , Ceramic Biennale, Handicrafts Biennale,