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Art exhibition to explore 'otherness'
Art exhibition to explore 'otherness'
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) will open an exhibition and public program titled 'All’s Good
Between Us' on February 14.
Contemporary art center could get a new home
Contemporary art center could get a new home
The "KIM?" contemporary art center could soon have a permanent home in Rīga at Hanzas iela 22, after the Latvian Saeima expressed its willingness February 1 to hand over suitable premises free of charge
Riga Bourse represented in Director's Choice art book series
Riga Bourse represented in Director's Choice art book series
The Riga Stock Exchange art museum "Riga Bourse" has the honor to represent Latvia and the Baltic for the first time in the circles of art institutions in the book series “Director's Choice” of the highly acclaimed London publishing house “Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers”. Latvian Television reports.
Augmented reality shows Liepāja's war history
Augmented reality shows Liepāja's war history
What the planes made in Liepāja's Karosta (Naval Port) and the weapons placed in Fort Liepāja looked like can now be seen in an augmented reality program – the mobile app and website “ART+”, TV Kurzeme reported January 3.
The art of Christmas on display at Latvian Art Academy
The art of Christmas on display at Latvian Art Academy
The annual Art Academy of Latvia student art exhibition, showcasing more than 5,000 works, has opened its doors to visitors and comes with the added incentive that if you see something you like, there is a very good chance you can buy it on the spot.
Winter season imminent at Rothko Museum in Daugavpils
Winter season imminent at Rothko Museum in Daugavpils
Friday, December will see the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils open its Winter Exhibition Season. The opening ceremony at 16:00 will be followed by a public exhibition tour with the featured artists.
Peace mural unveiled on Rīga Ukrainian High School
Peace mural unveiled on Rīga Ukrainian High School
Two women harvesting and a dove – a mural, titled "Daughters of the Sun" has appeared on the facade of the Rīga Ukrainian High School on November 22. The women represent Latvia and Ukraine. 
Baltic Assembly prizewinners announced
Baltic Assembly prizewinners announced
The Baltic Assembly Prize in the Arts has been awarded to Estonian artist Peeter Laurits for his outstanding and diverse artistic work and the project ‘Biotopia’, according to a release from the Estonian parliament October 6.
New attractions and new name at 'Mark Rothko Museum' in Daugavpils
New attractions and new name at 'Mark Rothko Museum' in Daugavpils
At 4 p.m. on Friday, September 29, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (soon to be renamed the 'Rothko Museum'), will unveil No. 2 [Untitled] – a new exhibition of selected artworks from its collection displayed in the gallery space leading up to Mark Rothko’s originals.
Venice Biennale exhibit comes to Rīga
Venice Biennale exhibit comes to Rīga
From September 23 to November 19, the exhibition “We Walked the Earth” – the spectacular Danish pavilion of the Venice Biennale, remade in Rīga – will be displayed in the new exhibition hall “New Hanza Biroji” of the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition organizers said.
Acclaimed ceramicist has solo exhibition in Rīga
Acclaimed ceramicist has solo exhibition in Rīga
From August 18, the "Rīga Art Space" (Rīgas Mākslas telpa) gallery will host a solo exhibition named "Terra" by artist Sanita Ābelīte, which will open the program of the 4th Latvian Ceramics Biennale, representatives of the exhibition hall have announced.
Huge 'puzurs' on display in Sigulda
Huge 'puzurs' on display in Sigulda
Around 100,000 straws have been incorporated in a giant 'puzurs' made by Ārija Bērze, which will decorate the great stage of the cultural center Siguldas Devons in August.
Smiltene to host contemporary art summer school
Smiltene to host contemporary art summer school
This year’s Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) annual summer school is entitled “Care of Earth, Care of People” and will focus on issues that address the changes needed in different systems to promote inclusion and sustainability in the broadest sense.
Survey: under 40% of Latvian population have creative hobbies
Survey: under 40% of Latvian population have creative hobbies
In 2022, 38.5% of Latvian residents aged 16 and over engaged in creative activities – music, dancing, singing, drama, photography, film, writing, or painting – in their spare time, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau on June 29.
Exhibition outrages pro-Kremlin activists in Latvia
Exhibition outrages pro-Kremlin activists in Latvia
In recent days, social media has seen outrage by various pro-Kremlin activists about a Ukrainian sculptor's exhibition at the Latvian National Library (LNB), Latvian Television reported on June 12.
Eminent art historian to give guided tour at Rothko Centre
Eminent art historian to give guided tour at Rothko Centre
At 4 p.m. on Friday, 9 June, at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, the British art historian, critic and abstract expressionism researcher David Anfam will give a guided tour of the exhibition “Stefan Gierowski: From Here to Eternity”.
Street art fest in Rīga on Sunday
Street art fest in Rīga on Sunday
On May 28, at a former rubber-products factory 'Provodnik' in the Sarkandaugava district of Rīga, a festival of street art 'ROW' ('Riga open wall') will take place with 18 artists participating and everyone welcome, Latvian Radio reported on Friday.

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