Art
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.
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.
In Rīga, Āgenskalns Market 'Youth Station', the personal exhibition of the Finnish artist Juho Poesiloe Pöysti has been unveiled. It displays 3D photographs taken in Rīga and Helsinki, Latvian Radio reported August 7.
A new exhibition opens this week at the Latvian Artists' Union (LMS) gallery in Rīga. Sabīne Vernere's exhibition “Aklā zona” (Blind zone) will be unveiled on August 10 at 19:00.
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.
Latvia-based Ukrainian artist Daria Kalashnikova has issued a call for stories about 'freedom' as part of her latest project, titled 'The Salt of Freedom'.
An exhibition in Rīga, Latvia opens this week featuring works by the renowned American film director, David Lynch.
A new exhibition of paintings with a nautical theme will be on display at a popular Rīga shopping mall thru July.
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.
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) has announced an Open Call for applications for its annual LCCA Summer School.
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.
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”.
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.
On Friday, 2 June, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open its summer exhibition season, featuring a legendary Latvian art group and other impressive exhibitions from Britain, Poland and Ukraine.
On Tuesday, acclaimed Latvian photographer Uldis Briedis (1940–2023) passed away aged 83, Briedis' wife told Latvian Radio.
From May 8, the Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2023 (RPB – NEXT 2023) group exhibition “Time Found” will be on show at the “Pilot” Experimental Art Space of the Art Academy of Latvia.
On May 1, Rīga Photography Month will begin with the project “Latvia by Artificial Intelligence”. All artists this year will be AI image generators, the festival's organizers said.
Rīga Photography Biennial has announced that its program RPB – NEXT 2023 will take place from April 27 to July 23.
The decision on whether to build a contemporary art museum in Latvia must be made quickly as the permit for its construction expires this year, the Latvian Contemporary Art Museum Foundation said in a media statement on April 11.
Friday, March 3 brings the openign of the new spring season's exhibitions at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.
Any Russian diplomats (or spies) who have got tired of the view of a death's head Putin from their embassy windows will no doubt be delighted that they now have a new sight to while away the hours between justifications of genocide and the spreading of gonzo propaganda.
Shoppers will be able to get a bit of culture as they peruse the wares at a Rīga shopping mall with the opening of a new art exhibition.
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, in cooperation with the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, has announced an open call for the MARTINSONS AWARD 2023 International Ceramics Competition under the 4th Latvia Ceramics Biennale 2023.
On Friday February 3 at 18:00, Ukrainian artist Daria Kalashnikova will stage a live performance of her piece "How long can this all last?" at the Latvian National Museum of Art.
Controversy has risen its ugly head at the Mark Rothko Art Center in Daugavpils over a sculpture depicting a set of male genitalia in combination with a Christian-style cross, reports Latvian Radio.
Cultural organisation 'Wunder Kombinat' has released a collection of what it calls "non-academic research articles" titled WunderKombināts I. Latvian Art Yearbook 2022 which deals with current processes in contemporary art and culture.
On Monday, November 21, the third of a total of five graffiti drawings dedicated to one of the major investment goals of the European Union (EU) funds for 2021-2027 was completed in Jelgava, the Ministry of Finance announced.
In Rīga, Sarkandaugava, a wall open for everyone has been unveiled so artists or curious beginners can decorate it with street art, Latvian Television reported on November 3.
October 28 brings the launch of five new exhibitions at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre which will run for the winter season.
There are countless examples of the courage and resilience of Ukrainians at the moment – and also of their creativity, even in difficult circumstances.
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