Latvian artists spearheaded by composer Anna Ķirse are going to Finland on an exchange of tree-hugging mores for which the two countries are known.
"The rules of the game have changed. Now, in my view, you can earn money with art, since it has become, as it were, the religion of the modern world,” says Felicita Gāga, a recent graduate of the Jānis Rozentāls Art High School (JRRMV), reported LSM's Latvian service on July 3.
On 12 July, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will open a new exhibition of original works by world-renowned artist Mark Rothko, who was born nearby.
On Tuesday, May 28 at 17:00, the Finnish photographer Jari Silomaki's exhibition "We Are The Revolution, after Joseph Beuys" will open at the Žanis Lipke memorial (a museum dedicated to the Žanis Lipke, the man who rescued Jews during World War II). The event is part of the "Riga Photomonth 2019".
For one night only, on 18 May, at 7 p.m. through midnight, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will offer a photo exhibition titled “Solaris” by popular Lithuanian media artist Remigijus Venckus.
Estonia's famous KUMU art museum in Tallinn is hosting a new exhibition focusing on the trailblazing Latvian artist Gustavs Klucis.
On Friday 26 April, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will celebrate the sixth anniversary of its opening with a lecture, a film screening, a discussion and the opening of the new exhibition season which will feature the exhibition “Artist and Witness” by American artist Boris Lurie, the founder of the No!Art movement.
The "IAmIntrovert" campaign of Latvian Literature was named the best piece of Latvian design for the year 2019 at the annual Latvian Design Awards on April 4.
Throughout April the northern Latvian city of Valmiera will be indulging in all maner of artistic endeavors.
At 4 p.m. on 12 April, a solo exhibition titled "I see nature like color" by award-winning British artist Gillian Ayres (1930-2018) will be open at the Mark Rothko Art Center in Daugavpils, according to organizers.
Friday, March 22, 2019 at 18.00 will see the opening of the exhibition dedicated to Latvia's premier art award of the year, the Purvītis Prize 2019.
At 4 p.m. on Friday 1 February, the first exhibition season of 2019 will be opened at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center.
On the verge of Latvian centenary celebrations, at 4 p.m. on Friday 16 November at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, eight new artistic projects will mark the opening of the new exhibition season.
A new exhibition in Liepāja focuses on the radical and challenging poster art that Latvian artists produced in the 1970s and 1980s.
From 6 to 16 November, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will once again host an international textile and fiber art symposium.
Friday 21 September will be a special day at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, as it will celebrate the 115th anniversary of the birth in the city of world-renowned artist Mark Rothko.
On Monday, September 3, the 2nd London Design Biennale Award ceremony took place, with the Latvian entry among the winners.
On 2-6 July, to underline the importance of ceramic art in the Baltic region, the 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale will offer a range of events in Rīga, Sigulda, Ogre, Daugavpils, Rēzekne and Lūznava, for the first time ever extending into Lithuania via the town of Panevėžys.
At 10 p.m. through 2 a.m. on Friday 8 June, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will organize its fourth Art Night, this time with the motto “Woman in Art”, the center announced May 29.
The preparations are complete for the official inauguration of the Latvian Pavilion “Together and Apart” at the Venice Biennale Architettura 2018, organizers said May 24. The opening will take place on Friday, May 25 at 12:30, at the Arsenale Artiglierie.
April 24 marks five years since the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center in Latvia opened its doors to the public as one of the most ambitious 21st-century cultural projects in Eastern Europe.
The world famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris has released a brief film previewing a much-anticipated exhibition showcasing the Symbolist influence in Baltic art a century ago.
Celebrating the centenary of the Latvian state next year, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, in cooperation with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, has announced that applications are open to the International Juried Ceramics Exhibition Martinsons Award, which will feature on the program of the II Latvia International Ceramics Biennale.
An art show in London next year will feature a large steamy window courtesy of Latvia.
The annual ''Staro Rīga'' (Riga Shines) illumination festival will celebrate its tenth birthday on November 18 as Latvia celebrates its own 99th birthday.
A Latvian interior designer has won an industry award in the United States.
The Baltic Assembly, an organization consisting of parliamentarians from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, announced October 3 it had awarded its annual prize for a notable contribution in the artistic world to Laima Slava, a prominent Latvian art historian.
September 7 sees the start of the annual 'Survival Kit' arts festival run by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Russian billionaire Petr Aven is considering Riga as the city to host his private art museum, the influential businessman told the Financial Times.
July 7 ses the launch of the summer season of exhibitions and events at the Mark Rothko art center in Daugavpils.