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Winner of Young Painter Prize of NBYAA: self-doubt is a way for self-growth

The Young Painter Prize of Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award was handed out to Laura Veļa, who graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia last year. Her artwork Time.Identity, which comprised 144 paintings as objects combined in a multimedia installation, is showing the uncertainty and abstraction of time and…

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Art Week moves from Tallinn to Pärnu and brings the artists along

This year, the traditional Art Week, revived by the Nordic Baltic Art Centre NOBA, will move from Tallinn to Pärnu. From 17-25 July 2021, a spectacular open-air festival entitled ‘Thread of Life – The Absurdity of Time’ will be held in the summer capital. It will start with an official…

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Kristine Krauze-Slucka: when creating Orgatopia, I aimed to use the most environmentally friendly materials

Latvian artist Kristine Krauze-Slucka was awarded the Grand Prix of Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2020. The outstanding artwork Orgatopia consists of a video projection and six installations of biomorphic, kinetic hyperobjects, combining modified plants with other inorganic materials and electronic solutions.

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“Project for an Overcoat” by a London based artist Paloma Proudfoot

Project space “Editorial” from Vilnius is presenting a solo show “Project for an Overcoat” by a London based artist Paloma Proudfoot. It is the first larger presentation of the artist in the Baltic region.

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Winners of Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2020 announced

Unique regional art competition Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2020 announced the winners this week. From a pool of almost 300 artworks, the Grand Prix was awarded to Latvian artist Kristine Krauze-Slucka. The competition also recognised the best Young Painter and presented the traditional Public Choice award.

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2020: Umbluu, the first-ever Tallinn Biennial and bold young art

No one in the cultural sphere was left untouched during the first stormy months of 2020. For some, the sudden downtime opened up as an opportunity for mellow creative work; for others, institutions’ closed doors brought more insecurity and worry. Compared to spring, the autumn has been much better for…

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Vote for your favourite young artist at Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award!

Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA), organised already 5th year in a row, gathers almost 300 artworks by 77 young talents from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Until 20 December, all of them compete for the Public Choice Award on the website nbyaa.eu, where everyone can vote for their…

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Doomsday Cathedral by Estonian street artist Edward von Lõngus now online as a virtual tour

The leading exhibition of the first-ever Tallinn Biennial - Doomsday Cathedral by Estonian street artist Edward von Lõngus – is now available online as a VR-ready virtual tour at NOAR.eu.

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Maarit Murka’s hyperrealism at Meno Niša Gallery

Lithuanian based gallery Meno Niša invites everyone to “Realistic target situation”, a solo exhibition of one of the most prominent Estonian artists Maarit Murka. Famous for her photorealistic paintings, the artist will once again blur the boundaries between reality and its representation in the exhibition where visitors will be met…

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Augmented reality at ArtVilnius’20

Five years ago when Banksy opened his Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare, UK, visitors were obligated to wear a mask there – to be part of the symbolism of graffiti culture and its criminal tinge as well as to play a role in Banksy’s another tricky art project. I remember I was…

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Call for applications: Neringa Forest Architecture residency and research programme Nida Art Colony

Nida Art Colony (NAC) is seeking applications from researchers, designers and artists from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, the Åland Islands and Greenland for a new research/residency programme focused on the features of both the human-made and natural…

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Attend the events of Riga Photopgraphy Biennial 2020 in September

Riga Photography Biennial, an international contemporary art event, focusing on the analysis of visual culture and artistic representation, invites to attend discussions, lectures, workshops and films screenings in September.

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Rainy days at Tallinn Biennial – water to a merman’s mill

Last year, after winning the Nordic Baltic Young Artist Award, Rag Elnyg, a graduate of The University of the Arts Helsinki talked about his feelings – how the prize came at a perfect moment because just before that his exhibition applications were turned down again and again and he also…

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The latest exhibition in Fotografiska Tallinn pushes the boundaries of reality and fiction

Up to the end of November, Fotografika Tallinn hosts an exhibition Welcome Home by the American photographer and film director Alex Prager. The exhibition plays on nostalgia, memories and reconstruction of reality, telling viewers unrepeatable stories to the extent that the melodramatic scenes make the photographs seemingly alive.

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13 questions: Liis Koger, the creator of meditative worlds

Liis Koger, a poetess and artist living in Tartu is known for her abstract paintings. Her artwork has attended several international exhibitions, auctions and charity events, and next time her paintings will be shown in Italy. What are the daily routines and sources of inspiration for the talented artist?

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