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Vilnius: Vartai gallery – the hub of art and culture

Vartai is the oldest private gallery in Lithuania, founded in 1991, just a year after Lithuania regained independence. The gallery has played a vital role in the country’s cultural life ever since. Toma Monginė, director of Vartai shares her thoughts about the gallery, Lithuanian art scene and suggests her favourite …

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Vilnius: Mo Museum

Andra Orn, Curator of NOARVilnius is a city of mixture, where different architecture styles play nicely together with city's green areas - all this in walking distances, makes Vilnius a city to love. Visiting Vilnius in the beginning of April was just a right, because of all the interesting contemporary …

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MUSIC AND ART: VILEN KÜNNAPU

Vilen Künnapu (born 1948) is an legendary architect and architecture critic, who discovered painting recently. He has held a firm position among the most important Estonian architects throughout the last three decades, being among the country´s first postmodernist theoreticians and architects in the 1970s. In terms of painting, Vilen Künnapu …

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What is art for me? Answered by HAM director Maija Tanninen-Mattila

Maija Tanninen-Mattila is the director of the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM). Her previous leadership practices took place at the Ateneum Art Museum and Kunsthalle Helsinki, among other institutions. Here she is speaking about her experience as an art consumer, describing how does she understand art, as well as giving some …

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Anonymous street artist Edward von Lõngus wins Foreign Ministry Culture Award

Foreign Minister of Republic of Estonia Sven Mikser presented the 2018 Culture Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to street artist Edward von Lõngus for his digital street art project ‘(R)estart Reality’. Handing over the award, Minister Mikser emphasised the important role that cultural diplomacy plays in representing Estonia. …

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Comedy corner: How I will become a successful artist after graduation.*

1. If you don’t know how to become a successful artist. Ask GoogleThere used to be a time when the answer to every stupid question was RFP.Now the answer to every stupid question is AFGAnd this does not mean Ask Fucikg Grigor, but Ask Fucking GoogleBut since you are already …

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The destiny of a young artist is decided by curators and other art workers, pure luck and random.

Latvian painter Elina Vitola, who graduated Art Academy of Latvia just last spring, was awarded with the main prize of Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA) a few weeks back. The winning piece of art was a 20 m long and included a sofa. What was Elina’s trigger in …

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Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2018 goes to Latvian painter

Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA) main prize in 2018 was assigned to a young Latvian painter Elina Vitola. Winner of the competition Elina Vitola, currently preparing a show in Careva Contemporary Gallery, graduated Art Academy of Latvia just last spring. “Winning this award is certainly a surprise, all I …

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Why do we support young artist?

Art and business world are not always considered as most tacit partners. Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award on the other hand joins emerging artist, art academies and business leaders together aiming to support young talents at the first steps of their careers’. Why should one support young artists and …

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Estonian young artists play with digital mediums, Latvia and Finland feature more painting

95 young artists from Lithuania to Finland are participating this year’s Nordic & Baltic Young Artists Award (NBYAA) competition. What are the trends amongst young talents, who are the up and coming arstist to keep an eye on, and are there any differences in art work from – jury member …

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Vote for your favorite young talent at Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award

In October close to 100 young talents are competing in Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA) aiming to identify the brightest emerging talents in the Baltic and Nordic region. The winner of the award is selected by international jury. Besides the jury, art lovers are invited to vote for …

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NBYAA’18 award ceremony Breaking the Walls

Text by Gytis DovydaitisWe are facing a revolution. Manuel Castells in his "The Rise of Network Society" showed us that there's no point to be humble here: everything is connected, information is liberated, both financial and human capital flows freely, national borders are becoming anachronistic, cheap technology democratizes artistic practices …

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Announcing the Winners of MyEstonia? Competition

We are very happy to announce the winners of the MyEstonia? competition:I place award, 1000 € - Lena Schwingshandl, Martyna Kosiarz and Alexandra Mitterhuber (Austria/Poland) “Windows Exhibitions”II place award, 500 € - Sandra Strele (Latvia) “Melancholic progress”III place award, 200 € - Natálie Rajnišova (Czech Republic) “Eesti saared”/”Estonian Islands”Winner of the Public Choice Award, 300 € - Valentyn Odnoviun (Ukraine/Lithuania) “Prison Cell …

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Future Talent 2018 winners announced

Third Future Talent 2018 competition has come to an end. Competition gives the chance for the audience to see the works of young artists and give their opinion.Online voting gained 853 voters which decided this year's winners. First place winner is Annabel Janke with her work "Fall of the Apple".Second …

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Symbolism of Baltic Art in Paris

An important exhibition for Baltic states "Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Baltic States" will open in the Musee d'Orsay in exactly one month from today. The opening of the exhibition takes place on 9th of April and it is an huge step for Baltic art scene to present the creation of …

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