Riga Last Thursday brought extended opening hours and new crowds to the galleries, but the talk on everyone's lips was artist Kristian Brekte mural scandal on the Riga Secondary School No. 40 wall.
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October marks the launch of the new international art biennial in the capital of Lithuania. Laconica, dedicated to minimal art presents artists that hold a minimal or minimalistic voice in their artworks.
Starting from this Thursday, 30 September Riga Last Thursdays kicks off inviting people to explore various art galleries in Riga in one evening.
The biggest visual arts event in the Eastern region, the contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’21, is ready to take off in a month. On 15-17 October art professionals and enthusiasts will meet at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center Litexpo.
In March 2020, plans for the second edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2) were abruptly interrupted by the rapid spread of COVID-19. Chief curator Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel decided to transform the exhibition into a film set, reimagining the biennial as a feature film in anticipation of the closure…
"Intensive places", the main exhibition of the 6th Tallinn Photomonth biennial, spans across the city until mid-October. Curated by The Creative Association of Curators TOK / Anna Bitkina and Maria Veits it is presented at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) and a few satellite locations, including a hotel in the city centre,…
For the twelfth year in a row, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art are happy to present the international art festival Survival Kit. This year instead of visiting empty and abandoned buildings, visitors will be invited to Riga’s apartment memorial museums. The selection of the festival venues is drawing attention…
Saturday 17 July marks the beginning of the spectacular Pärnu Art Week which will introduce the newest trends on the art landscape and works by the top Estonian artists. For nine days, the summer capital’s urban space and beach area will be filled with art events and previously unseen performances,…
The contemporary art event Helsinki Biennial will open to the public on Helsinki Day, 12 June, and continues until 26 September. The inaugural Helsinki Biennial takes place by the sea in the unique historical natural environment of Vallisaari Island. The biennial presents 41 artists and artist groups, and 75% of…
The international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’21 announced the date for its 12th edition and it takes place 15-17 October, 2021 at the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre. The highlight of ArtVilnius’21 will be artworks on paper. Galleries, who are interested in taking part in the largest event of visual arts…
As the museums and galleries opened their doors in Lithuania, one of the four art galleries, Arka in Vilnius launched fresh exhibitions of Lithuanian artists.
Since March, 10 the 2021 edition of Today Is Our Tomorrow is a month-long program available at PUBLICS and through various online platforms.
Last week Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, organized an online-webinar “Artistic Freedom – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy”. The webinar began with a poem* by Fatemeh Ekhtesari, an Iranian author, who was sentenced to lashes and imprisonment for her creative activity that was considered as a crime against the government,…
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…
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…
