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NFT art is surely a buzz of 2021. in an article published in Arterritory Sergej Timofejev interviewed a well-known NFT collector Edgar Aronov to find out what is NFT really about. Who are NFT buyers and collectors, and how many different formats of NFT artworks are there?

This year, the competition was held already for the sixth time with Sofia Haapamäki winning the Grand Prix, besides the additional prizes and special mentionings. A total of 142 works from 78 authors were submitted to the large-scale competition, which gathers the best works of the graduates of Estonian, Latvian,…

This year's winner of the Young Painter Prize (YPP) competition announced Dominykas Sidorovas as this year's best young painter in the Baltic states. MO Museum, where the winners were announced on 18 November, also offered a special prize – the "MO Award" – which went to Kazimieras Brazdžiūnas. By the…

Until 5 December, 75 young artists from Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish art academies are competing for Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NOBA) Public Choice Award. To support the talent of young artists, everyone is invited to vote for their favourites and check out the 142  artworks by young…

Changes in the art market are evident today — the personalities of both artists and their works becoming increasingly interesting. Technology — from social networks to revolutionary nfts, P2P, and blockchain — has the potential to diminish the role of intermediaries. Art researchers are marking the beginning of a new…

For the second year in a row, the organizers of the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius'21 invites everyone who could not come to the event and those who want to return to Litexpo to visit the virtual 3D fair tour.

Last week, a new museum - new MUNCH - one of the world’s largest museums dedicated to a single artist, was opened in Oslo. The highlights in the new museum include monumental mural paintings including The Sun (1909), which stretches nearly 8 meters, as well as several versions of Munch’s iconic work, The…

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…