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YPP announced this year’s best young painter in the Baltic States

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…
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Vote for your favourite young artist!  

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…
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A virtual tour welcomes you at ArtVilnius’21

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.
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New MUNCH opened in Oslo

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…
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Art After Hours in Vilnius takes off on Friday

As part of the fair ArtVilnius '21 art fans are invited to the gallery festival Art After Hours on Friday, October 15, when art spaces will open their doors until late at night and host a variety of meetings with creators and excursions to exhibitions.
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Photos: Riga Last Thursday

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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Contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’21 takes off in a few weeks

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.
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RIBOCA2 film will be premiered as part of Art Basel Film Programme

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…
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Survival Kit 12 focuses on individual strories and

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…
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The colourful Pärnu Art Week will kick-off on Saturday

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,…
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