For the fifteenth time this year, the young artists from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia took part in the Young Painter’s Prize (YPP) competition. Just like in the previous year, YPP has remained open to the submissions by the young Ukrainian artists currently residing in the Baltic States. Besides giving the…
The review of Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2023 Diāna Tamane’s solo exhibition ‘Half-Love’ at the Latvian Museum of Photography
Maria Lind has been appointed the new director of Konstmuseet i Norr in Kiruna. She is currently the Counsellor of Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow.
Marti Manen - the director of one of the most essential institutions in Swedish contemporary art, Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation - is looking back on the changes in society through the art world on its 25th anniversary. In Index words: “25 years of doing”. In the interview…
Just before the festive season slows down the everyday hurry, jury members of the international Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award competition got together in snowy Vilnius to deliberate who are the best emerging talents in the region. Besides the difficult jury duty, jury members also took the time to…
Baltic Art Festival “VOLUME UP" in Manhattan, NEW YORK September 9-25, 2022. The aim of the festival is to introduce Baltic Art - Performance, film, and visual arts in Big Apple, Manhattan New York.
Non Grata and AnarkoArtLab, New York performance at Russian consulate at 9E 91st Str., NYC. Non Grata brings body parts from Ukraine to deliver to the Russian Consulate in New York City. "Ukraine is between two fires and we bring fire extinguishers to stop this madness. Worldwide army of anarchists…
Short film to be made for the support of Ukraine. The film will include people from countries around the world saying "Dear Ukraine: Never Give Up" in their native language. Countries that already are a part of movie: France, Italy, Greenland, Lithuania, Germany, Iran, Sri Lanka, Chile, Norway, Sweden, India,…
Photo documentation by Andrej Vasilenko
The first Helsinki Biennial was held on 12.6.–26.9.2021 and it brought 145 000 visitors to Vallisaari island, its budget of 7 million euros covered three years of work and establishing. The initiative came from Helsinki City and Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), which is behind many public space projects and is also responsible…
Benth Zeitlin’s award winning „Beasts of the Southern Wild“ was shot on historical 16 mm film that is considered rather amateur than professional nowadays, but loved for the very same reason, just like 8 mm one still is. Moving image event „Final(e)affect“ seemed to share the same love as its…
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.
How does an artist smell? Are dying bees and fading trees a new reality in our concrete forest? Have you looked at the formations of civilisation through typography? Can we make predictions based on media? Simple everyday physical things can shape your self-perception.
Even in the midst of the cold, long winter months there is still a lot to experience in Oslo art scene. A deep dive into Dada at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, a drawing triennial at Kunstnernes Hus and an exhibit of beautiful, fragile porcelain installations at the Vigelandsmuseum are…