“The house had been in a critical state and there had been a decision to partially demolish it because two facade walls were left and the rest of the house was rebuilt. On a cold sunny winter’s day, the colours of the walls were shining bright and caught my eye,”…

An international jury of the Nordic Baltic Young Artist Award has made a selection and announced the winners of the award, the Grand Prix goes to Latvian artist Laura Aizporiete for her large scale installation “Garage 119”. The Young Painter Award goes to another Latvian artist Ingrida Ivane for her…

The second event in the "Bodymerge" performative lecture series presents Estonian artist Kris Lemsalu and the American artist and music creator Kyp Malone who will attempt to test the boundaries of a lecture format once again.

Helsinki Biennial 2023 has revealed "New Directions May Emerge" as the title of its second edition, which will take place from 12 June to 17 September 2023. The biennial brings together around 30 established and emerging artists and collectives from Finland and across the world. Curated by Joasia Krysa, the…

International art competition NOBA Award (Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award) Public Choice 2022 winner is Lithuanian artist Laura Marija Salkauskiene for her artwork Emptiness and energy II.Altogether close to 1800 votes were cast at the public voting with the winner receiving 431. The Public Choice Award includes a 500-euro…

Laura Marija Salkauskiene, winner of the NOBA Award Public Choice this year, says that the easiest way to show emptiness is to show nothing. Despite of that she filled some blank pages to share her thoughts as well as revelead what kind of music would illustrate the void. Read below!

The leaureates of the Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2023 and ISSP award “Seeking the latest in photography!” have been announced. The main award – a chance to hold a personal exhibition next May in Riga, ISSP Gallery – goes to the Lithuanian artist Ieva Baltaduonytė.

Altogether 79 emerging artists from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland with 154 artworks are taking part in the international art competition NOBA Award. Until 20 November everyone is invited to vote for their favourite at the competition’s website NOBA.ac. The artist with the most votes will be awarded with the…

During 7-9 October the art fair ArtVilnius’22, taking place for the 13th time, welcome all art enthusiasts and professionals focusing on ecology, with special attention to installation and sculpture. The event also hosts Ukrainian’ artists, whose works will be presented in various segments of the programme.

The 8th Artishok Biennial "Botanical Witnesses" will take place from September 29th to October 30th, 2022. The subject matter of this event, dedicated to contemporary art, has been inspired by this year's location, Tallinn Botanic Garden. While bringing together artists and writers from the fields of visual art, performing arts…

22-30 July 2022 the summer capital of Estonia welcomes  Art Week again. This year the week-long festival takes a closer look at Nordic art through the eyes of Norwegian curator Marita Isobel Solberg (MaRa) – to see who we really are and the time we live in.

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) launches the 13th edition of its annual contemporary art festival Survival Kit, one of its key endeavours and a major art event in the Baltics by announcing the curator, the concept and the list of participating artists.

“I feel as if everything has been given to me on a silver platter – I’m just sometimes not sure if I can take it all,” says Jānis Šneiders, one of the brightest Latvian painters of the young generation, who presented an exhibition at Vilnius gallery Meno Niša. The Book…