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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.

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.

International art biennial dedicated to minimal art in Vilnius

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.

Riga Last Thursdays – a monthly gallery crawl for art enthusiasts

Starting from this Thursday, 30 September Riga Last Thursdays kicks off inviting people to explore various art galleries in Riga in one evening.

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.

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…

Tallinn Photomonth’s main exibition looks for caring and sustainable ways of coexistence

"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,…

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…

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,…

Helsinki Biennial opens to the public on 12 June

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…

Art fair ArtVilnius’21 takes place in October

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…

New exhibitions at Arka gallery in Vilnius

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.

Agnė Jokšė, Sandra Kosorotova, Anni Puolakka and Marta Trektere at Today is Our Tomorrow

Since March, 10 the 2021 edition of Today Is Our Tomorrow is a month-long program available at PUBLICS and through various online platforms.

Deeyah Khan: Art needs to be democratized, not restricted to an elite

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,…

Winner of Young Painter Prize of NBYAA: self-doubt is a way for self-growth

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…