30 Jun - 26 Aug
Exhibitions
Folk and Applied Art Exhibition - The Joy of Creation
30 Jun - 26 Aug
This exhibition will be created integrating a number of different themes — the crafstmanship embeded in Latvian folk and applied arts, their variety, and the personal nature of this kind of art. The exhibition will be displayed using modern technological solutions, with an emphasis on interactivity. Enjoy this brethtaking journey through the heart of Latvian Folk and Applied Arts.
02 Jun - 28 Oct
Exhibitions
1st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
02 Jun - 28 Oct
The inaugural edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), titled Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More, runs from 2nd of June until 28th of October 2018. Curated by Katerina Gregos, the biennial takes place at various venues in Riga and Jurmala. Including works by 104 artists (a third of which are from the Baltic countries), the biennial presents a large number of new commissions, 10 outdoor sculptures and ‘site-specific interventions’.
17 Aug - 14 Oct
Exhibitions
Juris Bergins' exhibition - From Abel to Cain
17 Aug - 14 Oct
Juris Bergins is one of the outstanding Latvian ceramists whose character is brightly visible in Latvian and European art. The artist currently is living and working in Lithuania. Juris Bergins is known for his extravagant style - bright works, full of symbols that wittily refer to artifacts of the time. The exhibition will display that artist's original pieces made in the past years.
15 Aug - 19 Aug
Exhibitions
Exhibition of swordlilies
15 Aug - 19 Aug
The smallest swordlily bulb at the end of summer turns into a royal flower and has always been a sign of the first days of autumn. Blossoms can be used in various ways - in flower bouquets, in compositions. By regularly removing the old blossoms, swordlilies stay beautiful for a long time. This year cultivators and collectors of the Latvian Gladiolus and Iris Society will present more than 150 varieties of swordlilies.
22 Aug - 26 Aug
Exhibitions
Exhibition of tomatoes
22 Aug - 26 Aug
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with Artūrs Silde's gardeners' club "Tomāts" ("Tomato"), and collectors from Latvia will participate in the exhibition, offering several hundreds of varieties of tomatoes, sweet peppers and chilli peppers. During the exhibition, it will be possible to consult with professionals - Latvia's experienced tomato growers - and purchase seeds.
25 Aug - 30 Nov
Exhibitions
Exhibition - Baltic Oaks
25 Aug - 30 Nov
The exhibition consists of Dutch and Flemish 16th–17th century paintings on wooden panels made of oak. The essence of this project is the identification of these oaks with DNA and dendrochronological methods to confirm the assumption that they are the Baltic oak trees sent to the Netherlands during the flourishing of the Hanseatic time.
26 Jul - 25 Aug
Exhibitions
Juris Ģērmanis solo exhibition - Women and Nature
26 Jul - 25 Aug
The exhibition will feature Juris Ģērmanis' most recent work of the past year, combining two sources of inspiration for the artist - women and nature. The artist has participated in many in plein-airs over the years, grasping nature's mood in his artwork. The artist has also always been interested in portraits, especially those of the feminine kind - women as objects of aesthetic wonder. Ģērmanis' work is a combination of technical virtuosity and lightness with classical painting and European art traditions.
08 Jun - 26 Aug
Exhibitions
Textile artist Egils Rozenbergs' solo exhibition - Transfiguration
08 Jun - 26 Aug
Every era is characterized by certain symbols and signs, and Egils Rozenbergs with his woven objects seeks to demonstrate the means of expression fit for the environment of electronic industry and microchips typical of the electronic and digital era of the late 20th century and the early 21st century.
27 Jul - 26 Aug
Exhibitions
Sculpture exhibition - Road
27 Jul - 26 Aug
The exhibition is a dedication to Latvia's centenary and reflects development of Latvia's professional sculpture in the past 100 years. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Latvian Center of Sculptors.
17 Jul - 26 Aug
Exhibitions
Global Center for Latvian Art exhibition
17 Jul - 26 Aug
The Global Center for Latvian Art was created to promote, preserve and exhibit the work of artists who were exiled from Latvia in the wake of the Second World War, as well as other artists of Latvian descent who work primarily outside of Latvia. The Global Center for Latvian Art is located in Cēsis, and this exhibition will be a rare opportunity to view art pieces from the center's collection in Riga.
14 Jun - 28 Aug
Exhibitions
Exhibition - Mystery. Ritual Art
14 Jun - 28 Aug
Art of different directions is represented at the exhibition, offering works of the most favourite Latvian artists. Sometimes creation of a piece of art coincides with the essence of the ritual. Sometimes ritual and art is the same. Also, there might be nothing in common in creation of art and ritual because it is a work demanding patience and precision, but as a result the artist opens his portal to the world that so far had been unavailable to others.
25 May - 31 Aug
Exhibitions
Jewelry exhibition - Dandelion Fluff's Flight Through the Universe
25 May - 31 Aug
Jewelry - well known, little known, unique, kitschy, similar, handmade, mass-produced, digitally designed, somewhat sophisticated, amateur-made, beautiful, not so decorative or beautiful, expensive and cheap. This exhibition brings together the works of jewelry artists from Latvia and abroad.
31 Aug - 23 Sep
Exhibitions
Art and craft exhibition - Creative Dominant. Celebration
31 Aug - 23 Sep
The exhibition is a dedication to Latvia on its anniversary. Romantic and sincere, with the childhood fairy-tale about the Bird of Happiness in one's heart. The Bird of Happiness is the idea of the exhibition, the feeling and longing for something we cannot name, but that we can show in our works. Be it talent, skill, happiness, the ability to create, ambitions, sense of belonging, faith, touch or anything else. Everybody has a different Bird of Happiness they wish to find and catch.
31 Aug - 29 Sep
Exhibitions
Anda Poikāne's exhibition - In a Shade
31 Aug - 29 Sep
The main idea of the exhibition - contemplation in a shade. In a shade under the trees, flowers, in a shade of an etheral and playful horsey, in a summer shade that turns into a September afternoon. Contemplation is reflected in clay sculptures and 3-D paper works and drawings.
31 Aug - 30 Sep
Exhibitions
Photography exhibition: Song and Dance - in Australia and Latvia
31 Aug - 30 Sep
In cooperation with the local photography association of Riga's sister city in Australia - Cairns, the VEF Palace of Culture's photo studio RIGA and RVR are organizing a joint exhibition featuring 60 photographs which show various aspects of song and dance around the world.
02 Jun - 02 Sep
Exhibitions
Exhibition - Music of Time. Clocks from the collection of the Riga Museum of History and Navigation. From the 17th to 20th centuries.
02 Jun - 02 Sep
The exhibition will display many of the museum's most unique and interesting clocks from its collection. The museum currently has 528 clocks in its collection from the 17th to 20th centuries.
05 Sep - 09 Sep
Exhibitions
Exhibition of dahlias
05 Sep - 09 Sep
The exhibition hall in these days will be filled with hundreds of dahlias - some are local ones, but others come from closer and farther countries. Dahlias show a variety of colors and shades. In fact, those are not just separate blossoms, but a composition of florets that resemble fireworks in the sky. The exhibition will display collections of A.Baroniņš and other dahlia growers.
05 Sep - 01 Oct
Exhibitions
Art Exhibition of Turkish Calligraphy Masters "Mevlevi Art"
05 Sep - 01 Oct
The art of calligraphy traces back to ancient culture of the East. Its fundamental imagery tool is Arabic handwriting. And it is in the Ottoman Empire where calligraphy reached the zenith of its aesthetic power. The displayed pieces of calligraphy feature unique techniques and manners mastered by each of the calligraphers, and present bits of the finest art and tedious work.
05 Sep
Trade Fairs
Riga Food
05 Sep - 08 Sep
Everybody is welcome to the "Riga Food" fair to draw inspiration from a diversity of menu ideas, to taste new products as well as to see professional chef, pastry cook and bartender competitions. On the other hand, professionals are invited to derive ideas, knowledge and information for their further professional and business development.
06 Sep
Trade Fairs
Riga Food
05 Sep - 08 Sep
Everybody is welcome to the "Riga Food" fair to draw inspiration from a diversity of menu ideas, to taste new products as well as to see professional chef, pastry cook and bartender competitions. On the other hand, professionals are invited to derive ideas, knowledge and information for their further professional and business development.
07 Sep - 21 Sep
Exhibitions
Art exhibition dedicated to contemporary jewelry and wine - Fermentation in Jewelry
07 Sep - 21 Sep
Fermentation in jewelry (Gioielli in Fermento) - is an international contemporary jewelry competition in Italy. The source of this project's inspiration has its roots in the wine making culture. As a metaphor for the fermentation process in wine, when a healthy, live element of nature - the grapes - turns into a different form - wine, with a different taste, character and price. Constructing similar thinking about the process of creating contemporary jewelry - turning various materials into a special and industrial form - jewelry. There are four main provisions in this competition: the concept, materials, the type of artistic expression and technique. Winemakers and jewelry artists use their creativity to express and display the provisions in a finished product.
07 Sep
Trade Fairs
Riga Food
05 Sep - 08 Sep
Everybody is welcome to the "Riga Food" fair to draw inspiration from a diversity of menu ideas, to taste new products as well as to see professional chef, pastry cook and bartender competitions. On the other hand, professionals are invited to derive ideas, knowledge and information for their further professional and business development.
08 Sep
Trade Fairs
Riga Food
05 Sep - 08 Sep
Everybody is welcome to the "Riga Food" fair to draw inspiration from a diversity of menu ideas, to taste new products as well as to see professional chef, pastry cook and bartender competitions. On the other hand, professionals are invited to derive ideas, knowledge and information for their further professional and business development.
12 Sep - 16 Sep
Exhibitions
Exhibition - Mushroom Days
12 Sep - 16 Sep
Tradition continues, as the Latvian Museum of Natural History will one again organize its annual Mushroom Days, where visitors will be able to view the wide range of mushrooms found in Latvian nature. In order to ensure a full variety of the mushrooms found in Latvian nature, museum specialists visit forests each morning to collect new and fresh samples. Visitors will also be able to consult with the museum's mycologists.