An interview with German art collector Christian Kaspar Schwarm in Berlin by Una Meistere

25/03/2019

Christian Kaspar Schwarm is the founder of Independent Collectors, a community for contemporary art collectors. The online platform connects nearly 7,000 collectors from 100 countries. Right before the interview was published, we learned that Schwarm was awarded the Art Cologne Prize 2019 in recognition of his success in networking an international community of collectors of contemporary art. Read more

Exhibition at the Latvian National Museum of Art features the work of the eight finalists 

22/03/2019

Today, March 22, the Great Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art will see the opening of the exhibition featuring the eight finalists nominated for the 2019 Purvītis Prize, Latvia’s highest award in the visual arts; the exhibition will close on June 9. On view are works that were created and exhibited between 2017 and 2018, and which the professional group of experts on the nominating committee have deemed as being excellent achievements in the contemporary Latvian art scene. Read more...

A conversation with Ieva Epnere, shortlisted for the Purvītis Prize 2019

20/03/2019

Ieva Epnere is one of the most vivid personalities in today’s contemporary Latvian art scene, and her chosen form of expression is photography and video. Although Epnere first studied textile art at the Art Academy of Latvia, by her second year of studies she had realised that she actually wanted something else. ‘I visited the studio of the photographer Andrejs Grants – it was the first time I had really “cheated” on textile art. Read more...

Post Winter Mixtape at Temnikova&Kasela gallery in Tallinn

18/03/2019

From 28 February till 27 April one of the most beloved galleries in Tallinn, Temnikova&Kasela, is hosting a group exhibition “Post Winter Mixtape” that could also be considered as an announcement to the end of winter or a prelude to spring. The exhibition includes works of three artists represented by the gallery – Sigrid Viir, Inga Meldere and Jaanus Samma, as well as new pieces by three younger generation Estonian artists Anna Mari Liivrand, Ann Pajuväli and Helena Keskküla. Read more...