An interview with Norwegian art collectors Venke and Rolf Hoff

23/05/2018

‘I really don’t know what the right word for it is, but there’s something about them that you can just feel that they have it. You develop an instinct, a sixth sense. It’s difficult to explain what makes an artist stand out, it’s just something we feel when we see the piece. In the Norwegian press they call Rolf a ‘bell sheep’. If they see that Rolf is interested in a piece, they assume that it must be good.’ Read more...

22/05/2018

The project 3FREE reveals artists’ attitude, statements and personal experiences of freedom and is dedicated to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the three Baltic States. The main exhibition of the project features three authors from each of Baltic States and also one solo show of each country’s artist. The curators of the project 3FREE are Ignas Kazakevičius (Lithuania), Liena Bondare (Latvia), Al Paldrok (Estonia). Read more...

An express-interview with artist Artūrs Virtmanis

21/05/2018

‘‘Against the Tragic Wall, the title of the exhibit, is meant to invoke two things: metaphorically, it points towards an existential state where all attempts at action cease – an end point of some sort. It also describes, literally, the process when a drawing (a sheet of paper, an image) is pinned onto the void of a wall, in the hopes that it will work, will resonate...’’ Read more...

20/05/2018

The members of the text-group “Orbita” (Arturs Punte, Vladimir Svetlov, Sergej Timofejev and Aleksandr Zapol) constantly are working on the border between literature and visual arts. Their new exhibition is about seeking answers to the trivial question that poets are often asked –“Where do poems come from?” Read more...