For the tenth consecutive year, artists from different cultural backgrounds gather in Northern Latgale and Balvi Municipality for the International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2026”, continuing a tradition that has become one of Latvia’s most distinctive annual painting events. Held in and around the town of Viļaka from 13 to 22 July, the pleinContinue reading “Colours in Dialogue: 10th International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2026””
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Parting the Clouds: Māris Čačka’s First Solo Exhibition in London
When 3812 Gallery opened Parting the Clouds on 26 June 2026, the exhibition introduced more than a new body of paintings. It brought together an artist whose practice has developed steadily beyond the Baltic region with a curatorial concept that approaches abstraction not as a style, but as a way of thinking about perception. OnContinue reading “Parting the Clouds: Māris Čačka’s First Solo Exhibition in London”
Māris Čačka’s Satellites at Valmiera Museum
On 12 December 2025, the solo exhibition Satellites by Latvian artist Māris Čačka opened at the Valmiera Museum Exhibition Hall, where it will be on view until 11 February 2026. The exhibition marks a concentrated and conceptually precise stage in the artist’s practice. Rather than unfolding as a linear narrative, Satellites is constructed as anContinue reading “Māris Čačka’s Satellites at Valmiera Museum”
Colours Born in Latgale: 9th International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025”
From 21 to 31 July 2025, the town of Viļaka in northeastern Latvia will host the 9th edition of the International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025”. Rooted in the cultural landscape of Northern Latgale, the plein air is both a tribute to the renowned Latvian landscape painter Valdis Bušs and a contemporary artistic dialogueContinue reading “Colours Born in Latgale: 9th International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025””
Artist Residency: Beate Gjersvold
SIVIA Gallery was pleased to welcome Norwegian artist Beate Gjersvold for an individual artist residency in Daugavpils from April 28 to May 17, 2025. During her stay, Beate created new works inspired by the landscapes and culture of Latgale, connecting artistic communities in Latvia and Norway. Artist Residency in Daugavpils – Beate Gjersvold Revisiting theContinue reading “Artist Residency: Beate Gjersvold”
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