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At 4.00 p.m. on Friday, 20 February, the Rothko Museum opens its first exhibition season of the year with six new projects bringing together artistic voices from Italy, Finland, and Latvia. Moving from contemplative and restrained non-figurative painting and installation to photographic narratives that trace experience as it inscribes itself on mind and body, the …

At 3 p.m. on Friday, 9 January, the Latgale Culture and History Museum in Rēzekne will unveil “The Spirit of a Place”, an exhibition presenting artworks from the Rothko Museum Collection, inspired by the layered atmosphere of the Daugavpils Fortress.

At 4 p.m. on Friday, 5 December, the Rothko Museum will open its winter season with five new exhibitions exploring humour, presence, technology, and the shifting nature of contemporary experience. From introspective painting and dreamlike landscapes to porcelain shaped by both hand and machine, the season brings together voices from Lithuania and beyond, offering viewers …

At 4 p.m. on Thursday, 27 November, the Rothko Museum will host a public meet-the-artist event with textile artist Laurine Malengreau, who will present her latest project made during her residency at the museum.

This autumn at the Rothko Museum, Sandra Strēle (Latvia) presents her solo exhibition “The Night Before”. The show explores the ebb and flow of life, where water becomes both witness and agent, preserving, transforming, and revealing connections between the personal and the ecological. Below is a reprint of the exhibition’s catalogue essay by Rasa Jansone, …

The Rothko Museum invites artists from around the world to take part in its 2026 symposium programme – a year of inspiring encounters and creative exploration in painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Four major international events will bring together artists, ideas, and cultures, continuing the museum’s mission to foster artistic dialogue beyond borders in the birthplace …

The Rothko Museum in Daugavpils has received a valued donation of two original drawings by Mark Rothko from the private collection of the Rothko family. The generous gift – presented by Mark Rothko’s daughter Kate Rothko Prizel during events marking the artist’s 122nd birthday – significantly strengthens the museum’s holdings and deepens the public presence …

Artists from Malaysia, France, the United States, Israel, Germany, Poland, Japan, South Korea and Latvia gather in Daugavpils for “Mark Rothko 2025”, an international painting symposium hosted by the Rothko Museum from 12 to 26 September. Held annually in Rothko’s birth month, the symposium honours the artist’s legacy in the city of his childhood. Now …

From 13 September, the Cēsis Concert Hall Art Gallery opens its doors to “Painted Worlds”, an exhibition that brings together recent works by Lithuanian artists from the Rothko Museum’s collection. On view until 23 November, the show offers audiences a vibrant encounter with contemporary Lithuanian painting. The Cēsis Concert Hall Art Gallery and the Rothko …

On 17 September, 5 PM, the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils will celebrate the 122nd birthday of the Latvian-born artist Mark Rothko with an open lecture by his daughter, Kate Rothko Prizel, on preserving her father’s legacy and the long legal battle to bring back his paintings. The talk will be held in English in the museum’s conference …