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Museum Night at the Rothko Museum: See, Hear, Feel!
11.05.2026
On the evening of 23 May, the Rothko Museum will light up for the European Night of Museums. Visitors can look forward to exhibitions, artist talks, creative workshops and interactive events across the museum and the wider Daugavpils Fortress, where art will come alive through sight, touch and participation.
Notes from the Border. On the exhibition of Latgale artists at the Rothko Museum
07.05.2026
This year, the Rothko Museum’s annual exhibition of Latgale artists – curated by Aivars Baranovskis and Tatjana Černova – turns its gaze to the border, both as a line on a map and as a threshold of imagination. On view until 24 May, it brings together creators across generations and media, united by a shared …
New Rothko Display Unveiled at Rothko Museum
27.04.2026
On 24 April the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils unveiled a new display of paintings by Mark Rothko, inviting visitors into a renewed encounter with one of the defining figures of twentieth-century art in the city where his story began. Drawn from the private collections of Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel, the exhibition – on …
Artists from eight countries transform Daugavpils into a contemporary ceramics laboratory
27.04.2026
With the opening of an exhibition at 4METRI Gallery, the international ceramics symposium Ceramic Laboratory 2026 gets under way in Daugavpils, bringing together fifteen artists for a three-week residency that leads to a final exhibition at the Rothko Museum.
Artist Iveta Vecenāne weaves Rothko into textile
10.04.2026
On 24 April, the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils will open “Transposition. The Rothko Motif”, a solo exhibition by Latvian textile artist Iveta Vecenāne, offering a compelling contemporary dialogue with the legacy of Mark Rothko.
Half-Price Admission to Mark Rothko Works at the Rothko Museum on 12 April
07.04.2026
On 12 April, closing the current display of Mark Rothko paintings at the Rothko Museum, admission will be offered at a fifty per cent discount on the full ticket price.
Rothko Museum becomes the first museum in Latvia to join Bloomberg Connects
01.04.2026
The Rothko Museum in Daugavpils has joined the global arts and culture platform Bloomberg Connects, becoming the first museum in Latvia to be featured on the app and marking a significant step in expanding digital access to art.
Fields of Colour: Rothko-inspired Belgian jazz at the Rothko Museum
30.03.2026
On 24 April, the Rothko Museum will host “Fields of Colour”, a vibrant jazz performance by the Matthias Van den Brande Quartet (Belgium), composed in dialogue with Rothko’s iconic paintings. Conceived by Belgian saxophonist Matthias Van den Brande, this remarkable reimagining of Rothko’s legacy offers a contemporary musical response to the artist’s emotional and chromatic …
A fresh encounter with Mark Rothko in his birthplace: Rothko Museum to unveil new permanent display
24.03.2026
On 24 April 2026, the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils will unveil a new permanent display of paintings by Mark Rothko, offering a renewed encounter with one of the defining figures of twentieth-century art in a place where his story began.
Rothko Museum launches open call for French contemporary artists
09.03.2026
The Rothko Museum has announced an open call for artists from France to take part in a forthcoming group exhibition centred on the legacy of the French modernist painter Yves Brayer.