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On Friday 18 March, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open the catalogue of its exhibition “Found in the Collection”. “Found in the Collection” is the most ambitious exhibition from the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre collection to date. It displays art and cultural values collected in the nine years since the centre was …

To appreciate the contribution of Ukrainian art and culture and emphasise the input of Ukrainian artists to the Rothko Centre activities and its collection, from 8 March till 10 April, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre offers a pop-up exhibition, “In the Draught”, featuring Ukrainian art from its collection. The thematic orientation of the show …

On 19 February, winners of the Kilogram of Culture 2021 Award by Latvia’s public media were announced, highlighting last year’s standout achievements in the field of culture across nine nominations. The Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre earned one of the prizes as “Best Place for Culture 2021”. We can enjoy culture across a broad spectrum …

From the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre collection The father of Latvian contemporary ceramics and a chief driving force behind the field’s development, Pēteris Martinsons (1931–2013), remains one of the most renowned Latvian ceramicists to have earned broad international acclaim. For more than half a century, his art and persona charmed and inspired generations of …

On 28 January, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre launches this year’s first exhibition season with five very different projects featuring Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian and German artists. Diversity in means of expression and varying degrees of directness in address. From charming natural elements in delicate colour fields to unmistakably textual representations. From serene classical painting …

The Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre announces an Open Call for artist applications to participate in two painting symposiums and a plein air held within its residency programme 2022. To commemorate the uniqueness of the artist Silva Linarte’s creative legacy and promote international interest in Daugavpils as an artistically stimulating city, the Rothko Centre will …

On Sunday, 16 January, all temporary exhibitions currently on show at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will be available at a discount price. Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre enters the final preparation stage for its new exhibition season. This means ongoing week is the last chance for the public to see the current temporary exhibitions …

All day on Saturday 25 December and Sunday 26 December, admission to Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will be available at a discount. Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre suggests boosting your Christmas with a rich cultural experience that includes the work of brilliant Latvian artists (a graphic retrospective “Road to the Sea” from Ilze Lībiete …

At 3 p.m. on Tuesday 21 December, a new site-specific art project, “what can’t we just create” by Kristaps Ancāns, will be opened on 2 Nikolaja Street, Daugavpils Fortress. Curator: Corina L. Apostol Before anything, the Latvian-British artist Kristaps Ancāns considers himself an explorer. Fuelled by the necessity to visualise and communicate as directly as …

Exhibition at Liepaja concert hall “Great Amber” (27.11.2021-28.01.2022)