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177 days of running
Reflections on the Venice Biennale 2011
Reviewing the Venice Biennale in its totality is impossible, writes Barbara Fässler, who approaches the critic's monumental task by selecting three specific motifs: the problem of light, the notion of nation and the principle of interaction. [more]
Behind the white curtain
Self-designated concept designer Darius Miksys is sometimes called a practitioner of persuasion art, writes Virginija Januskeviciute, who visted his exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale. [more]
An opened door?
On contemporary Belarusian art
The isolation of Belarusian artists means they fail to speak the conceptual language of the internationally networked artworld, writes Lithuanian critic Ausra Trakselyte. A recent exhibition in Vilnius -- entitled "A Door Opens?" -- aimed to change that. [more]
A grain of sand in the seashell
A conversation with artist Barbara Gaile
Barbara Gaile received her education in the chaos of Soviet Latvia and was probably the first to graduate the Art Academy with only abstract works. In interview with Liga Marcinkevicha she talks about her exhibition "Pearls" at the Latvian National Art Museum. [more]
Has the twentieth century ended?
After visiting an art exhibition in the Riga Art Space, Janis Taurens drops by his friend Vasilij Voronov where he confesses his disappointment with the exhibition. Like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson they go on to analyse the Latvian art scene of the last century. [more]
The new simplicity
On twenty-first century Latvian painting
Much of the art of the past twenty years in Latvia has slavishly imitated Soviet artistic trends. However the twenty-first century has seen a welcome return to the "new simplicity": painting and a measure of realism. [more]
Notes on the margins
How art can go local in a global environment
Should artists feel any obligation towards their local community in a global world of markets and international exhibitions? For every one whose work appears on the pages of international art magazines, there are hundreds who opt to "stay at home", says a Latvian cultural critic. [more]
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