On March 27, the International Architecture and Design Conference Rixarch 2025 will take place at the National Library of Latvia, hosted by the RISEBA Faculty of Architecture and Design. The theme of this year’s conference is Light Matters, which highlights the significance and intangibility of light.

The Heritage Lens initiative aims to raise public awareness of the impact of climate change on cultural heritage through artistic expression. Emerging photographers from Creative Europe countries are invited to apply for the international project.

On February 6, a new art and design gallery, Part Time, created by artists Liene Pavlovska and Oskars Pavlovskis, will open in Grīziņkalns with a group exhibition, which shares the same title as the gallery.

Creative competition platform Tandeems invites people to express their creativity and share their ideas to build a better environment around them. One of the founders of the platform, architect Kārlis Jaunromāns, shares how to keep track of urban development.

In Chimera Lab accessories and clothing, the past meets the future, and the digital world flows into physical reality. Using AI, fashion designer Liāna Pabērza creates prints that look back to a time of technological optimism in the early days of the internet with humour and a dose of nostalgia.

Artist and spatial designer Liene Pavlovska works with space, creating abstract installations in a variety of techniques and exploring how our desires affect our environment. In the Nice Touch section, Liene talks about the approach that helps bring intuitive qualities to her work.

Photographer Reinis Hofmanis is one of the five recipients of the Fujifilm GFX Challenge Global Grant Award, receiving 10,000 US dollars to complete the Shared Horizon photo series.

At the end of last year, the Riga Energy Agency opened a circular economy space, Sadarbnīca. The design team, led by Tandeems, who created the interior of the space has creatively used mostly recycled materials, giving them a second life.

Second-year students of Graphic Design at the Art Academy of Latvia have created packaging designs for eight products of the Rimi brand in the sweets category. It is planned that one of the design proposals developed during the studies will appear on store shelves in the future.

The exhibition Fear of the Landscape by photographer Armands Andže focuses on the shifting nature of everyday urban landscapes in Latvia and their emotional and social effects. The exhibition is on view at ISSP Gallery from February 7 to April 18.

This week, on January 19, the exhibition of the legendary photographer Gunārs Binde at the Latvian National Museum of Art closes with a programme of events. In the Nice Touch section, Gunārs talks about the best way to convey your message to others.

Following the government’s announcement that Riga might remain outside the Rail Baltica main line, creative competition platform Tandeems and artistic research network Baltic Lines invite you to take part in the ReRail Riga idea competition on the future of Rail Baltica infrastructure in Riga.