Events

Brūs Kalniņš first solo exhibition "Turn Off the Noise!"

In June this year, Brūs Kalniņš graduated from the LMA Bachelor's programme in Metal Design with a brilliantly defended diploma thesis False Impressions of Senses. Perhaps the experience of the exhibition will make the phrase "Turn off that noise! in relation to the author's heart's business - heavy metal.

In Dzintari beach, at the end of Turaida Street, an open-air exhibition "Beach of Art. Garden of the Sun" can be viewed.

The project started nine years ago continues - an open-air exhibition on the beach, in which the artists: Lilija Dinere, Matias Jansons, Mārtiņš Daksis, Aneta Jukličkova (Czech Republic) participate in a diverse composition, with a variety of creative handwritings, creating high-quality environmental art objects with technological solutions for creating and exhibiting works -  Andris Loss, Justine Patricija Legzdiņa and Artūrs Bogdanovs. The initiator of the beach exhibition project, who is no longer with us, sculptor Roberts Diners, will also present his works at the exhibition.

The theme of this summer's project "Beach of Art" is "Garden of the Sun", it is both a poetic metaphor and a reminder of man's age-old desire to explore the world, to understand his place in it, to find a harmonious interaction with nature, to look into his soul, which, like sunlight, is seductive and mysterious. An artist is like a sensitive sensor who tends to feel the vibrations of nature and, inspired by creative fantasy, reflects them in his works of art.

The objects of the exhibition fit organically into the sea, creating the feeling that they are artifacts of the interaction of nature and human creative thought. The sculptural works live in nature and change with the changes in the rhythms of nature, they also enchant at night and dusk, when the illuminated sculptural objects create a different emotional mood. In the evenings, visitors to the seashore can watch the setting sun, falling stars, the lights of ships flashing in the distance and see the mysteriously illuminated works of art.

 The project is implemented by the association "Erelde" with the support of the Jūrmala state city municipality in the co-financed initiative project competition.

Interannual exhibitions of the international marine-themed biennale "Marina":

• painter Laima Bikše's exhibition "People, animals, trees and wallpapers";
• "One or two" sculpture exhibition by Robert Bālins;
• exhibition from Latvian museum collections "Jūrmala paintings and graphics. From history" - it reflects on the first art exhibition "Jūrmala paintings" in Majoros, organized in 1936 during the swimming season of the Latvian Society of Jūrmala.

Working hours of Jurmala Museum: Mon., Tues. – Closed, Wend. - Sun. 10.00 – 18.00

Free entry.

The exhibition "Color Poet. Vilhelms Purvītis – Aspazija's neighbor in Dubultos" will give an insight into Purvītis' summers in Jūrmala, the artist's sources of inspiration in the famous Latvian resort town and his relationship with his no less famous neighbor - the poetess Aspazija.
The exhibition includes the original works of Purvīš created in Jūrmala from the Zuzān collection of the Latvian National Art Museum and Art Center "Zuzeum". For the first time, high-quality reproductions of paintings made in Jurmala, whose fate was unknown a few years ago, or could only be seen in black and white photographs, are exhibited.

The exhibition "Color Poet. Vilhelms Purvītis - Aspazija's neighbor in Dubultos" was created in cooperation with the Latvian National Art Museum and Art Center "Zuzeum", the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, the Swedish Museum of Modern Art and the Benešov Museum of Art and Design in the Czech Republic. The works created by Vilhelm Purvīš in Jūrmala will be on display in Aspazija's house until November 9, 2024.

Working hours of Aspazija's house: from May 15 to September 14 - Tuesday - Saturday from 10.00 – 18.00; Sunday from 11. - 16.00
From September 15 to May 14 - Tuesday - Saturday from 10.00 - 18.00, Sunday, Monday – closed.

Ieva Putniņa's exhibition "Kaķacs" features three large-format paintings and stone sculptures that combine both autobiographical and motifs related to Aspazija and Raini.

Aquatic lyricism and politics in Barbara Gaile’s solo exhibition AQUA.WATER

Barbara Gaile’s intentions show both modesty and ambition. The artist’s choice to paint and draw nothing but fragments of aquatic surfaces casts her latest exhibition in the light of disciplined serialism, where every subsequent image is a surprise in terms of nuance and a repetition in the larger scheme of things which has a single focus – water.

The water’s imagery is straightforward, so Gaile’s latest output can be called aesthetic landscape. Gaile treats water as a physical and biological matter that yields to idealisation and sets a certain mood. She uses a conceptual approach where water has become (if I may call it so) a screen reflecting the sky, the time of day and its state of light, the wind and an invisible realm of aquatic flora and fauna that gives the water its colour and plasticity. Water and all its atoms become a scenic image. At the same time, every scene is a moment in the viewer’s consciousness.

All the exhibits are new and never displayed before.

Entry: free.

“ELIZABETE” is a completely new, equipped with environmentally friendly engine, comfortable and safe ship, managed and serviced by a professional team.

We offer a boat trip on the route RIGA- Jūrmala (MAJORI) -RIGA. During the trip you can see the Riga passenger port, the Freeport of Riga, Kipsala, Andrejsala, Kundzinsala, Mangalsala, Bolderaja. From the Daugava along the Love Island, the ship’s path leads to Buļļupe, which connects Lielupe and Daugava. Sailing along the Bullupe, you have a view of Bolderāja, you will be able to see nature, quiet and romantic landscapes surrounded by reeds, as well as a park of stone sculptures. Upon reaching the Lielupe, a view of the ancient Lielupe estuary and the White Dune will open, as well as a great view of the Jūrmala panorama during the trip along the Lielupe.

The ship can carry up to 40 passengers.

“Rīga – Jūrmala (Majori)”: 10:00 (2,5h).

“Jūrmala panorama trip” along Jurmala: 13:00; 14:30; 16:00 (1h).

“Jūrmala (Majori) – Rīga”: 18:00 (2,5h).

River boat ”ELIZABETE” is open daily!

You must arrive 30 minutes before departure!

Changes in during business hours: here.   

Information and tickets: here.   

In the historic Water Tower, after reconstruction, you can view exhibitions dedicated to the history and legendary personalities of the Ķemeri area, as well as climb the viewing platforms. Open daily 10.00 - 18.00, admission free.
 

Exhibition of painter Valdis Bušs. 

Free entrance. 

The exhibition presents both known and unknown events, facts and pictures that tell the story of the Bulduri area.

 The authors of the exhibition do not pretend to be a comprehensive presentation of history, as it is only the beginning of further research of Bulduri in order to create a permanent exposition in larger spaces. There is still a lack of information and there are many uncertainties and mysteries, which, like the Bulduri coin deposit, which can be seen in the exhibition, have not been fully resolved.

The exhibition was created in cooperation with the Latvian National Museum of History, the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Ęederts Elias Jelgava Museum of History and Art, the Latvian State Film and Photographic Document Archive of the Latvian National Archives, VAS "Latvijas dzelzceļš", images from the Latvian National Library, visual materials from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia were used. collections. Authors of the exhibition: Inta Baumane, Līga Strazda, Egita Cironokas, artist Gundars Gulbis.

Jūrmala Museum invites city citizens to participate in the creation of the new Bulduri exhibition by sharing their memories, information and objects.

The exhibition "Bilderlingshof-Bilderiņi" can be viewed from October 27 to December 30, 2024. Opening hours of the Bulduri Exhibition House: Sun., Fri., – Closed, Mon.-Sat. – 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.