(Fragment) Madara Auzenbaha. House for Starlings, 2025

Winter is the time for the cultural season when Jurmala’s cultural spaces transform into a warm refuge – a place to enrich the mind and spirit while everything else seems quiet. The program offers exhibitions showcasing the creativity of local artists and displays featuring works by international creators. The exhibition program encompasses both classical and contemporary art processes, and it also includes special programs dedicated to exploring history. Discover the season's highlights!

Jūrmala Museum (Tirgoņu Street 29, Majori)

• “Around My Blue Mountain” (“Ap manu zilo kalnu”) (28.02.–06.04.) – an exhibition by painter Madara Auzenbaha, where the color blue becomes a magical space between reality and dream. Inspired by mountain symbolism and mythical figures, the artist creates works reflecting a longing for inner balance and transcendent happiness. In the paintings, blue tones act like enchantments, warding off pain and evil, forming compositions as infinite as the vast sky.

^{Aivars Benužs. Red Sheep in a Tin Meadow, 2010}

• “The Speed of Darkness” (“Tumsas ātrums”) (28.02.–06.04.) – an exhibition by metal artist Aivars Benužs, where material appropriation and metal plasticity become an intellectual game between past and present. The artist experiments with reused materials, creating emotionally rich sculptures, environmental objects, and jewelry. Irony, grotesque, and existential questions merge into unified forms, challenging the viewer to a deeper interpretation of reality.

• “1 + 1 + 1 = 1” (until 18.05.) – An exhibition on Jurmala’s history and its three former towns – Sloka, Ķemeri, and Rīgas Jūrmala. This display, dedicated to Jurmala's 65th anniversary, combines residents' memories and historical artifacts.

^{"Jūrmala – 65" – an open-air exhibition in Horn's Garden. Photo: Jūrmala City Municipality}

Horn's Garden in Majori

• “Jūrmala – 65” – An open-air exhibition in Horn's Garden, presenting a photographic retrospective of the city's development. This exhibition complements the one at Jūrmala Museum, celebrating Jūrmala's 65th anniversary.

^{Kristīne Kligina. Time, 2022}

Aspazija’s House (Z. Meierovica Prospekts 18-20, Dubulti)

• “Edge of Oblivion” (Aizmirstības mala) (24.01. – 08.03.) – The works in Kristīne Kligina’s solo exhibition are created in muted earth tones to avoid associations with commonly accepted color interpretations, allowing the viewer to interpret the works based on their own experience and perspective. The exhibition conveys a message about the vanishing values of a fading era – simple and beautiful moments, the cyclical processes of nature, the effects of time, presence, and being here and now.

^{Diāna Adamaitė’s Sketch for a Wall Painting, 2024}

Art Station Dubulti (Zigfrīda Meierovica Prospekts 3, Dubulti)

• "Frequencies in Space" (28.02. – 04.05.) – a solo exhibition by painter Diāna Adamaitė, balancing between gestural notation and philosophical abstraction, evoking associations with Plato’s world of ideas – beauty, beginnings, unrest. The artist creates her works intuitively, called "experiences without experience." The exhibition includes paintings and drawings specially created for the space and two monumental wall paintings.

^{Jūlija Eresko. The Eternal Life of the Moon, 2022}

Bulduri Exhibition Hall (Muižas Street 6, Bulduri)

• “SOS. Life Matters” (07.01.–01.03) – An exhibition where artist Jūlija Eresko’s oil and acrylic paintings interact with Jānis Straume-Broliša’s neon light installations. Glass tubes and light effects create a mysterious space between light and darkness, encouraging reflection on the value of life and the fragility of humanity in today's world.

• A chance to explore the art legend of Jūrmala – the studio and creative world of the outstanding Latvian landscape painter Valdis Bušs (1924–2014).

Vitālijs Jermolajevs’ Painting Theatre “Inner Light” (Omnibusa Street 19, Majori)

Offers a glimpse into the depths of magical painting, creating a unique experience where art interacts with emotional and aesthetic reflection.

^{U. Traumanis. Environmental object "Knot", 2024. Photo: Jūrmala City Municipality}

New Environmental Object in Kauguri Square

In addition to the diverse exhibitions in the halls, visitors are invited to discover a newly created piece of urban art in Kauguri Square – the environmental object “Mezgls” (Knot) by Uģis Traumanis (realized by SIA MetalProjekts and DJA – Didzis Jaunzems Architecture). The object symbolizes unity and references the history of the Kauguri fishing village, where knot-tying was an essential skill. The mirror-smooth, hand-polished surface reflects the surroundings – apartment blocks, historical buildings, a Catholic church, pine trees, and Jūrmala’s ever-changing skies.