^{Aleksejs Naumovs. Burano, 2024}

Summer is when Jūrmala’s cultural spaces become a parallel world – a place to enrich the mind and spirit in a season full of vitality and sunlight. The summer exhibition programme includes classical and contemporary art and special features dedicated to exploring history. Discover the season’s cultural highlights!

Jūrmala Museum  / Jūrmalas muzejs (Tirgoņu Street 29, Majori)

^{Aleksejs Naumovs. Burano, 2024}

• “Light of Time” (Laika gaisma, 21.05 – 29.06) – this exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of painter Aleksejs Naumovs and marks a new stage in his creative path. It features large-format paintings capturing the presence of light and space in different corners of the world – from the coastal calm of Jūrmala to Paris, Venice, and the colourful island of Burano, where his latest works were created. Painting as a journey – this is how the exhibition unfolds, with vibrant brushstrokes and rich colours evoking the essence of each place.
  A special section focuses on motifs from French parks – Jardin des Plantes and Parc de Bagatelle – where Naumovs harmoniously fuses symmetry with natural forms.
  In a dedicated screening room, visitors are invited to watch the animated film “The Law of the Heart” (“Sirds likums”) (Lokomotīve, 2024), directed by Roze Stiebra and based on a short story by Jānis Ezeriņš. The film marks Naumovs’ debut as an animation artist – a role that earned him Latvia’s National Film Award “Lielais Kristaps”. The exhibition also features original paintings created for the film, offering a unique look into its visual narrative.

^{Džemma Skulme. Model with a Ball. 1968–2008. Zuzeum Collection. Photo: Jānis Pipars}

• View in the Mirror (Skats spogulī) (04.07.–07.09.) – an exhibition marking the centenary of Džemma Skulme (1925–2019), highlighting her remarkable ability to evolve, retain a contemporary perspective, and remain faithful to her distinctive artistic style. The display also reflects her family lineage – shown alongside the artist’s works are pieces by her parents, Marta Liepiņa-Skulme and Oto Skulme, and childhood drawings by her daughter Marta Skulme, which served as inspiration. The exhibition asks: how can we transform, renew, and grow? Skulme’s example proves that creativity knows no age – it is the continuation of thought through freedom.

^{Aigars Bikše. Maija Borovkova’s Enlightenment in Ziepniekkalns, Two Years Before Her Conversion to Islam, Birmingham, 2018. Collection of Edgars and Katrīna Jaunups}

• Magnetism (Magnētisms) (04.07.–07.09.) – a contemporary art exhibition conceived as a network of invisible threads connecting artworks, historical objects, facts, and memories. Inspired by Carl Gustav Jung’s concept of “synchronicity”, the exhibition invites visitors into a subtle, intuitive and contextual experience where art attracts, provokes, and resonates. Artworks and artefacts from museums and private collections are interwoven like magnetic filaments linking emotions with the imprint of time.

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

Bulduri Square  / Bulduru skvērs (near Bulduri Station)

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

^{French photographer Philippe Margeault}

Jūrmala Culture Centre / Jūrmalas Kultūras centrs (Jomas Street 35, Majori)

• “Baltic Notes” (“Carnets Baltique”, 28.05.–30.07.) – an exhibition by French photographer Philippe Margeault, created in collaboration with the French Institute in Latvia. His black-and-white photographs reveal a Northern sense of solitude and light-filled space. Travelling around the Baltic Sea, the artist captures coastal landscapes where solitude becomes a contemplative experience. The photographs were taken in eight countries, including Latvia, using both analog and digital techniques.

^{Eduards Metuzāls, 1919}

Aspazija House  / Aspazijas māja (Z. Meierovics Avenue 18–20, Dubulti)

• “Metuzāls. From Switzerland to Jūrmala” (until 27.09.) – the exhibition features works by painter Eduards Metuzāls, capturing Swiss alpine landscapes and the atmosphere of Rīgas Jūrmala. The paintings were created during his time in Switzerland, when he developed a close friendship with Rainis and Aspazija. The show presents a previously unexhibited collection of works held by the artist’s family.

^{Dāvis Ozols. “Falling Shadow over a Flowerbed”, 2025}

Bulduri Exhibition Hall  / Bulduru Izstāžu nams (Muižas Street 6, Bulduri)

• “Time Measurements” (Laika mērījumi, 16.05.–05.07.) – in Dāvis Ozols’ paintings, classical techniques blend with contemporary imagery. Using acrylics and an airbrush, he creates visuals that seem to dissolve into the air, like memories. The themes have become more conceptually focused, and the color palette – more concentrated. His works merge the human figure and environment into a quiet space for contemplation.

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

Art Station Dubulti / Mākslas stacija Dubulti (Z. Meierovics Avenue 3, Dubulti)

• Kristaps Ancāns & Pauls Rietums. “Literally a Very Small Celebration” (06.06.–15.09.2025) - the exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of Art Station Dubulti, highlighting the interplay between contemporary art and public infrastructure. At the core of the exhibition are proto-industrial modular systems, developed in collaboration with Latvijas Finieris, Troja, and IGLU Soft Play. After the exhibition, some of these modules will remain in the station’s public waiting area, leaving a lasting and functional legacy.

Gallery Bastejs / Galerija Bastejs (Skultes Street 10, Priedaine)

• “WOOD.PAPER” (31 May – 27 July) – an exhibition of works by artist Ivars Heinrihsons.

^{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.