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What is happening in Jūrmala’s exhibition halls?

Evija Stukle-Zuitiņa. The Slow Train, 2024 (textile mosaic, embroidery, knitting)

Jūrmala’s exhibition spaces offer a diverse programme of art and culture throughout the year. They showcase contemporary art exhibitions alongside displays that highlight the resort's history and the stories of notable personalities. The exhibition venues are located in historic wooden buildings, public structures built in the second half of the 20th century, and in a post-war modernist landmark – the Art Station “Dubulti”. Jūrmala’s museums and galleries regularly host both Latvian and international artists. Together, they form a dynamic cultural environment with a broad perspective on artistic processes and the city’s identity.

Jūrmala City Museum (29 Tirgoņu Street, Majori)

  • “The Doctor at the Resort in the 19th Century” (until 24 May) – an exhibition at the Jurmala Museum exploring the 19th century as a period of rapid change in medicine, science and society, when resorts became an essential part of public health and lifestyle. The display highlights new medical methods, the rise of hygiene practices and the importance of water treatments, as well as the emergence of the resort doctor, a profession closely linked to the development of Ķemeri and the Riga seaside. The exhibition showcases objects from museum collections and private holdings, illuminating major medical discoveries and the shifts in everyday habits that laid the groundwork for modern health culture.

  • “The Krūmi Constellation” (Krūmu zvaigznājs, until 1 March) – an exhibition by the Talsi Artists’ Group presenting a creative community shaped over more than eighty years, with its roots in the 1930s, when painter Jēkabs Spriņģis was active in Talsi. From this artistic environment emerged the Talsi Krūmi Art Group in the 1990s – a free, independent community united by friendship, whose activity coincided with the period of social and political awakening. The exhibition brings together artists of different generations and media – painting, sculpture, photography, installations, and objects – outlining a distinctive creative constellation characteristic of Talsi and recognisable within the Latvian art scene.

  • “Abrasion” (Nobrāzumi, 04.03–19.04) – a solo exhibition by artist Juris Petraškevičs at the Jūrmala Museum, where the surface of the drawing becomes a sensitive boundary between the body and the world. The works reveal the textures of graphite and charcoal, traces of touch and pigment shaped by friction, capturing movement, time and sensory experience in paper. The exhibition highlights the significance of the surface as the place where the visible and the tangible intersect, emphasizing the artist’s creative process as a space of continuous exploration, improvisation and direct engagement with material.

  • Audiovisual installation A Vacationer on the Way to Jūrmala” (Atpūtnieks ceļā uz Jūrmalu, until 14 February, 2027) invites visitors to experience an emotionally rich journey to the resort across different eras—from horse-drawn carriages and steamships to railway travel. Using sound, imagery, and spatial scenography, the exhibition immerses visitors in the atmosphere of a historic journey and, through a sensory experience, leads them to encounter the long-awaited sea.

 

Bulduri Exhibition Hall (6 Muižas Street, Bulduri)

  • “Human Trajectories” (Cilvēka trajektorijasuntil 28 February) is an exhibition of works by students of the Textile Department of the Art Academy of Latvia at the Bulduri Exhibition Hall, exploring the paths of contemporary human experience through textile. The exhibition addresses identity, belonging, corporeality, and relationships, while reflecting on the contradictions of today’s world – consumption, technology-driven alienation, and the fragility of intimacy. Together, the individual works form a multi-layered map that invites visitors to pause, recognise themselves, and reflect on their own trajectories in the present-day world.
  • Visitors can also explore the workshop and creative world of Valdis Bušs (1924–2014), an outstanding Latvian landscape painter and one of Jūrmala’s artistic legends.

 

Aspazija House (Z. Meierovica Prospect 18/20, Dubulti)

  • “Sheltering in the Sun” (Patverties saulē, until 3 March) – a solo exhibition by artist Dita Lūse conceived as a quiet space of peace and balance in unsettled times. In eleven paintings, light and space create a sense of slowing down, solitude and inner calm, allowing the viewer to step away from everyday tension. In Lūse’s works, light dissolves the boundaries of form and becomes the main creator of atmosphere, while the sun appears not as blinding heat but as a source of strength and clarity.

 

Art Station Dubulti (4 Zigfrīda Meierovica Prospect, Dubulti)

  • “L ELLE / Dollhell” (26 Feb – 24 May) – a solo exhibition by Jānis Mitrēvics centred on the figure of the doll as a symbol of the human being, society, and the spirit of the time, expressed in paintings and porcelain sculptures. The exhibition presents newly created works in which an expressive language of colour merges with symbolic narratives about choice, power, faith, and the contemporary world. The artworks invite reflection on the human place within a rapidly changing reality and on what shapes our decisions. It is one of the artist’s most significant exhibitions in Latvia in recent years.

 

Jūrmala Cultural Space and Environmental Design Centre (1 Pils Street, Dubulti)

  • “My Paris / Mon Paris” (until 31 March) – an exhibition by painter and Professor at the Art Academy of Latvia, Aleksejs Naumovs, presenting for the first time a collection devoted exclusively to Parisian landscapes, from early works to the most recent plein air paintings. Working directly in nature and using an intense colour palette, the artist captures the city’s light, space, and fleeting moment, revealing Paris as a deeply personal field of creative experience.

 

Gallery BASTEJS (Skultes Street 10, Priedaine)

  • “MAKE ART NO WAR” (until 28 March 2026) – an invited artists’ exhibition at Gallery BASTEJS affirming the power of creativity at a time when the world faces tension and destruction. At its core lies the belief that art can become an alternative to violence – a space for thought, empathy and humanity. The exhibition features A. Akopjans, R. Ivanovs, G. Filipsons, E. Rozenbergs, A. Künnapu, H. Heinrihsone, P. Līdaka, J. Murovskis, D. Grodzs, A. Meldere, F. Kirke, I. Markēviča Caruka, K. Brekte, S. Daugule, J. Putrams, A. Butnors, I. Heinrihsons and I. Lūse, creating a dialogue of diverse media and artistic approaches. The exhibition encourages viewers to choose creation over destruction and affirms that creativity is stronger than war.