Jūrmala City Museum (29 Tirgoņu Street, Majori)

• “The Doctor at the Resort in the 19th Century” (11 December–24 May, 2026) – 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.

^{Laura Feldberga. Shrub Group. Installation, 2025}

• “The Krūmi Constellation (Krūmu zvaigznājs)” (14 January–1 March 2026) is an exhibition by the Talsi Artists’ Group at the Jūrmala Museum, 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.

Jurmala Culture Centre (Jomas Street 35, Majori)

• Signe Štrauss and Jekaterina Grjazeva | “In the Mood of the Turning Year” (Gadu mijas noskaņā) (until 12 February 2026) – a joint exhibition by two Jurmala artists at the Jurmala Culture Centre, inviting visitors to pause between the departing and the approaching year. The works reveal the passage of time as a search for light within winter dusk, offering two distinct perspectives on the same moment of transition. In Signe Štrauss’s drypoint compositions, fragility and strength coexist, while Jekaterina Grjazeva’s etchings evoke a nostalgic breath and hint at childhood memories. The exhibition creates a dialogue of light, line and emotional resonance that precisely captures the atmosphere of the year’s turning.

Jūrmala Culture and Environmental Design Centre (Pils iela 1, Dubulti)

• Jānis Pauļuks | “Colour. Brushstroke. Expression.” (Krāsa. Triepiens. Ekspresija.) (until 30.01.2026) – the exhibition Jānis Pauļuks (1906–1984): Painting from the Rietumu Bank Collection reveals one of the most remarkable Latvian modernist masters, whose works combine expressive energy with technical precision. Pauļuks’ painting is imbued with a meditative impulse and dynamic vibration of lines, reflecting his unrestrained temperament and creative freedom. The human figure becomes a central motif in his compositions – both as an individual personality and as an embodiment of the feminine ideal. His artistic signature is also shaped by a meticulous attitude towards colour and materials, influenced by his experience as a calligrapher. The exhibition presents Pauļuks as an “eternal seeker,” whose aim was to bring a new, powerful expressive language into Latvian art.

Art Station “Dubulti” (Zigfrīda Meierovica Prospect 4, Dubulti)

• Vidvuds Zviedris | “Once Grass Was Blue and Skies Were Green” (until 01.02.2026) – the artist’s most extensive solo exhibition to date, exploring the theme of shared responsibility in today’s world through contrasts of scale and tension. Vidvuds Zviedris moves dynamically between painting, large-scale sculpture, objects, and photography, incorporating found materials charged with experience. “What happens to our psyche, considering that violence is so visible, yet our influence so minimal?” asks the artist, who, after many years in America, has returned to his homeland with a renewed creative vision.

Valdis Bušs

Bulduri Exhibition Hall (6 Muižas Street, Bulduri)

• 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.

• “Human Trajectories (Cilvēka trajektorijas)” (7 January–28 February 2026) 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.

The Thinker, with apologies to Rodin, 2023 

Gallery Bastejs (10 Skultes Street, Priedaine)

• Antony Donaldson | “Spotlight on Pop” (6 December 2025–31 January 2026) – An exhibition of paintings by British Pop Art classic Antony Donaldson at Gallery “Bastejs”, where the artist returns to his early 1960s themes of movement, desire, and the tension of the photographic moment. The works reveal his long-standing interest in how images transform over time, the aesthetics of the cinematic frame, and the dynamics introduced by new technologies, offering a contemporary continuation of his Pop Art beginnings.

Jean Denant, Environmental Object “Mare Balticum”, 2025. Photo: Jūrmala City Municipality

New environmental artwork on Dzintari Beach
A new contemporary art installation by French artist Jean Denant – the mirror sculpture “Mare Balticum” – can be seen at the beach exit at Turaidas Street in Dzintari. Made of polished stainless steel, the work imitates the shimmer of the sea’s surface and reflects the sea, sky, shoreline, and the viewer’s silhouette. The object symbolizes the unity of the Baltic Sea countries and draws attention to environmental sustainability. Jūrmala is the first of eight coastal cities to host this artwork.