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.

• “The Holidaymaker on the Way to Jūrmala” (Atpūtnieks ceļā uz Jūrmalu) 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.

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.

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.

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

• Dita Lūse | Sheltering in the Sun (until 3 March) – a solo exhibition 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.

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.