The comic book publisher Kuš! has released artist Ingrīda Pičukāne’s book Feminae Explorarum, in which the author hallenges expectations of femininity, offering a richly subjective and feminist perspective.

In the Nice Touch section, architect and designer Ivars Veinbergs, who recently founded a new design office, .obj, talks about what he does when he hits a creative dead-end.

rom June 20 to August 2, the contemporary art gallery Asni will host a solo exhibition by photographer Pēteris Vīksna entitled This Feels Familiar. In this new series of works, Pēteris explores two parallel narratives — urban and corporeal — by analysing their intersections, contrasts, and common structures.

Book designer Alexey Murashko has won two gold prizes this year at the prestigious European Design Awards

The artistic director of the advertising agency Magic Dace Izabella Grundšteina shares a nice touch on how to reconnect your hands with your head.

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«ToneArt / PH Furniture & Pianos» zīmola salonā.

Until July 18, the ISSP Gallery is hosting an exhibition by Italian artist Eleonora Agostini entitled Sinestesia: A Study of Waitressing, which explores the interconnections between perception, memory, and space.

The Kalnciema Quarter Gallery is hosting designer and artist Ričards Znutiņš–Znutāns’ first solo exhibition, When My Mind Draws, My Hands Don’t Think, until June 28. In the Nice Touch section, Ričards talks about what motivates him.

Designer and artist Arthur Analts works on a wide range of projects—design, sculpture, architecture, graphics, product, and exhibition design—and has gained international recognition for his work. In the Nice Touch section, he shares his way of finding inspiration.

From May 26 to June 1, a new contemporary art festival, the Riga Art Week (RAW), will take place for the first time. The visual system of RAW, created by the design studio Support System, explores the timeline of the festival and highlights the apt acronym of the event.

This week, the art and design gallery Part Time opened the exhibition Vacation by illustrator and artist Oskars Pavlovskis. Oskars creates his work using a variety of techniques, and in the Nice Touch section, he talks about software, which he likens to a Swiss Army knife.

Installed across five Riga neighbourhoods, the sculptures were created by design studio H2E in collaboration with landscape architecture studio ALPS and prominent Latvian philosophers, on the initiative of Swedbank. Each sculpture interprets the circle in a unique way, symbolising the transformative power of ideas.