This week marks 12 years of FOLD covering Latvia’s creative industries. In the Nice Touch section, FOLD co-founder Evelīna Ozola, the chief designer of Riga, shares tools that help her manage the downsides of long hours at the computer.

From April 24 to May 17, the art and design gallery Part Time will host the solo exhibition Kissing Branches by Vilnius-based Irish artist and illustrator Nathanaël Roman. Nathanaël, who works under the pseudonym Pipe & Pallet, combines illustration, sound, and movement in his work.

The proposal by artists and designers Bruno Birmanis and Mareunrol’s, focusing on the history of Latvian avant-garde fashion, has won the competition for Latvia’s pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

A major exhibition of the Latvian Jewellery Art Association, Touch-Sensitive, is on view at the Museum of Applied Arts and Design in Vilnius until June 30, reflecting the relationship between jewellery, its makers, and wearers.

From April 24 to July 6, the Riga Photography Biennial programme Next 2025 will offer a wide range of exhibitions and education events, giving the floor to emerging artists and curators from the Baltic and other countries who have addressed aspects of the theme «invisible but present».

In the Nice Touch section, illustrator Elīna Brasliņa, who recently wrote her own first picture book, shares a valuable insight that helps her to draw engaging characters.

Until April 29, the cultural space Smilga will host the exhibition Ouroboros by contemporary jewellery artist Una Mikuda, which offers an insight into her creative world. In the Nice Touch section, the artist talks about an accessory that has become an integral part of her day-to-day life and creative process.

From April 7 to 13, Tactile Baltics will showcase the innovations and values of our region at the world’s largest design event, Milan Design Week. Designers representing Lithuania reflect on contemporary and traditional culture, as well as the relationship between humans and nature, in their work.

As the Milan Design Week approaches, we present the Estonian designers who will participate in the Baltic contemporary design exhibition Tactile Baltics, on view from April 7 to 13 in Palazzo Litta.

Until June 15, the National Art Gallery in Vilnius is hosting a major exhibition, Silver Girls. Retouched History of Baltic Photography, which will reveal a hidden and little-explored chapter in the work of female photographers from the first half of the 20th century.

Boterra, founded by Irita Tīlane-Pakalniņa, is one of the design studios that will represent Latvia at the Baltic contemporary design exhibition Tactile Baltics. In the Nice Touch section, Irita talks about one of the tools she used to create collection, which will be on view in Milan.