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MuseumLV - the resonance of your personality in art.

The history of the establishment of Grata JJ cultural center and art gallery MuseumLV began with the idea to unite and educate Latvian modern society and to support Latvian artists who have started their career after Latvia attained full independence from the Soviet Union in August 21, 1991.

Subsequently Grata JJ and MuseumLV has grown and now appear as the largest cultural center and art gallery in Rīga, the capital of the Republic of Latvia, with a wide range of cultural activities, events and projects in its list including two MuseumLV art gallery exhibition spaces of more than 600 square meters in total, Grata Art Charitable Foundation, Grata Art Academy project, Grata Prize Art contest, cultural center Grata JJ art projects.

The gallery endowment for contemporary visual art is aimed at popularizing Latvian professional artists whose skills are based on a classical European values as well as the authors, whose perception of the world is much broader than generally accepted boundaries. We provide a wide range of artists that allows us to satisfy each viewer individually. Our choice is based on a long-term personal relationships with each one of them and on the quality of each work of art.

The MuseumLV gallery organizes solo and group exhibitions on a basis of 4 exposition weeks per month approximately. Sometimes it reaches 4 exhibitions on display at 4 different branches simultaneously. We represent more than a 150 Latvian visual art authors (that is unusual for the local gallery market) and that number grows every day as the gallery MuseumLV established annual art contest exhibition for Grata Prize with 2 nominations: Gallery MuseumLV Prize - to support senior artists and Audience Choice Award - to discover young talents. Both prizes are sponsored by Grata Eco House company. The Grata Prize exhibition starts in June and usually lasts for two months each year as a charitable event. All of our authors are professional artists, lots of them got the honor to be exhibited at National Museums around the world and in Latvia.

Our close attention is driven to the amateur education projects that include lectures on art with art historians every second week, master classes, life streamings, open discussions on art issues with art critics, artists and art lovers as well as art lessons for amateurs with professional artists, art history courses, poetry evenings, bard concerts, theatre performances, documentaries filming etc. Our lectures and instructors are professional art critics and art historians working at the Latvian National Museum of Art, Art Academy of Latvia, Science Academy of Latvia, often posessing a professor degree in their discipline.

Our interest for world literature is driven to an early forms of culture such as eposes and ancient texts exploring connection between verbal and visual arts. One of the exhibition named "Gods, Heroes, Reflections and Shadows" by Dinere family included sculptures, graphics and paintings as an illustration to "Epic of Gilgamesh" - the oldest written story on Earth. Another author - our guest lecturer Uldis Berzińš is famous not only as a poet and translator from ancient languages, but is recognized as the only one who made a professional scientific translation of the Holy Quran from ancient arabic to latvian language. It took him 30 years of deep research to find and put all the details in correct and precise forms.

The owner of MuseumLV gallery and Grata JJ cultural center established Grata Art Charitable Foundation on the 11 th of October 2018 with the opening of charity exhibition named "Art Helps Vision”. Later on, 3.12.2018, the charity auction was successfully organized. All the profits were contributed to support the senior patients in need of cornea transplantation and to those whose expenses for eye health are not covered by the state. The next contribution of Grata Art Charitable Foundation is devoted to latvian senior artists in need.

You may ask yourself why, what for and how come the play is so intense...There is no intrigue. The leader and owner and the art director are artists. And this is not a play for them. It is the way artist lives. Artist life. And we share our lives with everyone.

Opening hours of the ART Gallery in Riga: Tue.-Fr.: 11:00-19:00; Sat.: 11:00-17:00; Sun., Mo.: - Closed

Opening hours of the ART Gallery in Montreux: Tue.-Sat.: 11:00-19:00 Sun., Mo.: - Closed

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Phone no.:
00 670 16 602
00 254 09 000
e - mail: info@museumlv.com

Event calendar

Date	Participants. Description	Name of the exhibition or event	Floor
2017
29.05. – 01.07.	Group exhibition - 25 artists represented by the gallery	"Opening # Nr.1"	1
07.06.	Agnija Ģērmane and Dmitrijs Lavrentjevs	Masterclass – lifestreaming
13.06.	Alise Mediņa	Masterclass – lifestreaming
20.06.	Līga Jukša	Masterclass – lifestreaming
27.06.	Juris Ģērmanis	Masterclass – lifestreaming
04.07.	Inga Jurova	Masterclass – lifestreaming
11.07.	Elga Grīnvalde	Masterclass – lifestreaming
26.05. – 08.07.	Exhibition of Latvian Academy of Arts students	"Art Wonderland"	2
13.07. – 25.08.	Group exhibition - 25 artists represented by the gallery	"Opening # Nr.2"	1
18.07.	Kristīne Kutepova	Masterclass – lifestreaming
25.07.	Andrejs Bovtovičs	Masterclass – lifestreaming
01.08.	Baiba Ābelīte	Masterclass – lifestreaming
08.08.	Kristīne Kvitka	Masterclass – lifestreaming
15.08.	Aivis Pīzelis	Masterclass – lifestreaming
22.08.	Dzintars Adienis	Masterclass – lifestreaming
13.07. – 25.08.	Group exhibition. Study-time works of gallery’s authors	"Back to the Future"	2
29.08. – 03.10.	Agnija Ģērmane. Solo exhibition	"Present continuous"	1
30.08.	Andrus Joonas (Estonia), Leonid Medvedskij (Belarus)	Masterclass – lifestreaming
05.09.	Ilmārs Zvirgzds - writer, translater and editor	Lecture: "Epic of Gilgamesh.” - lifestreaming
15.09.	Ieva Baumgarte	Meistarklase – tiešraide
28.09.	Artūrs Bērziņš	Performance "Martirology" – lifestreaming
29.08. – 03.09.	Lithuanian, Estonian and Belarusian artists group exhibition. International project	"River"	2
07.10. – 11.11.	Roberts Diners, Lilja Dinere. Family exhibition – sculpture, graphic, painting	"Gods, Heroes, Reflections and Shadows"	1, 2
13.10.	Roberts Diners	Masterclass – lifestreaming
07.11.	Uldis Bērziņš, poet, translator	Lecture "Three Interpreters" - lifestreaming
8.11. – 12.11.	13. Salon d’art contemporain MAG, Montreux, Switzerland	MAG International Art Fair
08.11.	Latvian artists group exhibition. 31 artists, represented by the gallery MuseumLV	Grand opening MuseumLV branch at Montreux, Switzerland
08.11.	Haralds Sīmanis, poet, musician, bard	Concert: "Ballads of François Vijon" - lifestreaming
24.11.	V.I.V.A: Vēsma Ušpele, Ilze Griezāne, Vija Stupāne un Agra Ritiņa	Masterclass – lifestreaming
16.11. - 21.12.	Dita Lūse. Solo exhibition	"Anatomy of light”	1
16.11. - 21.12.	V.I.V.A: Vēsma Ušpele, Ilze Griezāne, Vija Stupāne un Agra Ritiņa. Group exhibition	"Fell in love with Latgale…”	2
29.11.	Dita Lūse	Masterclass – lifestreaming
06.12.	Pēteris Draguns - poet, musician, bard	Latvian poetry evening: "Ieskaties tai tumsai acīs" – lifestreaming
08.12.	Tatjana Lukašenkova – actress	Theatre show "Solo" – lifestreaming
19.12.	Inga Gaile. Edgars Mākens – Latvian poets, musicians	Latvian poetry evening – lifestreaming
20.12.	V.I.V.A: Vēsma Ušpele, Ilze Griezāne, Vija Stupāne and Agra Ritiņa	Masterclass – lifestreaming
28.12.2017. - 27.01.2018.	70 artists, represented by the gallery (Latvia, Belorussia, Estonia, Lithuania) as well as a group students of Latvian Academy of Arts	"Literal Art"	1, 2
2018
30.01. – 10.03.	Andrejs Nadeždinskis. Solo exhibition	"The Golden Spider Net"	2
03.02. – 10.03.	Artūrs Bērziņš. Solo exhibition	"Great Loneliness"	1
22.02.	Artūrs Bērziņš - artist, Igors Šuvajevs - philosopher, Vilnis Vejš - art critic, Artūrs Avotiņš - art critic , Andris Teikmanis - professor, Inga Jurova - artist	Discussion "Visions of Contemporary art" - lifestreaming
10.03.	Artūrs Bērziņš	Performance "Eshatology" – lifestreaming
03.04.	Edvards F. Kuks - latvian poet	Latvian poetry evening – lifestreaming
02.03. – 01.04.	Ērika Kumerova. Solo exhibition	"Stories on the canvas"	2
16.03. – 06.05.	Inga Jurova. Solo exhibition	"Vorstadt story"	1
19.04.	Inga Jurova - artist and Lilita Eglīte – latvian journalist	Discussion, lifestreaming
06.04. – 06.05.	Riga Photography Biennial International project (Kristians Brekte (LV), Ivars Grāvlejs (LV/CZ), Margrieta Griestiņa (LV), Reinis Hofmanis (LV), Alina Kleytman (UA), Natalia Ibáñez Lario (ES), Floris Schönfeld (US/NL), Mike Diva (USA), rimes (CA), Harmony Korine (USA), Die Antwoord (ZA)	"Today I’m a mermaid. Tomorrow I’ll be a unicorn"	2
07.04.	Floris Schönfeld (US/NL). Rigas Foto Biennial	Masterclass "Re-creating"
26.04.	Latvian artists group exhibition. 31 artists represented by the gallery MuseumLV	Grand opening of MuseumLV gallery branch at Montreux, Switzerland
11.05 – 19.06.	Daina Dagnija (LV/USA)	Retrospective. Life for art. Art for life. Solo exhibition	1, 2
30.05.	Via Ozoliņa - art historian and Daina Dagnija – artist	Discussion, lifestreaming
21.06. – 28.08.	Group of artists, represented by the gallery - 100 participants (LV, RU)	"Mystery. Ritual Art" Contest exhibition for Grata Prize.	1, 2
26.07.	Award ceremony of Grata Prize. Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs - Gallery Prize. Ilze Laizāne – Audience Choice Award	"Mystery. Ritual Art" Contest exhibition for Grata Prize.
04.07.	Jana Nesteroviča	Masterclass – lifestreaming
11.07.	Vita Ozoliņa – art historian	Lecture. "Art and culture of Mexico"
19.07.	Patricija Brekte	Craft studio
20.07.	Nikolajs Krivošeins	Masterclass - lifestreaming
26.07. – 01.09	Juris Ģērmanis. Solo exhibition	"Women and Nature"	2
31.07.	Juris Ģērmanis	Masterclass – lifestreaming
09.08.	Ilze Preisa	Masterclass – lifestreaming
21.08.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. "Mysteries and rituals of contemporary art"
22.08.	Jūlija Eresko and Inga Jurova – artists	Discussion "Unofficial reality of artist" - lifestreaming
20.09.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture "Latvian art through portrait" I
05.09. – 06.10.	Anda Poikāne. Solo exhibition. Sculpture	"In the Shadow" Nomination to Latvian media price "Kilograms kultūras” MuseumLV.com/paena/)	1
01.10.	Anda Poikāne	Meeting with artist
04.09. – 06.10.	Ilze Laizāne. Solo exhibition	"Taste of Summer"	2
25.09.	Ilze Laizāne	Masterclass "Secret party"
28.09.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture "Latvian art through portrait" II
04.10.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture "Latvian art through portrait" III
11.10. – 10.11.	Agate Apkalne. Solo exhibition	"Sadness of Soul"	1
10.10. - 11.11.	"Art Helps Vision" Grata Art Foundation charity exhibition	"Art Helps Vision”. Group exhibition to gain the fund for operation on eyes for old people. In partnership with Latvian American Eye Center and Grata Art Foundation	2
15.10.	Natalija Bataraga – art historian	Lecture. "Russian avantgard and Dadaism"
18.10.	Natalija Bataraga – art historian	Lecture. "Pop – art"
01.11	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. "Bohemian life in art history"
01.11.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. "Academics vs modernists"
7.11. – 11.11.	14. Salon d’art contemporain MAG, Montreux, Switzerland	MAG International Art Fair
03.12.	Auction raising funds for eye correction operations	Art Helps Vision
16.11. - 21.01.	Project dedicated to 100th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia. 84 authors, 25 families of Latvian artists, 100 art works, (LV, GB, Canada, Germany)	"Kinship Scripts" Educational exhibition. Art history through artworks from XIX century till 2018 Full description of "Kinship Scripts" is available in the catalogue published by MuseumLV art gallery. Website: MuseumLV.com/radu-raksti/	1, 2
21.11.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. «Janis Rozentāls. Arcadia» I
28.11.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. «Janis Rozentāls. Arcadia» II
29.11.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. «Skulme's kinship scripts» I
04.12.	Laima Žurgina – film director	Movie demonstration with discussion about Skulme's kinship scripts
13.12.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. «Skulme's kinship scripts» II
2019
17.01.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. Nicholas Roerich in Latvia
25.01. – 02.03.	Vadim Markevich. Solo ehxibition	"A talk about myself"	1
05.02.	Sandra Krastiņa – artist	Lecture – discussion. Women in visual art.
07.02.	Alvils Hartmanis – president of Nicholas Roerich Society of Latvia	Lecture. Nicholas Roerich
14.02.	Vadim Markevich – artist	Masterclass - lifestreaming
21.02.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. "Vincent Van Gogh"
04.03.	Eduards Dorofejevs – art historian	Lecture. "Hyperrealism"
25.01. – 02.03.	Eduard Zentsik (Estonia). Solo exhibition	"Soul"	2
28.02. – 09.03.	"Himnus Amoris" Rolanda Aleknaite, Rita Volčokiene, Sandra Karmazinskaja, Indre Bogdanovičiene, Audra Vitkute (Lithuania). Grand opening of MuseumLV branch at Ausekļa street 5, Rīga, Latvia	"Lake of Love" Group exhibition.	Ausekļa 5.
08.03. -13.04.	Mareks Gureckis. Solo ehxibition	"Sound Prints"	2
08.03. - 13.04.	Dmitry Lavrentjev. Solo ehxibition	"The Time of Equilibrium"	1
14.03.	Edvarda Šmite – art historian	Lecture. "Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin"
28.03.	Eduards Dorofejevs – art historian	Lecture. "Jean-Michel Basquiat"
11.04.	Janis Borgs – art historian	Lecture. "The birth of modern erotic culture in Western world"
16.04.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Love stories of artists and their life in the paintings"
17.04. – 18.05.	Vivita Zuzule. Solo ehxibition	"My Transformations"	2
24.04.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Introductory lesson in ceramics
01.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
03.05.	Eduards Dorofejevs – art historian	Purvitis prize. Tour to Latvian National Museum of Art
04.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
08.05.	Janis Borgs – art historian	Lecture. "Ghent Altar"
08.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
10.05.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Art and money"
11.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
15.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
18.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
22.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
25.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
29.05.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
01.06.	Kristīne Lazdāne. Artist-potter	Practical lesson
25.04. – 01.06.	Vita Merca. Solo exhibition	"Discovering the Light"	1
06.06. – 25.07.	Summer contest exhibition for Grata Prize in visual art. Aleksejs Naumovs and Juris Ģērmanis – prize from the gallery, Dita Lūse – people's choice award	"Source of power"	1.2
20.06.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Peggy Guggenheim – woman who changed the perception of contemporary art"
25.09. – 26.10.	International project (LV, EST, RU, LT). Group exhibition	"The Touch of Salt"	2.
18.09.	Anna Kašina - doctor	Lecture "The Age of Beauty"
06.09. – 05.10.	Gita Šmite. Solo exhibition	"I am"	1.
12.10. - 13.11.	Juris Jurjāns. Solo exhibition	"Love recital"	1.
15.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Italian renaissance"
29.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Northern renaissance"
01.11.	Vita Ozoliņa – art historian	Tour to the Riga Bourse museum to the exhibition of Ivan Aivazovsky "Metaphisics of light"
08.11.	Natalija Jevesejeva - art historian	Tour to the Latvian National Museum of Art to the exhibition "Aleksanda Belcova. Visual art, praphics, Baltars porcelain"
12.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Mannerism"
13.11.	Lea Wedensky	Lecture. "Crisis of meaning and lack of motivation"
22.11.2019 – 04.01. 2020	Juris Dimiters. Solo exhibition	"Signs of my time"	1. 2.
22.11.	Vita Ozoliņa – art historian	Tour to the Riga Bourse museum to the exhibition of Ivan Aivazovsky "Metaphisics of light"
26.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Baroque"
27.11.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Bach – the king of music"
10.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Baroque. The golden age of Spanish art"
11.12.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Handel"
12.12.	Jeļena Vlasova - journalist	Lecture. "Fashion for real women"
17.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Romanticism"
18.12.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Beethoven"
19.12.	Juris Dimiters and Alla Petropavlovska	Meeting with viewers
2020
12.01 – 22.02.	Aleksejs Naumovs (LV) and Vilens Kunnapu (EST). Internanional project	"Place. Image. Energy"	1.2.
14.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Impressionism. catchers of summer light"
15.01.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Chopin"
21.01.	Eduards Dorofejevs - art historian	Lecture. "Gothics. Dark times"
28.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture "Post-impressionism and expressionism"
04.02.	Eduards Dorofejevs - art historian	Lecture "The influence of gothics on modern culture
11.02.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Modernism and art-deco"
12.02.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Mozart"
18.02.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	"Lecture. "Abstractionism"
25.02.	Meeting of GRATA Book Club with Slava Se
29.02. - 31.03.	Ilze Smildzīņa. Solo exhibition	"Somewhere right there"	1.
03.03.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Cubism"
11.03.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture "Robert and Clara Schumann – love story
17.03.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Surrealism"
31.03.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. "Conceptualism"
08.04.	Inna Davidova - Director of the Herman Braun Foundation	Lecture. "Vien – the capital of music"
09.07. - 29.08.	Group exhibition as a part of the 25th International Baltic Ballet Festival "From Classics to Avant-garde"	"4stages"	1. 2.
12.09. - 17.10.	International contest exhibition for GRATA BALVA annual award	"#artefact#fifthcivilization"
27.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. Импрессионизм. "Предтечи импрессионизма"
03.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. Импрессионизм. "Франция – родина импрессионизма"
10.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. Импрессионизм. "Испания – живопись солнца"
17.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. Импрессионизм. "Россия – особое видение импрессионизма"
24.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. Импрессионизм. "Америка – "вирус импрессионизма""
01.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Вводная Lecture."
15.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Искусство Киевской Руси"
2021
23.10. – till...	Dita Lūse. Solo exhibition	"Amalgams of time"	1.
14.05. -	Kristīne Rubene. Solo exhibition	"White. Red. Gray."	Ausekļa 5
02.07. – 23.09.	Artūrs Berziņš. Solo exhibition	"A New Day Will Arise For Latvia"	1.
03.08.	Artūrs Berziņš. Performance	"AURORA"	1.
13.08. – 23.09.	Rita Pranča. Solo exhibition	"Quattuor viris"	2.
21.09.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Развитие русского искусства в контексте европейской живописи"	1
02.10. - 11.12.	Eduard Zentsik, Yury Khorev, Tauno Kangro. Group exhibition	"MŪZA/MUSE/МУЗА"	1,2
05.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Искусство Киевской Руси"	1
12.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Переломное время"	1
19.10.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "От портрета к городскому пейзажу"	1
23.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Товарищество передвижных выставок"	1
30.11.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Товарищество передвижных выставок. Портретная живопись"	1
07.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Товарищество передвижных выставок. Историческая живопись"	1
14.12.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Мир искусства"	1
22.12.2021 - 05.02.2022	Elga Grīnvalde.	Solo exhibition "Verticals"	1
22.12.2021 - 29.01.2022		Christmas exhibition - sale	2
2022
04.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Русский примитивизм".	1
11.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Женское лицо русского авангарда".	1
18.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Авангард, супрематизм, конструктивизм".	1
25.01.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Соцреализм – официальное искусство СССР".	1
01.02.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Оттепель и 60-е: рождение андерграунда".	1
08.02.	Jūlija Osipova - art historian	Lecture. История русского искусства. "Концептуализм и соц-арт – загадочный и интеллектуальный стиль 20 века".	1
18.02. - 31.03.	Exhibition of several artists and their students	"Teacher - Pupil".	1
13.04. - 14.05.	Mary Zhang, Giorgia Zhang, Siqi Chen	joint exhibition "On the Move"
26.05. - 09.07.	Jānis Deinats	solo exhibition "Jānis Deinats. Times. So sweet"	1. , 2.
26.08. - 15.10.	several artists	“#illusory #reality”	1.
26.08. - 15.10.	Evgeny Merman	solo exhibition “Bilder Atlas”	2.
28.10. - 11.01.2023.	Jūlija Eresko	solo exhibition "SOS. Life matters"	1., 2.
2023
25.01. – 11.03.	Ilze Preisa	solo exhibition "Metaphorical games"	1.