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Art Riga Photo Fair 2024
19–24 November 2024
The premiere art photo event in Riga! Join us from November 19–24, 2024, at the Latvian Railway History Museum for the debut of ART RIGA PHOTO FAIR, a celebration of photography in all its forms. This exciting new event features a curated selection of captivating works from renowned and emerging photographers, offering a fresh perspective on contemporary photography.
Art Riga Fair has attracted thousands of visitors and participants over the years, becoming one of the most important and influential art events in the Baltic region.
In its tenth-anniversary year, ART RIGA FAIR launched a new parallel project: the first ART RIGA PHOTO FAIR, five days of photography at the Latvian Railway History Museum from 19 to 24 November 2024.
At a glance
- Edition
- 1st (inaugural)
- Dates
- 19–24 November 2024
- Venue
- Latvian Railway History Museum, Uzvaras bulvāris 2A, Rīga
- Curator
- Gaļina Maksimova
- Countries
- Latvia, Italy, France, Lithuania, Estonia
Photographers had always taken part in ART RIGA FAIR, and in the jubilee year the organisers spun that thread into its own event. Like the main fair, ART RIGA PHOTO FAIR is a selling exhibition: most of what hangs on the walls can be admired and also bought and taken home. The show was built to display the range of contemporary photography, from poetic landscapes and city reportage to portraiture, fashion and studio work, with every stand its own world.
The stands
One of the central stands presented the photography of Gunārs Binde, the master of Latvian photography, whose major retrospective was on show at the same time at the Latvian National Museum of Art.
Italian photographer Giordano Morganti, already known in Riga for his "Frankenstein" exhibition, brought a new body of work: studies of mountain cattle herders and nocturnal, psychological portraits, in which parts of the body build sculptural compositions.
Lithuanian photographer Alberts Pocejs showed, for the first time in Riga, a series of sensual women's portraits. Around them ran a line of talented young photographers and established masters who have left their mark on Latvian photography, with further guests from Italy, France, Lithuania and Estonia.
An express contest
A month before the opening the fair announced the ART RIGA PHOTO FAIR express contest, open to everyone, on the theme "Light play." Entrants posted a photograph with the hashtag #artrigaphoto on Facebook or Instagram; a public vote and a jury each counted for half of the result. The winner took a five-metre stand at the fair, with three-metre stands for second and third place.
Organised by Happy Art Museum
The inaugural photo fair was curated by Gaļina Maksimova for Happy Art Museum. A ticket to the exhibition also included entry to the Railway Museum's own exposition.
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- Dates
- 19–24 November 2024