Saturday, May 18, from From 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the “Museum Night 2024” promotion, the Rothko Museum offers to view contemporary art exhibitions, indulge in the creative process and experience a fiery art performance created by Polish ceramicists.
The Rothko Museum has adapted the theme of Latvian Museum Night “Explore and acquire, study and understand” to its creative program by applying a laconic title in Latin “DOCENDO DISCIMUS” or “By teaching others, we learn ourselves”. The resounding motto emphasizes that each exhibition season, each project and event, similar to the Night of Museums, is a relentless process of experience and knowledge, where we teach, show, present and at the same time improve ourselves.
On the evening of May 18, in the veil of twilight and mystery, the works of regional and world artists will shine brightly in the Rothko Museum. Visitors to the Night of Museums will be able to experience the conceptual exhibition “Let’s Die Together” by photographer, painter and Purvīš Award nominee Roman Korovina, listen to the silence of the cannons at the Latgale region artist competition exhibition, reflect on the sustainability of art and design at the Swedish textile artists’ exhibition “Re Rag Rug” and be inspired by the 12th International Ceramic Arts symposium at the exhibition “Ceramic Laboratory”.
For one day only, during the Museum Night, the exhibition “Hope in the Eyes of a Child” by the Ukrainian artist Vyacheslav Pasinok will be exclusively available at the Rothko Museum. The ceramic objects on display were made under the guidance of the artist by Ukrainian children who escaped the bombing at the Kharkiv metro station. The exhibition has already visited Turkey, Norway and the Netherlands, telling about the personal experiences of the artist and the experiences of many Ukrainian children during the reign. Along with the exhibition, the smallest visitors of the Daugavpils Museum Night will also have a place and opportunity for creative expression.
Meanwhile, in the courtyard of the Rothko Museum, Museum Night guests will be able to digitally experience Peter Martinson’s ceramics in augmented reality using smart devices – a personal mobile phone or tablet.
The event will end in the art garden near Martinson’s house, where Polish ceramists Alicija Bulavka-Fankidejski and Dmitrijs Bulavka-Fankidejski will performatively unveil an ambitious fire sculpture.
This year, in addition to the Rothko Museum, the casemates of the 7th Bastion of the Daugavpils Fortress with the Rothko Museum’s valuable collection of contemporary ceramics will also be open in the Museum Night program.
Museum Night activities at the Rothko Museum are available free of charge, while the exposition with original works by Mark Rothko and the exhibition of the Rothko Museum collection can be viewed for an entrance fee.
Contact information:
Valentina Slavkovski
+371 26598639
