Opening of the contemporary art and installation festival
Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2016 “Conservatism and Liberalism”

 

September 10, Saturday

• Opening of the central exhibition “Being Good” at Wagner Hall, 19:00, 4 Vagnera Street
• Exhibition in the city in collaboration with Contemporary culture forum “White Night”, from 15:00 till 03:00
• Partnering project “Us and the Others” at Institut français de Lettonie (59 Elizabetes Street):
  Performance by artist Hu-be “Scribblitti”
  3D movie “Clouds over Sidra” and photography exhibition by Marko Risovic (Serbia) in collaboration with UNHCR

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September 11, Sunday
12:00 -17:30

“Conservatism and Liberalism: Appearances in contemporary culture”
Talks by: Justin Charles Hoover (USA), Adam Mazur (Poland), Heiko Pfreundt (Germany), Hadas Maor (Israel).
Art Academy of Latvia, 13 Kalpaka Blvd.

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September 12, Monday
16:00-19:00

Artist Talks
Wagner Hall, urban Riga

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September 13, Tuesday
10:30-16:00

Workshops
Art Academy of Latvia, 13 Kalpaka blvd, Wagner Hall, 4 Vāgnera Street
Register via squadrennial@gmail.com

 

Extras of the festival

“The First Crew”, a solo show by Denis Prasolov (Russia)
Bank M2M Europe, 3 Antonijas Street
On view till September 21
14:00 – 17:00
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“Terra Incognita: Familiar Infinity”
KUMU Art Museum
34 Weizenbergi, Tallinn
June 12 – September 12
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Valentijn Goethals and Tomas Lootens (Belgium) at The Latvian Museum of Architecture
September 15 – October 7
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Solo show by James Prevett at gallery Raja in Tallinn, Estonia
From September 20