The HAPPY ART MUSEUM production group announces an international contemporary art fair exhibition Art Riga that will take place on November 24-30 2015 in Riga. The new tradition set up this year with Riga being the 2014 European Capital opens opportunities for a longterm future development.

The Art Riga international art fair is meant to be an annual meeting place for art professionals - art galleries, institutions, printing houses, experts, cultural media representatives, collectors as well as art lovers from all over the world. ProfessionalLatvian art galleries are invited to take part in the fair. International art galleries and institutions will participate on a competitive base. This year galleries from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Indonesia, Georgia, Estonia, Mexico and Latvia have confirmed their participation.

The Fair's main purposes are:- Receive international visibility and become an important annual meeting place for art professionals from Northern,

Eastern and Western Europe.−Enhance the prestige of Latvia's artists and art galleries;−Receive a deeper understanding of the Baltic region's current events, find out more about the world's art trends and have a look at oneself in the European and world art market context.−Practice an exhibition exchange with international art galleries, get to know colleagues who organize art events all around the world.

It is a collective exhibition of art galleries and art institutions where each participant makes his exposition on a separatestand. This format popular in the rest of the world will be applied to the Latvian context for the first time. The Art Riga festival welcomes everyone to have an art experience as well as have a look at the exhibition's favorite pieces from a commercial viewpoint.

Every year the best world art galleries come together, and fight for the love of the audience. Gallery owners, artists and art experts exchange ideas, make friends and discuss exchange exhibitions and activities.The fair's meeting place is the Latvian Railroad History Museum. It was chosen for its cultural and historical background, its capacity and easy-to-find location. Each participant will have a separate block with a stand, all blocks are planned to be of an equal size, but that can be changed if needed.

Besides the traditional and interdisciplinary art expositions broad analytical discussions will take place during the fair. The conference program includes talks by SIMON HEWITT (Oxford) ”Investigation in originals”. ALEXEY ROMANOV ALEXANDER RAPPAPORT, IGOR VATOLIN “ART&ENIGMA”, etc.

The whole week of the fair foreign authors, gallery owners and art experts will be presenting the works. The first day is traditionally scheduled for art professionals and VIP guests.

A web page has been created for the fair HTTP://ARTRIGA.COM as well as profiles in various social networks. During the fair a press center with accredited foreign journalists will be functioning in the museum and there will also be a web live broadcasting.

A press center club will be opened 10.00-23.00 with a free Wi-Fi, a cafeteria with 100 chairs, presentation equipment and a web live broadcasting.

Press center address: Dzirnavu street 67, shopping mall “Galleria Riga”, level 7, “Happy Art Museum”.

Production group SIA HAPPY ART MUSEUM www.artriga.com info@artriga.comSIA Happy Art Museum board member Dags Vidulejs (+371 29595885)SIA Euroclub board member Gaļina Maksimova (+371 29177748)Riga, Dzirnavu street 67, Galleria Riga 7th floor

Production group SIA HAPPY ART MUSEUM www.artriga.com info@artriga.comSIA Happy Art Museum board member Dags Vidulejs (+371 29595885)SIA Euroclub board member Gaļina Maksimova (+371 29177748)Riga, Dzirnavu street 67, Galleria Riga 7th floor

PROGRAM EVENTS OF ART RIGA FAIR 2015

THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BALTIC REGION ART FAIR

NOVEMBER 23—30, 2015 LATVIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM

23rd of November Events

16:00 Press Briefing

17:00 VIP Opening

19:00 Opening

24th of November Events

13:00 Stand Presentation

16:00 DISCUSSION ART & ENIGMA with theoretician Alexander Rappaport, philosopher Alexey Romanov. Moderator Igor Vatolin.

25th of November Events

10:00 Presentation Discussion

16:00 Discussion on contemporary art trends, depending on the sources of funding. Expert Arthur Avotiņš.

26th of November Events

15:00 DISCUSSION ART BRUT. Wonders of the art therapy.

18:30 AUDIO - VISUAL Vernissage Arturs Berzins and friends (Latvia) Happy Art Museum

27th of November Events

13:00 ROUND TABLE Discussion: An investigation into the origins SIMON HEWITT (OXFORD)

28th of November Events

16:00 DISCUSSION ART & ENIGMA second part with theoretician Alexander Rappaport, philosopher Alexey Romanov. Moderator Igor Vatolin.

27th of November Events

13:00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION “Baltic region art market evolution”

ARCHIVE OF THE PREVIOUS ART RIGA

Production group SIA HAPPY ART MUSEUM www.artriga.com info@artriga.comSIA Happy Art Museum board member Dags Vidulejs (+371 29595885)SIA Euroclub board member Gaļina Maksimova (+371 29177748)Riga, Dzirnavu street 67, Galleria Riga 7th floor

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