Daugavpils Drift Festival 2019 will take place at the city’s сartodrome “Blāzma” on July 13.

On 12 July, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open a new exhibition of original works by artist Mark Rothko. The event will be marked by a public discussion and concert and attended by Mark Rothko’s daughter, Kate Rothko Prizel.

From 2nd July till 11th July (including) the ticket prices and expositions’ availability in the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre are changed.

“Basics”, an exhibition of contemporary ceramic art by 71 ceramic artists from the three Baltic States, will be opened at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre on Friday 5 July. Under the framework of the exhibition, a conference on ceramic art will take place in the conference sector from noon sharp until 2 p.m.

At 4 p.m. on Friday 5 July, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open its height-of-summer season with exhibitions by Latvian, Baltic and international artists. The opening ceremony will be preceded by a conference of Baltic ceramicists, scheduled to start at noon sharp.

Leaflets about the upcoming events held in Daugavpils from July to September 2019 are available at Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre. The leaflets are published in four languages – Latvian, Russian, English and Lithuanian. Leaflets include information about the exhibitions, culture and sports events as well as information about the city’s tourist attractions.

In 2019, a new track was opened in the adventure park – a net route. The net route offers an amazing new way of enjoying activities at the height of 7m, manoeuvring through the nets, jumping or relaxing. It is interesting for both children and adults.

Bicycle and e-scooter rental service is available for fans of the outdoor activities. Residents and guests of Daugavpils have a choice whether to ride around city for a few hours or to take a long trip even for a whole day.

By way of homage to Silva Linarte, brilliant artist and veteran art educator, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre launches a new symposium tradition – the international painting symposium “Silva Linarte” whose first iteration is scheduled for 25 June through 5 July.

From June 28, 2019 to June 30, 2019 the 2nd International Doll Festival will be held in Daugavpils. For the second time, Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum will receive in its premises artists, masters and fans of author dolls from all over the world.

В пятницу 7 июня, с 22:00 до 2:00 Даугавпилсский Арт-центр им. Марка Ротко уже в пятый раз организует Ночь искусств в пределах исторической Крепости.

Welcome to the music concerts that will take place on the weekend from June 7th to 9th on the stage at Vienibas square. On Friday evening, June 7 th, there will be a concert of Latvian groups “Carnival Youth” and “Jumprava”. On Saturday, June 8th, Latvian pop singer Aminata will perform for the guests and city residents and after that there will be a concert of Russian pop star Polina Gagarina. After the concert everyone is invited to the festive salute. On Sunday everyone will enjoy a concert of Latvian pop group “Musiqq”.

The topic of this year’s Night of Museums that will be held on May, 18th is “The Bugler of Tālava”. Nine tourist attractions, educational institutions and societies will be inviting visitors to enjoy the magic of the Night of Museums in Daugavpils. Most museums will offer special activities for this original night, aimed at all audiences: storytelling tours, concerts, workshops for children, theatre performances etc. 

On 18 May Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will be open for the Long Night of Museums with a special programme “Grey Covers Laid out by the Night”. Visitors will have an opportunity to relish dreams and reality at the group exhibition from the Funen Printmaking Workshop, to experience peace and tension in the art of Latgale region and to appreciate the expressive style of painter Maija Bērziņa in her latest solo exhibition.

For one day only, on 18 May, 7 p.m. through midnight, expressly for the Long Night of Museums, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will offer photo exhibition “Solaris” by popular Lithuanian media artist Remigijus Venckus. The exhibition was inspired by Polish philosopher Stanislaw Lem and his ideas expressed in the Sci-Fi novel “Solaris”.

On May 7 the 8th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium was officially started at Daugavpils Mark Rothko art Centre.

On Friday 26 April, in cooperation with Boris Lurie Art Foundation, an exhibition “Artist and Witness” by world-famous artist Boris Lurie, founder of the NO!art movement, will open at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.

On Friday 26 April, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Centre will celebrate its sixth anniversary with a lecture, a film screening, a discussion and the opening of the new exhibition season.

Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre will be open every day from 10:00 to 18:00 from April, 1st till September, 30th.

The exhibition “The Great Jews of Latgale” can be seen at the Jewish of Daugavpils and Latgale Museum. It is a permanent exhibition that includes five stands with information about 125 Jews who were born, worked, lived or still live in Latgale.