Lidó Rico. The Revelation
From 19 June to 23 August 2026, the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE in Riga (Doma laukums 6) invites to visit The Revelation, a solo exhibition by Spanish artist Lidó Rico.
Media tour of exhibition on 18 June at 11.00
Registration of participants: 10.30–11.00
This exhibition aims to serve as a catalyst for new emotions through the dialogue between contemporary art and the museum’s permanent collection.
Starting from the context of the building of the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE, which offers a particular journey through history, extraordinary possibilities for dialogue and adaptation of contemporary art to the environment are created, enabling a sensory experience for the visitor whose impression expands into unimagined places. The singularity of this synergy projects the birth of a new way of looking at the past through the present, since, throughout the journey across the different rooms of the permanent exhibition, what could be considered a temporal anomaly, ultimately becomes a fascinating encounter filled with unexpected surprises.
We begin with the welcome of the main character, who serves as the guiding thread of our journey – the figure of the gondolier. He is the host who guides us through the different spaces of the museum from the very beginning of our visit. Absorbed in thought, the gondolier receives us in the building’s courtyard, attempting to decipher the reason behind that fragmented boat suspended from the glass ceiling. From this point onwards, a reinterpretation and accompaniment throughout the collection’s itinerary emerges, offering the viewer a new perspective.
The Revelation also speaks to us of that fundamental moment in existence – childhood. It is there that the seed of what a person will become in adulthood is planted. For this reason, it becomes the main driving force of the exhibition discourse. In this sense, the viewer will immediately understand that those children who as if by chance inhabit the space, interacting both among themselves and with the different pieces of the permanent collection, generate a friction that conveys a sense of freshness and helps to rewrite that memory which, in the form of paintings and sculptures, covers the museum space.
This exhibition becomes an affirmation that introduces the visitor into a magical adventure, because by returning them to their childhood, it encourages the need to learn to look at history in a different way: one in which eyes filled with innocence are capable of creating a miracle.
Text by Lidó Rico and Míriam Huéscar
The exhibition has been created thanks to co-operation with the Embassy of Spain in Latvia and the Foundation for the Promotion of Art and Culture Lidó Rico (Spain).
About the artist
Lidó Rico is a full academic member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa María de la Arrixaca de Murcia (2026), Honorary Doctor of the Mexican Institute of Victimology (2023) and one of the most visible representatives of Spanish contemporary art today.
Lidó Rico established his artistic career early. After receiving the Murcia Joven Painting Prize in 1989, he was selected in 1992 to create the exterior sculpture for the Murcia Pavilion at EXPO’92 in Seville. Since then, the artist has maintained a continuous career, holding more than one hundred solo exhibitions across multiple countries.
In 1997, Lidó Rico participated in the International Salon of Visual Arts in Medellín (Colombia); in 2001, he received an Honorable Mention at the 6th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts in Győr (Hungary); and in 2005, Lidó represented Spain at the 23rd Alexandria Biennale in Egypt, where he won the Grand Prize. This year, he will be one of the participating artists at the 6th International Biennale of Casablanca (Morocco).
Lidó Rico’s work is part of prominent public and private collections, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), the Basque Museum of Contemporary Art (ARTIUM), Alexandria Museum of Modern Art (Egypt), the Pérez Simón Collection (Mexico), the ACACIA Collection (Turin, Italy), the Mssokhan Foundation (Japan), the Miloud Chaabi Collection (Morocco), the RAK Art Foundation (United Arab Emirates), the Bank of Spain, La Caixa Collection. It is also held in notable private collections such as the Pilar Citoler Collection and the Ernesto Ventós Collection.
About the curator
Míriam Huéscar is an expert in cultural management and audience strategy from the University of Deusto. She holds a degree in art history, as well as a Master’s in production and management of artistic projects from the University of Murcia, where she is also currently completing her PhD.
Míriam Huéscar’s professional career is centered on the curatorship of contemporary art, as well as other exhibition and museographic projects, in which diverse technologies applied to art are combined for educational and outreach purposes (immersive content, VR and AR development). She is currently overseeing the touring exhibition The Last Days of Pompeii in various countries including Spain, Austria, Germany, China, and the United Kingdom.
About the Lidó Rico Foundation
The Foundation for the Promotion of Art and Culture Lidó Rico (La Fundación para la Dinamización del Arte y la Cultura Lidó Rico, FUNDAC) was established in 2024 with the aim of preserving, promoting and expanding the creative and intellectual legacy of Spanish artist Lidó Rico. Based in Murcia (Spain), the foundation operates as a center for contemporary creation and interdisciplinary research, driven by the conviction that art plays a fundamental role in shaping culture and society.
At the core of its mission lies the belief that art can become a force for social transformation. For this reason, it supports initiatives that position art as a tool for critical reflection and collective healing, promoting projects that address the major challenges of our time and that offer not only aesthetic value but also a space for civic and ethical debate.
Beyond the preservation of an artistic legacy, the foundation actively fosters artistic production and encourages dialogue between creators, thinkers and international audiences, with the aim of building bridges between disciplines, communities and cultures.
