03.10.2025. 10.00
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE

Media event:
Traces and Roots. Anatolia in Contemporary Art of Turkey

On Friday, 3 October 2025, at 10.00 the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE invites journalists to the media event at the exhibition Traces and Roots. Anatolia in Contemporary Art of Turkey.

Registration of participants:
09.30–10.00

Anatolia, the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has been a meeting point for different cultures since the dawn of civilization, where layer upon layer has formed the values of modern Turkey. The exhibition Traces and Roots. Anatolia in Contemporary Art of Turkey, created in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Latvia, will take place at the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE from 4 October 2025 to 18 January 2026, bringing together twelve prominent artists from Turkey whose works reveal the story of the encounter between Anatolia’s thousands of years of cultural heritage and contemporary art.

Inspired by the rich history and culture of their homeland both intellectually and visually, these artists combine traces of Anatolia’s past, traditional motifs and symbols with contemporary artistic language and unique forms of expression. The exhibition thus takes the viewer on an impressive journey from the past to the present.

The image shows the logos of the Embassy of Turkey, TAV Airports, Groupe ADP, Turkish Airlines, Media Port, Pullman Hotels & Resorts, and Harper Woolf.


Duration

60 minutes

Language

Latvian, English

Exhibition curator

Siret Uyanik /
Turkey

Exhibition project consultant

Prof. Dr. Aydin Ayan /
Turkey

Project manager

Vita Birzaka
Deputy Head of the Foreign Art Department /
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE /
Latvian National Museum of Art

Exhibition scenography

Şeyma Kont /
Turkey

Graphic design

İrem Doğan /
Turkey

Kristīne Jansone /
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE /
Latvian National Museum of Art

Educational programme

Anna Roze
Nikola Rundāne
Vita Ozoliņa /
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE /
Latvian National Museum of Art

Exhibition communication

Katrīna Ģelze /
Communication Specialist /
Art Museum RIGA BOURSE /
Latvian National Museum of Art

Venue

Art Museum RIGA BOURSE /
Great Exhibition Hall 
Doma laukums 6, Riga

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