Jānis Avotiņš explores figure-space dynamics in Riga Bourse exhibition

Distances, a solo exhibition by Jānis Avotiņš, opens at the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE in Riga from 30 May to 23 August 2026. The show responds to the museum's Great Exhibition Hall, which features uncovered windows flooding the space with daylight and views of Old Riga, evoking Western European metro and railway stations in eclectic and neoclassical styles. Avotiņš continues his investigation of figure-space relationships in painting, concentrating tensions of time, history, and politics on the canvas. The exhibition works with the core idea that has shaped his practice: the recognisable historical.