The Most Natural Part of Life: (Invisible?) Monumental Painting in Estonia
A roundtable discussion was held about monumental painting, its possibilities and future place, drawing on their personal experienceContinue Reading →
Reflections on a Dark Lithuanian Fairytale: Translating Ričardas Gavelis
Ričardas Gavelis was one of Lithuania's best-known writers of recent decades, with a caustic and satirical vision that seems to prefigure recent eventsContinue Reading →
The Spots of Der Leopard: Latvia's Colonial History Portrayed in Art
A performance by two Dutch artists drew attention to the little-known history of Curonian colonisation in the CaribbeanContinue Reading →
How Memel Germans Saw Lithuanians: Sudermann's Stories
There was a sizeable Lithuanian-speaking peasant class in that part of Prussia, although Lithuanians were considered subordinate to the German-speaking gentry and town-dwellersContinue Reading →
Lysergic Blues: Vilis Kasims' Dreamlike Visions of Latvia
"That’s the duality of being kids in a village, almost all the time playing with rocks in the street – and you then go home and you have MTV, you…Continue Reading →