Blog

From conversations with acclaimed artists and curators to reflections on emerging trends and everyday symbolism, our blog offers a window into the evolving world of contemporary art. Like the residency itself, it brings together diverse voices and shared curiosity — all driven by a passion for exploring new ways of seeing and understanding.

Aija Zariņa’s “Gentle Pendulum” at Contemporary Art Library

Aija Zariņa’s memorial exhibition “Gentle Pendulum” has been featured on Contemporary Art Library. The publication includes installation views, video documentation, and exhibition materials from the project, making the...

Thank you for being with us in 2025!

As we approach the end of 2025, we want to take a moment to express a sincere thank you to all the amazing artists, curators,...

“I love challenges”: Conversation with PAiR curator Krist Gruijthuijsen 

Conversation with curator and art critic Krist Gruijthuijsen, director of EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art This summer, the internationally known curator Krist Gruijthuijsen...

Reclaiming Multiplicity: A Conversation with the “Survival Kit” Curator

The curatorial collective Slavs and Tatars, in collaboration with Michał Grzegorzek, are the curators of this year’s Survival Kit festival programme. Slavs and Tatars is a faction devoted to polemics...

All Stars Will One Day Burn Out. Interview with artist Katja Novitskova

“Travelling through mediatized reality on the internet is a way to get to know and understand the world,” says Estonian artist Katja Novitskova, one of...

Costume as Portal: Uta Bekaia on Queerness, Craft, and Cultural Survival

12.07.2025 by Laine Kristberga Interview with Uta Bekaia Uta Bekaia (1974) is a Georgian-born, New York–based multidisciplinary artist whose artistic practice merges performance, wearable sculpture,...

Blue Sun by Chin Meng-Hsuan Premiered at IFFR 2025

A collaborative performance made by PAiR former resident Chin Meng-Hsuan in collaboration with Yen Wang-Yun and Nick Tsai premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam...

DREAMING BY THE SEA: LATVIA’S COAST OFF-SEASON

Pāvilosta is a small town on the coast of the western Latvian region of Kurzeme, home to a little under a thousand people. Historically a...

Hello from Hildur

We are happy to share the works of our Alumni Hildur Elisa Jonsdottir who recently exhibited a big project that first came to her mind...

Vilnis Strams/Where to get inspiration for creativity?

I associate creativity with movement, activity, maybe even courage. There seems to be no creativity in inactivity, although it is possible that all planetary existence...

Skuja Braden / PAiR gallery

Skuja Braden is an artist duo created in 1999 by Inguna Skuja from Latvia and Melissa D. Braden from California. It is a rather unusual...

Voldemārs Johansons / PAiR gallery

The ecosystems of northern Norway, the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard Archipelago are experiencing rapid changes, and even the most conservative forecasts indicate that the...

Sabīne Šnē’s residency project video

PAiR first open call’s resident Sabīne Šnē’s video on her experience at the residency! The PAiR Residency open call program is supported by Nordic Culture...

Erik Martinson’s residency project video

PAiR first open call’s resident Erik Martinson’s video on his experience at the residency! The PAiR Residency open call program is supported by Nordic Culture...

Alëna Vinokurova’s residency project video

PAiR first open call’s resident Alëna Vinokurova’s video on her experience at the residency! The PAiR Residency open call program is supported by Nordic Culture...

Maike Statz’s project Storm Pine video

PAiR first open call’s resident Maike Stat’z video on her experience at the residency! The PAiR Residency open call program is supported by Nordic Culture...

Vilnis Štrams talking to the Estonian Art and Architecture legend Leonhards Lapins in the gallery of Pāvilosta Art Residence PAiR.

“My age is my biggest freedom – I do anything I want, I don’t care what the critics say, and I don’t even care whether...