Collections
13.02.2026–10.05.2026
Collections are shaped by the simple yet powerful act of bringing things together. It’s an innate and fundamental human activity which can be found and displayed in museums and in memory boxes, in institutions and in childhood bedrooms. Whether of paintings, porcelain, or postcards, a collection reflects on who we are and lets us remember where we come from. Encompassing nearly 35,000 works, the Zuzāns collection is a living record of Latvian art and a portrait of collecting as a cultural and personal act. What is more, it is a reflection of the creative effort of countless individuals. The character of such a collection emphasizes the singular nature of art: how each work asserts its own identity, yet gains depth and resonance through the context of others around it. This exhibition approaches the act of collecting as an extension of artistic thinking by bringing together works through intuition and association. Selected from the wider collection, the artworks are arranged into sets that follow no fixed system, but instead draw connections through form, colour, gesture, or mood. Some connections are immediate and visible, others may be more subtle and suggestive. What unfolds is an archipelago of collections, a landscape to explore with attention and curiosity, an invitation to discover what draws us in and why.
Exhibition’s creators
Edd Schouten is an artist and curator from The Hague, The Netherlands, whose work is interdisciplinary and choreographic in nature. Since 2023, he has applied this approach as artistic director and curator of TUR, a contemporary space for art in Riga. His practice often explores the intersections of movement, time, and spatial composition – whether in visual art, performance, or exhibition-making. For Collections, Schouten applies choreographic thinking to curatorial work, engaging the Zuzāns collection as a rich field of potential through which he proposes new relationships, spatial dialogues, and modes of viewing.
Andris Kaļiņins is a scenographer and painter whose works are characterized by an investigative and conceptual approach. In scenography, Andris’s solutions are minimal, precise interventions in the space. In both scenography and painting, one of the most important means of expression is the chosen colour and its context. As a scenographer, he has worked at the Latvian National Theatre, Dailes Theatre, Valmiera Theatre, Ģertrūde Street Theatre, and with the theater troupe KVADRIFRONS, among other projects.
Artwork:
Karl Gothard Grass. Italian Landscape with Baloon, 1814. Zuzāns Collection.
Featured artists
Jānis Annuss Džons, Ēriks Apaļais, Anita Arbidāne, Māris Ārgalis, Leonīds Āriņš, Jānis Avotiņš, Juris Baklāns, Biruta Baumane, Auseklis Baušķenieks, Aleksandra Beļcova, Artūrs Bērziņš, Boriss Bērziņš, Maigonis Bērziņš, Aigars Bikše, Katrīna Biksone, Jānis Staņislavs Birnbaums, Jānis Blanks, Ilmārs Blumbergs, Eduards Brencēns, Kārlis Brencēns, Ansis Butnors, Bruno Celmiņš, Vija Celmiņš, Helēna Danenhirša, Nellija Darkēviča, Sigita Daugule, Biruta Delle, Juris Dimiters, Rudīte Dreimane, Līze Dzeguze, Andris Eglītis, Ģederts Eliass, Līvija Endzelīna, Envija, Miķelis Fišers, Kurts Fridrihsons, Barbara Gaile, Kristaps Ģelzis, Vladimirs Glušenkovs, Alberts Goltjakovs, Kārlis Gothards Grass, Kaspars Groševs, Hugo Kārlis Grotuss, Ļubova Soņa Grimma, Sakshi Gupta, Mārīte Guščika, Helēna Heinrihsone, Ieva Iltnere, Edgars Iltners, Jānis Induss, Ritums Ivanovs, Atis Jākobsons, Gunārs Janaitis, Oļģerts Jaunarājs, Jūlijs Jēgers, Voldemārs Johansons, Andris Kaļiņins, Pēteris Kalve, Vineta Kaulača, Frančeska Kirke, Gunārs Kļava, Ernests Kļaviņš, Henrijs Klēbahs, Romans Korovins, Jūlijs Krastiņš, Ieva Kraule-Kūna, Nikolajs Kūlainis, Pēteris Kundziņš, Kārlis Kurle-Kurlis, Maija Kurševa, Anda Lāce, Ludolfs Liberts, Paulis Liepa, Zenta Logina, Jūlijs Madernieks, Vija Maldupe, Sarmīte Māliņa, Pēteris Martinsons, Georgs Matvejevs, Inga Meldere, Jānis Mitrēvics, Miķelis Mūrnieks, Kārlis Neilis, Oto Holgers Ozoliņš, Vilis Ozols, Jānis Pauļuks, Rūdolfs Pērle, Ojārs Pētersons, Rūdolfs Pinnis, Valda Podkalne, Laura Pold, Miervaldis Polis, Deniss Prasolovs, Juris Pudāns, Līga Purmale, Vilhelms Purvītis, Visvaldis Reinholds, Elmārs Rivošs, Aleksandrs Romans, Jānis Rozentāls, Elīna Ruka, Inta Ruka, Krišs Salmanis, Edgars Sarins, Guntars Sietiņš, Džemma Skulme, Marta Skulme, Oto Skulme, Līga Spunde, Aleksandrs Stankevičs, Raimonds Staprāns, Roberts Stārosts, Jēkabs Strazdiņš, Niklāvs Strunke, Māris Subačs, Genādijs Suhanovs, Romans Suta, Jānis Šneiders, Aleksandrs Štrāls, Erasts Šveics, Oļegs Tillbergs, Zane Tuča, Konrāds Ubāns, Teodors Uldriķis, Juris Utāns, Rita Valnere, Johans Valters, Vilis Vasariņš, Bruno Vasiļevskis, Imants Vecozols, Sabīne Vernere, Linda Vigdorčika, Jūlija Virko, Kārlis Zāle, Teodors Zaļkalns, Ilga Zandberga, Aija Zariņa, Amanda Ziemele
Mapmakers
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Georgs Brauns, Frans Hogenberg, Frederik de Wit, Johannes Janssonius, Johann Baptist Homann, Henrici Hondius, Gerardus Mercator, Friedrich Bernhard Werner, Jeremias Wolff
Factories
M. S. Kuznetsov JSC Porcelain, Faience and Clay Products Factory, Delft Porcelain, Iļģuciems Glassware, J.K. Jessen porcelain factory, Leningrad M.V. Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
