Riga Contemporary Art Space is the city’s exhibition venue beneath Town Hall Square. Founded in 2008 and formerly known as Riga Art Space, it presents changing contemporary art exhibitions and public programmes.
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Beneath Riga’s Town Hall Square is an exhibition space whose programme changes with the artists invited into it. Riga Contemporary Art Space gives contemporary art a place in the city centre without a permanent display that fixes one version of it. The journey from the street down to the galleries is part of its identity.
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- The city’s exhibition venue was founded in 2008.
- It adopted the Riga Contemporary Art Space identity in 2025.
- The exhibition venue is beneath Riga’s Town Hall Square.
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