From 18 July to 8 November 2026, the Great Hall of the main building of Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (Jaņa Rozentāla laukums 1) will host the major exhibition of drawings, Embodied Thought. This is the first overview of such a scale in Latvia dedicated exclusively to drawing, which will reveal the diversity of the medium tracing its historical development in Latvia from the 18th to the 21st century.
Drawing is both a mode of expression and an instrument of artistic thought, visualising an individual’s perception of the world. The exhibition aims to illuminate the relationship between drawing and thinking by presenting drawing as an autonomous artistic medium and a distinctive mode of thinking. It highlights drawing’s capacity to express and evoke human experience while allowing visitor to gain insight into the artist’s creative process.
