Portable Landscapes: Art Histories of Latvian Exile – 2024

Following upon the international exhibition series of the same title, the publication Portable Landscapes gathers contributions reflecting on processes of art and life within Latvian exile and emigrant communities from the beginning of the twentieth century until today. Tracing the lifelines of a number of artistic protagonists, this ambitious collection explores the major centers of the Latvian diaspora: Paris, New York, West-Berlin, Montreal, and the Swedish island of Gotland. Individual stories and chapters of migration are juxtaposed and map a common network situated within the broader context of twentieth-century art history and wider processes of migration and globalization. Combining diverse contributions by scholars, writers, artists, and contemporary witnesses, the project aims to enrich the understanding of our contemporary world as informed by locally and globally intersecting historical events.