Elise Morton is a writer and editor specialising in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Contemporary art gets a permanent home in Malta

A 17th-century fort is now full of 21st-century art, and although the project has been a troubled one, the results are worth the wait

19 Dec 2024
Draftsmen’s Congress (2020), Paweł Althamer. Installation view at the 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, RIBOCA2, 2020.

How the Riga Biennial adapted to a world changed by Covid-19

With a shortened run and reimagined artworks – plus, of course, social distancing – the exhibition has embraced the need to adapt

28 Aug 2020