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

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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

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March 2021

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