While it is important to have a deep appreciation for the arts, it is also imperative to understand the overbearing problems that hundreds of museums are facing today. When we walk into a museum, you are not simply walking into a building with paintings and historical archives. Instead, you are entering a vast world where various concepts, ideologies, and… Read more →
Author: Mikus Kins
The Essence of Street Art
When we think of art, we usually think of a timeless masterpiece that is showcased in one of the most established museums in the world. While you are not wrong, you have to understand that art will, and will always, evolve. For this edition, I wanted to veer away from my standard blogs of museum art and discuss the… Read more →
Why we Value Art
When walking into a museum, you are not just simply walking into a building to look at paintings and cultural archives. Instead, you are walking into a creative and unique realm of new ideas, new concepts, and new ideologies that have represented and shaped the overall foundation of history. Unlike other places, museums are able to capture the reality and… Read more →
Diversity, the Foundation for a Strong Museum
Whether you are walking the galleries of the Prado in Madrid or enjoying the hustle and bustle of the Metropolitan Art Museum of New York City, the one thing that you can expect from any great museum is the wide range of diversity within their overall collections. Over the last few decades, museums have made it a point to enhance… Read more →
How Museums Can Reach the Youth
We have all heard of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and the Prado. Whether you have visited or not, the brand becomes synonymous with travel and culture. For decades, these highly acclaimed museums have reached a vast amount of the public’s eyes. But for years, there has been a systemic problem of catching… Read more →
Top Museums to See: Chapter 2, International
Thomas Campbell, the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, once said that, “Nothing replaces the authenticity of the object presented with passionate scholarship. Bringing people face-to-face with our objects is a way of bringing them face-to-face with people across time, across space, whose lives may have been different from our own but who, like us, have hopes and dreams,… Read more →
A Journey Through Latvia
A Day in the Life of a Tourist: Latvia Read more →
Latvia in the EU
Learn more about the overall breakdown of Latvia. Read more →
Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Latvia
Check out these top ten facts about Latvia. Read more →
Kristaps Porzingis, the Latvian Giant
While the history of the entire New York Knicks franchise does not essentially equate to its current success, the Knicks have always cultivated a fairytale-like story for their fans and the NBA world. From the home greeting for Carmelo Anthony, to the rise and fall of Linsanity, the Knicks have always found a way to turn the game of basketball… Read more →