THE GALLERY "TIFANA" WAS FOUNDED IN 1998. ITS ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON LATVIAN ARTISTS; THE GALLERIES AIM IS TO POPULARISE LATVIAN PAINTING ON A REGULAR BASIS LOCALLY AS WELL AS IN EUROPA AND WORLDWIDE.

IT IS ONLY JUSTIFIED THAT THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF THE EXHIBITION PROGRAM IS PAINTING MANIFESTED IN MOST DIVERSE FORMS, DATING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 20- th CENTURY UP TO NOWADAYS. IN THIS WAY THE VISITORS ARE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW AND LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF LATVIAN PAINTING THROUGHOUT THE 20-th CENTURY AND AT THE SAME TIME GALLERY TRIES TO MARK AN OUTLINE OF FUTURE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT.

"TIFANA" ART GALLERY REGURARLY ORGANISES CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS THAT PRESENTS NOT ONLY WORKS BY RECOGNISED LATVIAN ARTISTS (LIKE: LAIMA PUNTULE,GIRTS MUIZNIEKS,AIJA ZARINA)BUT ALSO ARTISTS WHO HAVE JUST GRADUATED FROM THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND FOR WHOM EXHIBITION IN "TIFANA" OFTEN IS THEIR FIRST PUBLIC PRESENTATION. ANOTHER IMPORTANT EVENT IS ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OLD MASTERS. THESE EXHIBITIONS PRESENT ART FROM THE PERIOD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY TO WWII AS WELL AS PAINTING CREATED DURING THE SO - CALLED"SOVIET TIME".