Events

Curator: Stella Mõttus 29.11.2025 – 7.2.2026 From 29 November, our winter flash show The Longest Night of the Year is open at Kogo Gallery, presenting works by seven artists from Estonia, Latvia and the United Kingdom. The participating artists are Agate Tūna, Anna Mari Liivrand, Bob Bicknell-Knight, Ellen Vene, Madlen Hirtentreu, Tanja Muravskaja and Tiina Sarapu. The exhibition is curated by Stella Mõttus. Check out the artworks: https://www.kogogallery.ee/en/exhibitions/flash-show-the-longest-night-…

On December 4, at 5 pm, the Tallinn Television Tower will host a conference and festive finale of the solo exhibition of artist Mery Crystal Ra "INVISIBLE" and the world premiere of the short film "THE WHITE SHIP". The film is a creation of Australian filmmaker Anthony Noack, inspired by the sculpture "WHITE SHIP" by artist Mery Crystal Ra and the series of paintings exhibited at the Television Tower. Program: Conference.

Opening on 6 December, the group exhibition Plenty of Room to Grow! will be presented at Tallinn Art Hall’s Pink Pavilion at Jaan Koorti 24. The exhibition includes nearly forty works – ranging from videos and paintings to digital paintings, sculptures and sound pieces – by ten artists: Anita Kremm, Eero Alev, Ene-Liis Semper, Jass Kaselaan and Art Allmägi, Kiwa, Kristel Zimmer, Liisamari Viik, Terje Ojaver, and Tõnis Saadoja. You are kindly invited to the opening on Friday, 5 December at 6 PM, featuring a DJ set of 2000s electro classics by Kiwanoid.

Workshop ‘Stitching & Queering Together’, in collaboration with Behemoth’s centre 22 November at 12.00–16.00 Kogo Gallery and showroom Maria Kapajeva’s exhibition By Losing Them, I Become a Whole is open for the last day on Saturday, 22 November. On the last day of the exhibition, artist Maria Kapajeva will be present at the gallery, to introduce and discuss the exhibition. Visitors are also invited to take part in the workshop ‘Stitching & Queering Together’ that takes place throughout the day. The exhibition By Losing Them, I Become a Whole is curated by Šelda Puķīte. The exhibition is funded by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the City of Tartu. Read the curator’s text: https://www.kogogallery.ee/en/exhibitions/by-losing-them-i-become-a-who… Kogo Gallery Kastani 42, Tartu Wed–Fri 12–18, Sat 12–16 www.kogogallery.ee/en/

The exhibition “Symbol 4 + 1” brings together the leading artists of Ida-Virumaa in a shared creative dialogue. Inspired by symbolism and avant-garde aesthetics, this presentation will feature 36 paintings by Eduard Zentsik, Yury Khorev, Vadim Jerohhin, Igor Gordin, Olga Tjurina, Vladimir Kopylove, Maria Sambuko, Žanet Gova and new member Kuzja Zverev. Each work opens layers of philosophical and aesthetic meaning, inviting the audience to reflection, sensation and dialogue. Local symbolism enters the global artistic discourse, creating a space where art embodies the questions and transformations of the era. It is a time to speak in symbols, a time of change.

On Thursday, 20 November at 18:00, Kirke Kangro’s solo exhibition The Scream of Kalevipoeg. Dream of a Monument opens at Draakon Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until December 14. Kalevipoeg is an epic hero who perishes by his own sword. As he wades through the River Kääpa, the blade cuts off his legs. According to Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg’s cry of pain rose to the heavens, swelling into the clouds — and is said to echo to this day. In myth, heroes are often torn apart or cut to pieces: Orpheus by the maenads; Set dismembers his brother Osiris, whom Isis later reassembles and revives; in India, Shiva accidentally beheads his son Ganesha, then replaces the head with that of an elephant.

The Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia is entrusted to the care of 31 young artists

On Thursday, November 20 at 18.00 Sandra Sirp's solo exhibition Practice for Being opens at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until December 14. Gray is existence in the dark of November. Gray is the horizon, gray is the sea; gray as solid as stone. Gray is balance – supportive and grounding, calm and steady. Practice for Being addresses anxiety – both within us and around us. Through shades of gray and stony textures, I seek points of contact between tension and calm, trying to merge them into one continuous flow. 

On Friday, November 14, at 6 p.m., the Estonian Association of Scenographers (ELKL) will open a group exhibition entitled Scenic Shop at Vabaduse Gallery. The opening speeches are scheduled for the same evening, starting at 7 p.m. The exhibition is dedicated to Eldor Renter, a leading figure in Estonian theater painting, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year.  The exhibition features works by ten artists – paintings by Malle Leis, Eldor Renter, Andres Koort, Mauri Gross, Hardi Volmer, Pille Jänes, Erki Kasemets, Liisi Eelmaa, Illimar Vihmar and Estookin will be on display. Many of the artists are exhibiting their paintings for the first time. 

14.11 at 19.00 Kogo galerii 14 November at 19.00 Kogo Gallery Gallery Night, initiated by Kogo Gallery, is taking place for the 17th time this year, and our gallery and showroom are also open at 18.00–23.00. At 19.00, we welcome everyone to Maria Kapajeva's artist tour, where she will introduce her solo exhibition By Losing Them, I Become A Whole. The curator of the exhibition is Šelda Puķīte. The tour will be in English and is free for everyone. See the rest of the Gallery Night programme: https://www.aparaaditehas.ee/uritused/galeriide-oo-vol-17-or-gallery-ni… Read the curator’s text about the show: https://www.kogogallery.ee/ee/naitused/neist-ilma-jaades-saab-minust-te… Kogo Gallery Kastani 42, Tartu Wed–Fri 12–18, Sat 12–16