Events

On Thursday, December 18 at 18.00 the exhibition “Amuse” by Petra Vehviläinen & Tuomas Lehtomaa will open at Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition will remain open until January 11, 2026. Amuse is a collaboration between two sculptors, exploring what play may mean for them. The exhibition takes shape through material, spatial and functional means and actions. The result is an ongoing negotiation of thoughts, feelings and ideas, present in sculptural form at Hobusepea Gallery.  For the exhibition, Petra works with a large hand-bent metal structure inspired by play settings, from board and arcade games to outdoor play. She explores movement, trajectories, loops, and schematic representations of play, allowing these elements to shape the work’s rhythm and material presence in the space. By using everyday materials and objects, Tuomas builds sculptural systems and collages. In addition to conversing with the site and Petra’s practice, notions of consumption, joy and restlessness were considered while making.

On Friday, 19 December at 6 p.m. the traditional annual exhibition of Tartu art will be opened in the Tartu Art House, designed by Karmo Mende. The selection was made by Karmo Mende. A selection of the exhibited works is visible on the website NOBA.ac, where they can also be purchased. Altogether, 250 authors presented their works for the exhibition with 110 artists participating:

On Thursday, 18 December, Art Allmägi’s solo exhibition Obsessions opens at Draakon Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view until 11 January 2026.

On Friday, December 12 14, at 6 p.m., the Estonian painters Manfred Dubov and Marta Stratskas will open their shared exhibition ABOVE AND BELOW at Vabaduse Gallery.  I want to depict human tissue, soul-tissue, room-tissue, time. Joints, muscles, plants, blossoms, the dark, movement, the horror, happiness. Discussion within. It is not important anymore,  whether my creation is an image, it is a life’s reflection. My painting now paints me. — Image of a Human Tissue. Excerpt from the book Revellers in the Dark by Manfred Dubov (2022).

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.