Events

We invite you to the artists talks of the educational program FLASH ART Gallery! Artist talk with Britaa Benno will take place on Wednesday, january 22.  Meetings and dialogues with contemporary artists presented in the gallery will continue with a conversation with the artist Britta Benno. To close out the October 2024-January 2025 Flash Art Graphic Gallery season, we will meet with artist Britta Benno, whose etchings and silkscreens are presented in our Gallery. At the meeting, Britta will talk about her experiences as a graphic artist, the techniques and subjects she addresses. Britta, who teaches at EKA and actively participates in graphic art events, will also talk about the Tallinn Print Triennale, an important event that brings together contemporary artists working with paper.

You are invited to the opening of the new exhibition Vladimir Yankilevsky and Valeri Vinogradov. Elementary Forms and the Anatomy of Feelings at Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion next Friday, 24 January at 6 pm. The exhibition is curated by Tamara Luuk.

On Friday, 10 January at 5.00 p.m., the painter Rait Rosin opens his solo exhibition Capital City Phenomenon! at Vabaduse Gallery. The exhibition showcases mostly Rosin’s paintings from 2024, but also earlier works, such as sculptural objects made for urban interventions and videos documenting actions. Rosin examines the phenomenon of Tallinn as a capital city and emphasises its prominent position compared to other Estonian cities.

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Hanna Råst’s exhibition Weak Signals will open at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until February 3, 2025. I visited the basement of my childhood home and found a box containing my elementary school notebooks. As I flipped through them, I was struck by how, at that time, global warming was still referred to as the "greenhouse effect." While discussions about the climate crisis have been ongoing since the 1960s, earlier observations of the Earth's warming date back to the late 19th century. Despite the consistent warnings, this looming, visible, and ever-impending threat always seems to be pushed into the future.

The darkest part of the year is now behind us. As the days grow brighter, the dark, minimalist, cozy, and warm My Home, Our City exhibition at the Lasnamäe Pavilion – designed with the preceding gloom in mind – also draws to a close. On Saturday, 11 January, the penultimate day of the exhibition, there will be a final curator’s tour, followed by screenings of films by Eleonore de Montesquiou and Diana Tamane in the cinema hall of the Lindakivi Cultural Centre, next to the pavilion.

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Marko Mäetamm’s exhibition Once Upon a Time will open at Draakon Gallery. At the exhibition opening, there will be an artist talk between the artist and art historian Aleksander Metsamärt at 7 PM. The exhibition will remain open until February 1, 2025. Psychiatrists and psychopaths might appreciate what Marko Mäetamm is doing, though I suspect both— for entirely different reasons— would take offense at the suggestion. Jungians and Freudians alike have long praised the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other Northern storytellers for introducing young children to life's harsher realities. 

TRAUMATURGIC: Into Her Flew White Doves and Out of Her Flew White Doves 11.01.-15.02.2025 We have the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of the exhibition Traumaturgic by Gudrun Heamägi on Friday, 10 January at 6 PM.  The exhibition Traumaturgic is a continuation of the exhibition  „Kummastused“, which spoke about the destruction of cultural heritage in the current turbulent world, and the exhibition She Hoped That Angels See And Understand which spoke about the manifestation of violence throughout history.

On Friday, 20 December at 6 p.m. the innovative annual exhibition of Tartu art designed by Martti Ruus will open in the Tartu Art House. At the Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art 2024, 100 artists will present their visions of Multisurrealism. This will mark the 100th anniversary of surrealism and start the clock for the 100th anniversary of Multisurrealism.  The metamorphosis will take place at 18.18, when the European Capital of Culture Tartu and the painter Martti Ruus, who came up with the idea and design of the exhibition, will present the world with a new art movement: Multisurrealism.

On Saturday, 14 December, artist Camille Laurell and curator Siim Preiman will host the sixth evening of the KORR-KORR! series of events at the Lasnamäe pavilion. Everyone who cares about food (plant-based alternatives will also be offered!) and good company is welcome. Dining starts at 16:00 and runs until the pavilion closes at 19:00.

You are kindly invited to the opening of the exhibition at the Tallinn City Gallery on 12 December at 6 PM.   The exhibition Life Can Never Be Paused invites the audience on a personal journey where artistic expressions intertwine with existential questions. It is an invitation to pause, breathe, and view the world a little differently. The participating artists are Daria Morozova, Hedi Jaansoo, Lauri Lest, Maie Helm, Reti Saks, and Silva Eher. The exhibition is curated by Johanna Jolen Kuzmenko. How should we act when the world presents more than we can absorb? How to find peace and meaning in a rapidly changing reality? The title of the exhibition Life Can Never Be Paused points to an existential truth: life has the ability to persist even in the most challenging circumstances. In this exhibition, Kuzmenko explores themes ranging from personal inner turmoil to global societal challenges.