Events

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.

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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

On Friday, 14 November at 5:00 p.m., Erika Pedak and Tambet Pedak will open their joint exhibition “A nurse is driving a fire engine…” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. “A nurse is driving a fire engine because someone has stolen something.” This is what a five-year-old child thought upon hearing a threatening siren. That was a long time ago. Since then, a lot of new emergency signals have been added. Are we capable of adequately sensing the nature of those sirens? Or are we under a spell, like those sailors in the ancient Greek myth, lured by the songs of the bird-women, the sirens?

On Friday, 14 November at 5:00 p.m., Eero Alev will open his solo exhibition “Longing” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition is being curated by Aleksander Metsamärt. Longing doesn't differentiate between space and time. When it comes to longing, there are only distances, as well as those intricate items—the poses, expressions and details—that these distances separate from us. As longing moves within the soul, it opens up the doors to all sorts of beliefs: the past might not yet be past, the future may already be here, but at the core of longing only its inevitability holds true: the inevitability of never being able to bridge the distance which gave birth to longing in the first place. 

On Friday, 14 November at 5:00 p.m., Lilian Mosolainen will open her solo exhibition “Carne viva” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition is motivated by existential thoughts about the living and the temporal, and the eternal and the timeless. The living and the temporal are also part of the organic system: everything that is alive turns to dust in order to be reborn.  “Carne viva” (in English: living flesh) is an intense and dramatic phrase that acknowledges the limitations of physical existence. The lack of control over the fate of one's own body can be frightening.

This Thursday, November 6, at 6:00 PM, at the Ars Art Factory (Studio 98), there will be a screening of Lesley Loksi Chan’s Lloyd Wong, Unfinished, along with a program of short films curated by the artist. Following the screening, there will be an artist talk with Lesley Loksi Chan, moderated by Taavi Talve. PROGRAMME: Screening I 18:00 CATALOGS WITHOUT ORDER (55 min)

Exhibition 04.11—14.11, 24/7 Opening 03.11.25 18:00  EKKM Vitriingalerii FB event This season, when the house is installing, EKKM vitrine is activated in the framework of ambiguity. Questioning a showcase as a space for clear-cut, well defined messages, this series of exhibitions host material from artists' studios that is in a state of doubt. It welcomes open-endedness, questioning, and hesitation as a crucial voice in public space. November sheds light on the practice of Raili Keiv, considering handheld tableware.