Events

On Friday, 5 September at 5:00 p.m., Taavi Suisalu will open his solo exhibition “Arctic Embassy” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition stems from fieldwork conducted around Svalbard and on Icelandic glaciers, engaging playfully with the methods of art and science, touching upon the challenges of climate change communication, and questioning the current role of the sublime. Within Suisalu’s embassy, the architect Helmi Marie Langsepp appears as a guest contributor with the material-based aftermath of her project Melting Models, created during a polar night.

On Friday, 5 September at 5:00 p.m., Triinu Jürves, Kaarel Kütas and Villem Jahu will open their joint exhibition “On Branch Road” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House. “Let’s take that other way again, shall we?” Which way do you go when getting there is not the main thing? This exhibition is a stopover, with all the past and future standstills, take-offs, roundabouts and new departures. The works of the three artists together create a complete installation, where the painted fragments represent the paths taken and roads driven.

You are kindly welcomed to the 19th Tallinn Print Triennial’s finissage event on August 29 at 19:00 at the Lindakivi Cultural Center (J. Koorti 22). The final chapter of the triennial – a bonus track to the main exhibition – is a one-night event that brings together various time-based media and allows them to resonate separately, yet in unison. It is a conscious slowing down and focusing – a luxury rarely encountered in the screen speed of 2025. Program:

On the first week of September, Kumu Art Museum's Contemporary Art Gallery will unveil the largest-ever exhibition of the feminist artist and activist Anna-Stina Treumund’s (1982–2017) works, mapping her activities as a photographer, a contemporary artist and an activist. As a part of the opening programme of the exhibition "Anna-Stina Treumund: How to Recognise a Lesbian?", the following events will take place: 13:00 Panel Discussion: “The F-word: 14 years later”, in Estonian. In conversation with Brigitta Davidjants, Dagmar Kase, Aet Kuusik, Johanna Ross and Mare Tralla 14:30 Artists’ Tour: Janina Sabaliauskaitė, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar and Elo Vahtrik, in English 15:30 Activism School: What is the state of civic activism in Estonia?, in Estonian. Panelists: Martin-Rasmus Kass (Fridays for Future), Kristin Tõnisson (Progressiivne liikumine) and Anette Mäletjärv (Heterokringel). The discussion will be moderated by the freelance cultural worker Laura Konsand. Admission to events with a museum ticket. ACTIVISM SCHOOL

GÜ Gallery 28.08–13.09.2025 Mon–Sat 12–18 The opening 28.08 at 19.00 Fininssage 13.09 at 16.00 The exhibition Border Area invites the viewer to enter a space inspired by landscapes of recent history. Through playful forms and shapes, both hidden and visible boundaries are explored. At the heart of this project is the concept of the nonument, a neglected or vanishing monument caught between memory and disappearance. These overlooked sites reflect shifting ideologies and contested histories. Printmaking becomes a tool to trace the slow erosion of meaning, capturing transformation through layered impressions and fading marks. The series explores the remnants of the Soviet legacy: buildings, monuments, and landscapes that disappear, are forgotten, reappear, and merge.

Join us for the opening of the exhibition “Symbiosis” at Okapi Gallery on Friday, August 29 at 6 pm! Kultuuriöö 2025 (Culture Night), subtitled Me and the Machine, brings art projects collectively titled Symbiosis to the Okapi Gallery. In this three-part exhibition, artists Erik Alalooga (EE), Gelb Divov (LT), Rait Prääts (EE), and Temuri Hvingija & R_R projekt (EE) create a dialogue between technology and creativity, offering the opportunity to experience contemporary art in an interdisciplinary way and to interpret the relationship between humans and machines. The project Mixed Reality focuses on exploring the potential of modern technology in Rait Prääts' work, creating a dialogue between contemporary technology and traditional craftsmanship. In collaboration with Lithuanian artist Gleb Divov, innovative mixed reality elements have been added to Prääts's works, allowing users to experience the sculptures interactively through their smartphones.

This Friday, August 22, at 17:00, Vabaduse Gallery will open the exhibition Mummuistic Beach by painter Ashot Jegikjan. In his first solo exhibition at the Vabaduse Gallery, Ashot Jegikjan is exhibiting a wide selection of mainly oil paintings completed this year, which combine post-impressionist, abstract and expressionist imagery. The exhibition provides a good overview of the painter's philosophy and current creative state; works that have emerged under the influence of both the inner and outer worlds, combined on canvas into a unified whole.

On Wednesday, August 27 at 18.00, Hedi Jaansoo’s & Juliana Lindenhofer’s duo exhibition She put the butterfly on the door and said spring has now arrived will open at Draakoni Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view until September 20, 2025. “She put the butterfly on the door and said spring has now arrived” is first and foremost a collaboration, an exchange of ideas based on a shared sensibility toward material and a sensitivity towards the world. It grew out of a connection, formed between two artists, Hedi Jaansoo and Juliana Lindenhofer who met in Brussels in a residency a couple of years ago. It’s a bond that still holds strong, containing enough friendship and creative trust to let conversations materialise as an exhibition.

On Wednesday, 27th of August 2025 at 6 PM, the exhibition Anatomy of Dust, by Juss Heinsalu and Kim Morgan, opens at Hobusepea Gallery.  Anatomy of Dust brings together two artistic practices that meet at the intersection of material investigation, scientific inquiry, and narrative building. Through intricate objects, experimental processes and installations, the gallery transforms into a cohesive spatial experience, a hybrid lab–studio environment, exploring the physical and conceptual forms of matter – from dust and dirt to blood, skin, and ash.

19th Tallinn Print Triennial invites you to the presentation of the main exhibition's catalog, which will take place on August 21 at 7 p.m. at the Lasnamäe Pavilion of the Tallinn Art Hall. The event will feature a discussion between Britta Benno, director of the Tallinn Print Triennial, Marika Agu, curator of the main exhibition, and artists Tõnis Jürgens and Alessandro Ludovico (IT). The discussion will be moderated by Brigita Reinert.  In the catalog, Alessandro Ludovico discusses the ecology of publishing in the digital age, where information flows endlessly and rapidly, but there is little room for memory. He calls for a restoration of attention and an appreciation of print media as a slow, archival, and intimate carrier of information.