Events

My Story Is My Story Is My Story Is… Students and alumni of the Photography Department at Pallas University of Applied Sciences. 14.02-14.03.2026 Opening on Friday, February 13 at 5 PM Gallery Pallas (Riia 11, Tartu) The exhibition series “My Story Is My Story Is My Story Is…” presents the personal stories of young people mediated through non-traditional family photography, functioning as an attempt to invent possibilities for self-actualisation and to visualise alternative narratives that often remain hidden. The exhibition brings together works previously shown in earlier editions of the series as well as pieces presented for the first time.

Join us for the opening of the exhibition “Image is for Illustrative Purposes Only. Interventions in the Monumental Murals of the Old Airport Terminal’s Central Waiting Hall at Tallinn Airport” at EKA Gallery on Friday, February 20 at 1 pm! The exhibition will remain open until March 22. What should be done with the legacy of totalitarian regimes? Should it be intervened in? And if so, in what circumstances – and how?

On Friday, 13 February at 5:00 PM, the artist Erki Kannus will open his exhibition firewatercolor at the Vabaduse Gallery. Erki Kannus has released three forces on paper: fire, water and paint. He then tries to tame them according to his abilities, perhaps even to reach some sort of harmony. However chaotic the process may seem, or however abstract the result, there is always a Woman at its beginning and end. In the maelstrom of this nameless Woman’s moods, in the interplay of her fervency and fluidity, the author gets burnt and soaked in equal measures. 

"Double Exposure" (2020) "EUR42"(2022) "Moi aussi, je regarde" (2024) February 12 at 18:00, EKA auditorium conversation with the author after the screening

On Wednesday, 11 February at 6:00 PM, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar will open the Hares Caress Your Hair exhibition at the Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 8 March 2026. One Hare caresses my head.  It plays gently with my curls. Its paw lands softly on my cheek. I breathe a sigh of relief. I can't close my eyes; everything can change so quickly. Another hare tends and licks my crimson scars. Maria Izabella Lehtsaar’s artistic practice explores the experiences of queer and marginalised people through everyday life and fantasy. Hares Caress Your Hair observes the process of bodies recovering from trauma and violence and how minorities are forced to create safety for themselves in their own bodies, homes and fragile communities at a time when shared spaces are increasingly disappearing or being appropriated.

On Wednesday, 11 February at 6:00 PM, Riin Maide will open the exhibition Architecture of Margins at the Draakon Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 8 March 2026. A marginal note is a note in the margin of a book, manuscript etc., also called a side note.

On Thursday, 5th of February at 6 pm Kaido Ole’s private art collection exhibition will open at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 28th of February, Tue–Fri 12–6 pm and Sat 12–4 pm. “I like art. When I was younger, art affected me more in exhibitions, because everything there was bigger and more magnificent, plus there were many works at once, and nothing else interfered. But the older I get, the more I enjoy (good) art that is displayed in the homes. Even if it isn’t the artist’s masterpiece, the effect is completely different when you see the artwork not for a few minutes, but over the course of years, as part of your own life or someone else’s.

Lisette Lepik’s solo exhibition "Firm & soft. Soft & firm" will open at Haapsalu City Gallery on 5th of February at 7pm. Inspired by autobiographical material the exhibition deals with themes of gender roles in intimate relationships. Visitors will see emotionally charged paintings accompanied by a soundscape created for the exhibition, representing Lepik's personal reflections and conversations with her mother and grandmother about their experiences within relationships and general family life. 

On Friday, 30 January at 5:00 p.m., the Young Painter Prize 2025 final exhibition of young Baltic painters will open in the three galleries of the Tartu Art House. The Young Painter Prize 2025 (YPP), one of the most important contemporary art prizes in the Baltic region, concludes with its final exhibition at the Tartu Art House. After successful shows in Riga, Latvia, and Panevėžys, Lithuania, the exhibition in Tartu completes the first-ever cycle across all three Baltic countries, presenting the most promising young painters from the region.

3.-27. veebruar on ARS Kunstilinnaku Showroomis avatud külastamiseks kaasaegse maalikunstniku Brenda Purtsaku isiknäitus “One day I shall be an abstract”. Autoportreeline näitus ühendab kunstniku perekonna fotodelt välja valitud ning enda mobiiltelefonisse aastate jooksul kogunenud bioloogilist keha puudutavad visuaalsed fragmendid. Kunstnikku ning näituse sisu on mõjutanud itaalia neuroloog-vahakunstnik Clemente Susini loodud vahast anatoomilised Veenused ning Brenda viimaste aastate keerukad katsumused seoses tema füüsilise tervisega. 18. Sajandil loodud kaunid ning ehitud naiste sisikonnad on detailselt ja kihiti hariduslikel eesmärkidel vaataja jaoks “lahti lõigatud”. Ian Shank on kirjutanud, et selliseid Veenuseid vaadeldi omal ajal, kui Universumi mikrokosmost.