Events

On Friday, 11 October at 5 p.m., Anna Mari Liivrand will open her solo exhibition “Tower” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. The opening exhibition is inspired by the artist's interest in decorative elements and symbolic and emotional spaces. In the gallery, we encounter a situation in which the strength and durability of both the internal and external sides of towers are called into question, referring to towers' tendency to decay over time.  Anna Mari Liivranna's work in recent years has been characterised by an interest in everyday rituals, ornamentation and decoration. The artist often looks at them from the perspective of self-creation, but she also treats them as reference points in a changing world full of uncertainty and anxiety. As a result, her works often include spaces that carry emotional states of a ritual nature. 

The audience programme of the Lasnamäe Pavilion exhibition Difficult Pasts. Connected Worldsinvites visitors to explore themes of solidarity, empathy and the enduring legacy of historical trauma. Recent wars have shifted our understanding of history and highlighted how present-day normalisation of violence often stems from unresolved traumas of the past. The exhibition, curated by Margaret Tali and Ieva Astahovska, brings together challenging, uncomfortable and frequently overlooked histories, including violent conflicts and painful losses, and their long-term impacts. The exhibition is open until 20 October 2024. You are invited to the following events of the audience programme. All events are free of charge.

Gallery of Kalamaja museum September 28, 2024 – September 1, 2025 During the next year, an interactive installation exhibition of the artist group --> Arrowgroup can be seen in the gallery of the Kalamaja museum. It will be landing from the level of artistic reflections directly to the local background scenery. In this sad and festive cross product of fairy tales, puns and bitter imagery yesterday, today and tomorrow, a stalled and an accelerated moment in time, are present at once. Serious questions are referred to with humorous comparison and layering.

On Thursday, October 3, at 18.00, Laurianne Bixhain & Krista Mölder open their duo exhibition The sum of the words that accumulate within us at Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition will remain open until October 27, 2024. Bixhain and Mölder's work embody the conviction that the fabrication of images and the transformation of language not only enable but promote a disruption and redistribution of conventionally-assigned roles and the circulation of power, specifically all ordering in which mastery plays a part.

You are invited to the opening of Laivi Suurväli’s exhibition Fragmented Unity at Draakon gallery on Thursday, October 3rd, at 18.00. The exhibition will remain open until October 26th, 2024. Today, I am neutral. Expressively unexpressive. A blank canvas. A white t-shirt* on bare skin. Faithful. I am free in a swathe of possibilities. In full emptiness. In the mundane grip of conformity, I yearn to yearn. To be something more. To stand alone. To be a dress like a story. A narrative layer, where contrasting details and parts melt together at the seams. To flow in dispersed definition. I want to try to defy... To be overtly unattainable in my inner multiplicity. Elusive, like a text brimming with references. To not even be aware of all my secrets and abilities. I can fray; you can wear me in many ways. Find hints and hidden spaces. To be contradictory. To be sincere and innocent and grumpy and sinful.** Laivi

BEAST International Film Festival taking place in Porto from 25 to 29 September celebrates the best cinema from Central & Eastern Europe. The 7th edition of the festival is launched under the title “Where do we go from here?” and is composed of five sections: Official Competition, Focus Estonia, Visegrad Film Hub, How to Care for Cosmos and EEFFN – Eastern European Film Festival Network. The curated programme including feature films, documentaries, experimental, short films and animation works, as well as screenings, talks, workshops, exhibitions and much more. This year’s focus country is Estonia. Among other Estonian films, this year BEAST presents CLUB CLASSICS, a programme comprised of Estonian video art from the 2000s by a variety of artists such as Kadriann Kibus ja Liina Paaksuu, Laura Nestor, Mark Raidpere, Mari Laanemets and Killu Sukmit as well as the group Valie Export Society. This programme was developed based on the archive of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA).

Al Paldrok, Taje Tross, Siim Kuljus and Arvo Sailev in the composition of Non Grata will participate in the JiTan Live Art festival taking place on 19-25.09.2025 at the Han Tao Museum in Jinan, the birthplace of Confucius. China's recent political developments have led to a complete ban on performance art, and in such a situation, conducting performance art festivals is like walking on a knife edge, because law-abiding organizers-curators face imprisonment and the closing of museums-institutions. Non Grata will perform in 5 different cities across China, and exhibitions, artist talks, lectures and workshops in each city.

This weekend in Yö Gallery, Lönnrotinkatu 33, Helsinki, Finland - Al Paldrok alias Anonymous Boh exhibition with World Premiere of Non Grata New Book - No. 5 - performances 2017 to 2024 from all over the world - 580 pages / 5 Kg! Opening on Friday 20.09.2024 @ 19.00 till 22.00 by Albino and Newborn! Exhibition open Saturday / Sunday 12.00–16.00

On Monday, the 16th of September at 5 p.m., the installation and graphic artist Anu Juurak will open her solo exhibition Claustrophobia. Side Effects at Vabaduse Gallery. Anu Juurak: “Claustrophobia (from Latin claustrum, ‘to close’, and Greek phóbos, ‘fear’) is the pathological fear of small confined rooms. This condition, which is usually classified as an anxiety disorder, can be provoked by various narrow spaces and situations, for example overcrowded elevators, rooms without windows and even clothes that are too tight.

On coming Sunday, September 15 in the frame work of Pikk Street Festival Draakon Gallery will be open between 11:00-18:00! Loora Kaubi's exhibition Although One Is Often Aware of Some Far Brighter Light will be on display during this time. Welcome! Additiona information about the festival can be found here. *