Events

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., the exhibition of this year’s Tartu Art Auction will open in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. The auction is being organised by the Tartu Artists’ Union in co-operation with the Art & Tonic gallery. The auction itself will take place on 4 April! Fifty works were selected for the exhibition. Participating artists are:

28.02 – 31.03.2025   Sillamae Museum Kajaka 17a, Sillamäe   The exhibition “Eternal Mystery” at the Sillamäe Museum opens a world of subtle allusions, hidden meanings, and aesthetic perfection. Eduard Zentsik’s works captivate with the depth of artistic expression, merging elements of symbolism, mysticism, and lyrical metaphor.   The female figures in his paintings are not merely embodiments of beauty but visual poetry that explores the delicate balance between fragility and strength, eternity and transience. The line here does not just outline form but becomes an independent means of expression, carrying rhythm and emotional tension. The nuances of color act as a bridge between reality and dreams, between conscious perception and intuitive feeling.  

- The bus departs on 07.03 at 14:30 from the Nunne parking lot (next to Snelli pond) and arrives at Tartu Art House at 17:00. - The bus returns to Tallinn at 21:00 from Tartu Art Museum and arrives at the Nunne parking lot at 23:30. The bus is free of charge, but the number of seats is limited, please register before 06.03.25 here: https://forms.gle/9nERtKesfTndDWrL8 For more information please contact projekt@kunstimaja.ee.

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., Sirje Eelma and Rait Prääts will open their joint exhibition, “Same House 16./50”, in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The opening exhibition was born out of the artists' desire to continue a series of joint exhibitions, to celebrate in their own way a milestone anniversary of their life together, to exhibit recent works, to identify the common ground of their partnership and to affirm their continued creative potential. The exhibition mainly features work from recent years, but there are also references to earlier layers.

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., Kairi Orgusaar will open her solo exhibition “Recipe for Harmony” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House. “Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.” / Andrei Tarkovsky / In the exhibition, the artist is trying to find the recipe for harmony. For this purpose, she developed a world made up of fantastic creatures, swinging in beams of light, casting shadows and reflections. The sculptural glass forms and installations become delicate, even poetic, reflections as light is added. Forms melt and morph, and colours glimmer and interact.

On Wednesday, March 5 at 6 p.m. Madlen Hirtentreu will open her solo exhibition “Samurai Horizon” at Draakoni Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until March 29. slow and fast peace and greed grace and speed soil and air A village Teletubby, modeled oneself after old discoveries of forest beliefs, finds itself in mid of adventurous carousel ride.  Cast: Wooden Ronda, Imaginary hitman Ghost Dog, support avatars magnetXreme & Dolphin Delighter, icon Sword Forest, Naive but brave Teletubby, Pirate Swan etc

On Wednesday, March 5th at 18.00, Maarja Nurk’s exhibition Hundred Laps Around the Pond, Hundred Laps Around the Bush will open at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will be open until March 31, 2025. Maarja Nurk: “The fabric absorbs colour just as it does a coffee stain. The water in the fountain circulates, endlessly repeating itself and its form. The pond is stagnant. And I look at the trees and bushes. My gaze gets caught in an unfathomable density, reducing it to conceptual, somber, and graphic surfaces. A little self-mockingly, and at times giving myself agency. Briefly engaging with the imagery – animated, grotesque, personifying – or ambitiously tackling a detailed landscape motif.

Organised by Bob Bicknell-Knight and Fausta Norekaitė Artists: Bob Bicknell-Knight, Giulio Cusinato, Anastasiia Krapivina, Tonya Kroplya, Denis Kudrjasov, Olev Kuma, Fausta Norekaitė, Rosa-Maria Nuutinen, Anumai Raska, Nora Schmelter and Aidan Timmer Opening 3rd March 2025, 6-9 pm Open from 4th - 6th March 2025, 3-9 pm The Monk’s Bunk Hostel, Lai 22, Tallinn

On Saturday, 1 March, starting at 6:00 p.m., a performative Awards Gala directed by Sveta Grigorjeva, Henri Hütt, Kertu Moppel, Liisa Saaremäel and Oksana Tralla will take place in the framework of the exhibition "Unfortunately, You Were Not Selected This Time". There will be an exhibition tour before the Awards Gala at 16.30. The gathering for the AWARD GALA takes place in front of Tartu Kunstimaja! NB! From Tallinn you can come to the gala by art bus. More information and registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2Ntt6Ts3CU18YgWG9U_VlPzTMpes…

Terje Ojaver, a classic of contemporary Estonian sculpture, is opening the new solo exhibition Serpent at the Tartu Art Museum on 8 March, displaying the very latest of her work and a selection of her earlier creations. Terje Ojaver’s sculptures speak of life as a challenge that must be faced. A giant woman armed with a pitchfork is ready to defend her home and children, yet she is fully aware of the dual purpose of her weapon. She knows that a corpse is essentially fertilizer, worm food: the beginning of new life.