Events

On Friday, July 29 at 6:00 p.m., the exhibition “7 artists. Body“ will open in the large gallery of Tartu Art House. The curators of the exhibition are Mall Nukke and Tiiu Rebane. The conceptual starting point of the exhibition is the “body“. What is the body, right here and now? Is it topical, sexual, social, cultural, environmentally sensitive, political, spiritual, or something else? How “is” something a body and another thing “is not”? The exhibition dedicated to the figurative paintings of seven artists is a continuation of the series of exhibitions held at the initiative of the painter Mall Nukke and under the auspices of the Estonian Painters Association. The series started in the spring of 2021 at the Rantakasarmi Gallery of the Helsinki Artists’ Association in Suomenlinna, Finland.

On Friday, 29 July at 6 p.m. Karin Strohm will open her solo exhibition “Too late to be modest” in the small gallery of Tartu Art House. Karin Strohm’s exhibition consists of a series of paintings that represent visual mind games. Thought games, inspired by the relationship between nature and the Anthropocene. This is a glimpse into the circle of life. The artist adds: “Landscapes grown over by carnivorous plants inhabited by a mass of breeding rabbits. Rabbits as the symbols of the civilised world in a carnivorous jungle. Who’s eating who here? Regardless of the mobility of the breeders, the plants will get to us when we are under the soil sooner or later. In a competition which is exceedingly escalating and in an atmosphere full of pressure, the rabbits will continue breeding. This, in turn, produces humus and meat for the carnivores…”

On Wednesday, August 3 at 4 p.m. the exhibition “Reflecting the Self” will open in the Valga Museum. The exhibition is curated by Peeter Talvistu. A special bus from Tartu is available for the opening! For the fourth time, Tartu Artists’ Union will organise an exhibition of contemporary art in the gallery of the Valga Museum. This time, however, the central figure is one of the first renowned woman artists in Estonia: Karin Luts. The self-portraits that she made at different points in her life will be accompanied by six contemporary authors: Cloe Jancis, Loora Kaubi, Eva Labotkin, Margit Lõhmus, Anna-Stina Treumund and Mari Volens. Even though their depictions of themselves are very different visually and conceptually, the persona of Luts and her writings have played a significant role in the development of many of today’s woman authors in Estonia.

Sirje Petersen will open her personal exhibition Flow of Light in Draakon gallery at 18:00 on Monday, July 25, 2022. Exhibition will be open until August 19, 2022.  Light shows us colours.  What's out comes in and what's in gets out. Openness and closeness. Light helps us to see details and light makes darkness go away. Everyone has a place and a space in this world, sometimes it is warm and cosy, sometimes cold and bleak. Sometimes it is noisy, sometimes it is too silent. Always changing – in light and in shadow. No-one can grow in darkness. It becomes possible in light.  Darkness may seem endless but a ray of light can always lit it up and make everything alive.

Lecture “Species Stock Market” by Prof Urmas Kõljalg director of University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden — EAA Muhu Art  Residency 25.07.2022 at 18.00 https://www.ai-res.org/single-post/liikide-aktsiaturg-prof-urmas-k%C3%B…

Finally in Tallinn! Opening of the exhibition Self-Portrait as a Dancer and a Revolutionary by Brit Pavelson and Cloe Jancis at Volta Showcase 12.07.2022 The opening of the duo show entitled Self-Portrait as a Dancer and a Revolutionary by Brit Pavelson and Cloe Jancis will take place on 14 July at 6 pm at Volta Showcase. The exhibition playfully addresses topics such as women’s everyday roles and the spaces in which these roles are expressed. What are the roles that permeate through the definition of a parent, a partner and an artist? How can we best cope with the emotional states that different roles make us feel? Which domestic practices are considered “feminine” and what is their social or artistic value?

15.07–09.09.2022 We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening on 14.07 at 6.00 PM! Kristina Õllek’s solo exhibition Filtering With Cyanobacteria, Double Binds & Other Blooms at the ISSP gallery is a continuation of her ongoing project Filter Feeders, Double Binds & Other Silicones (2019 – …), based on personal observations and research around anthropocentric influences on marine ecology. With the current exhibition, Õllek is focusing on cyanobacteria and the Baltic Sea, which is one of the most polluted and human-affected seas in the world. Its fragile ecosystem is not only dependent on natural factors, but is heavily impacted by the human population surrounding it (including agricultural run-off nutrients, industrial chemicals, poor water management, waste, heavy marine traffic, underwater noise, etc.).

For thousands of years people have talked about the source of eternal youth and wishing wells, but no such source or well has ever been found anywhere. Today, people’s indelible thirst for eternal youth and beauty still remains unquenched. From Saturday, 9 July, Cloe Jancis’ exhibition Wishing Well will be open at Tallinn City Gallery, drawing inspiration from the influx of commodified self-help opportunities on social media. The curator of the exhibition is Siim Preiman. You are welcome to the opening of the exhibition at Tallinn City Gallery on Friday, 8 July at 6 pm.

Towards Atmosperic Care, a research collaborative between Hanna Husberg and Agata Marzecova, will open their exhibition From Aurora to Geospace in Hobusepea gallery at 6pm on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Exhibition will be open until July 24, 2022. How do we depict something? Not only in artistic contexts  but also in more scientific, more enlightening context? How do we agree on what is aurora and what is not?

Kelli Valk will open her personal exhibition Walk-through Rooms in Draakon gallery on Monday at 6pm on June 27th, 2022. Exhibition will be open until July 23rd, 2022.