Events

Joint exhibition of Aleksejs Naumovs, Vilen Künnapu and Liisa Kruusmägi “JUNGLES” at SOLARIS Gallery. The exhibition “JUNGLES” based on the work of Latvian painter Aleksejs Naumovs will be opened at SOLARIS Gallery on Friday, February 25 at 19:00. Estonian painters Vilen Künnapu and Liisa Kruusmägi will add thematic coloring to the exhibition.

From Saturday, 26 February the exhibition of this year’s Tartu Art Auction will once again be open in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. The auction is organised by the Tartu Artists’ Union in co-operation with the gallery Art & Tonic. Auction itself takes place on 25 March! 50 works were selected for the exhibition. Participating artists are: Talia, Lilian Sokolova, Urmas Viik, Nele Tiidelepp, Edgar Tedresaar, Jürgen Vainola, Andres Sütevaka, Toomas Kuusing, Martti Ruus, Marina Nerro, Krista Sokolova, Rein Tääker, Peeter Krosmann, Eva Elise Oll, Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Maris Tammer, Enn Põldroos, Stina Leek, Teele Ülesoo, Timo Kähara, Tea Lemberpuu, Albert Gulk, Kaur Mäepalu, Külli Trummal, Maik Kalberg, Maris Tuuling, Siiri Jüris, Liisi Örd, Edgar Juhkov, Heikki Leis, Paul Kormašov, Epp Margna, Anu Muiste, Anni Mets, Heleliis Hõim, Meiu Münt, Eike Eplik, Kadri Toom, Margus Kontus, Al Paldrok, Stanislav Antipov, Regina-Mareta Soonsein, Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins, Enn Tegova, Kiwa, Imat Suumann, Alar Tuul, Maria Sidljarevitš, Mirjam Hinn, Helle Vahersalu.

From Saturday, 26 February the sound art group exhibition “Misconnections” is open in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition curator is Martin Rästa. What happens when the means of mass communication replace the dialogue with endless parallel monologues? Will the message hold up or collapse in a deafening roar? What happens when the info doesn’t transfer from one to another but is reflected back into a void of the same shape? Or if the inability to actively listen becomes so dominant that each non-conforming thought fades before it is formed? What if everybody talks at the same time but nobody listens? The exhibition shapes the messages of the participating artists into a generative group artwork, exploring the meaning and possibility of the dialogue process in the post-internet era. Participating artists: John Grzinich, Roomet Jakapi, Raul Keller, Kiwa, Patrick Tubin McGinley, Uku Pira, Ann Reimann, Martin Rästa, Sten Saarits, Karl Saks, Renzo van Steenbergen, Taavi Suisalu and Hello Upan. Curator and graphic design: Martin Rästa The exhibition is open until 27 March.

The opening event is on Thursday 24.2. at 18:00. Welcome! At their new exhibition in Uusikaupunki, Finland, artists Riin Pallon and Kairi Orgusaar are showing their paintings created during previous 2 years.  Both hail from Rapla, a small Estonian town where they’ve been active running a local contemporary art centre, organising events and teaching courses, for over 10 years. They have previously shown their works in Finland at Mynämäki and Nousiainen in 2012; thanks to ongoing contacts with Finnish artists, they are back with their newest creations.

From Thursday, 17 February, the exhibition by Taavi Talve, “I Was in Timbuktu” will be open at Tallinn City Gallery. The exhibition discusses images projected into an unexplored corner of the world and colonial conquest. One such story is told by Werner Legère in his novel I Was in Timbuktu, which appeared in Estonian in 1959 as part of the Adventure Stories from Land and Sea (Seiklusjutte maalt ja merelt) book series and sparked the imagination of many young readers, who later began to question the actual existence of Timbuktu. The curator of the exhibition is Indrek Grigor. You are welcome to the opening of the exhibition at Tallinn City Gallery on Wednesday, 16 February at 6 pm.

The co-exhibition “A Visitor” by Eero Alev, Marleen Suvi and Brenda Purtsak will be open in Hobusepea gallery from Thursday, February 10, 2022. Exhibition will stay open until March 7, 2022.  I don't know what it feels to be dead, said a six-year-old girl to her father once. Her father listened, pondered, and remembered – neither did he know, but he yearned to. First, these twenty something thousand days given to us seem to last forever, but the more one moves along the axis, the days grow considerably shorter. We have a beginning and we have an end. Our visiting hours are limited and at some point, even without knowing it, we will leave all this behind. What did we find? Were we searching for something at all? How much did we ask and what did we give? We arrive from somewhere we remember nothing about, and we are going somewhere we know nothing about.

Kadri Toom's personal exhibition “Ways of Seeing the Periphery” will be open in Draakon gallery from Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Exhibition will be open until March 5, 2022.  Empty landscapes exist in their non-existence, pulsating and undulating in yearning The idea of Ways of Seeing the Periphery has born out of a landscape experience. The artist has exhibited graphic prints that can be conceptually divided into three:

Narva Art Residency (NART) in cooperation with MTÜ Valgusklubi brings light installations to the Kreenholm district of Narva. The exhibition is located in the immediate vicinity of NART and contains five large-scale works. "Narva Väike Valgus'' changes the mood and landscape of the Kreenholm area and gives it a new look. The exhibition runs from the beginning of February to the end of March and is equipped with video surveillance. The open-air exhibition features works by Estonian artists and students of the Estonian Academy of Arts:  PEAL(T)KIRI (Elo Liiv, Alyona Movko, Taavi Suisalu), MIS ON SIIN, SEE ON SEAL (Elo Liiv), GALERII MAHT ON TÄIS (Anna-Maria Vaino, Aivar Vaino), LATERN (Janne Lias), KLAASPILV (Inessa Saarits, Raahel Rüütel, Sandra Ernits, Kadri Joala). 

Wednesday, 02.02. at 19:00 Vilen Künnapu will open an art exhibition “Nudes in Architecture” based on his latest work at the Sepikoja Gallery in the PÕHJALA Factory (Marati 5, Tallinn).   “Kopli's metaphysics continues to excite people of both new and older generations. I remember when we walked about 50 years ago with Andres Tolts, Ando Keskküla and Juhan Viiding between Kopli's tin garages, concrete towers, limestone semi-classicist house noises, an abandoned tram car or factory chimney in the background. The emotion that gripped us was indescribable. Today, when my brilliant friends are already on the other side, I take the same walk and feel the same. The spirit of the place, Genius Loci, is not old.

On Friday, 4 February at 6 pm, the group exhibition “Runner Along the Border, Rat Catcher and Bricklayer” will open at the Art Hall Gallery. The exhibition has been inspired by short stories by Peet Vallak, Mehis Heinsaar and Ilmar Külvet, whose main characters are forced to set both physical and mental boundaries for an array of reasons. The exhibition brings together artists Amie Nga Man Chan, Eike Eplik, Kristaps Epners, Hanna Samoson and Augustas Serapinas, who all deal with issues of identity in their work. Also exhibited are historical photos from the collections of the Estonian memory institutions. The curator of the exhibition is Gregor Taul. Multimedia installations by Kristaps Epners and Amie Nga Man Chan look at an individual’s ability to cope with challenging situations. Chan’s performance reveals the zero point of life on Narva River, while Epner’s story takes the protagonist to Siberia to join the bricklayers’ brigade in the Sayan Mountains.