Events

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.

On Thursday, 20 February at 19.00, the 9th Artishok Biennial Siesta will kick off with the opening of Artjom Astrov's work and a concert at Vanaturu kael 3, Tallinn.  The openings of the ten new artworks of the biennial will take place at various locations in Tallinn throughout February and March, leaving a small break or siesta in the middle of the schedule, hence the biennial's title. Texts written about each work by the biennial's ten authors will be published in parallel with the openings and will then remain available on the Artishok website. Opening schedule:

We have the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of the exhibition Ordinary Worlds by Toomas Kuusing on Friday, 21 February at 5 PM.  „In the world we live in, there is no longer a universally accepted truth, nor any basis to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined. The balance between reality and fiction has changed. We live in an enormous image. The artist has less and less need to invent content for their work. Fiction already exists.” With the exhibition at Rüki Gallery, the artist presents a selection of his most recent graphic art and paintings. Under this title, the works conceptually continue central themes that have been present in his work for nearly twenty years.

On February 14 at 18.00, a curatorial tour by Kärt Kelder for bruised and uncorrupted hearts will take place at Sarah Nõmm's exhibition Diaries of a Bruised Princess, followed by a performance by dance and performance artist Kirte Jõesaar. * Let’s play a game. I am a princess, and you are a wicked stranger. I have nine hearts; eight are bruised, and one is uncorrupted. 

On Thursday, 13th of February at 6 pm Tõnu Tormis and Ilmar Kruusamäe will open their portrait exhibition "Candid Eyes" at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 15th of March.

On Friday, 7 February at 5.00 p.m., the interdisciplinary artist Paul Beaudoin opens his solo exhibition who i talk to when you are not here at Vabaduse Gallery. The exhibition delves into the quiet yet profound dialogues within the self. Through a collection of paintings, the artist explores inner exchanges between the conscious and unconscious mind, the spiritual and the secular. Many of the works have been created during an artist residency at the Alice Boner Institute in Varanasi, India. The exhibition in the Vabaduse gallery marks the first time Beaudoin’s works have been shown in Estonia.