Events

With the exhibition “AFTERGLOW” by Mare Saare the artist looks back on her creative path and brings works from 1979 to the Järvakandi Glass Museum, aiming to explore the influences and changes on her journey from her school years to her artistic life.  Mare is known mainly for her fragile colored glass objects resembling flowers, but also for her extremely sensitive and almost imperceptible patterns and shapes engraved on black glass. The themes are usually philosophical, the observer of the abstract works of expression is left with room to form their own understandings, the titles of the works hint at the original reason for creation, but are still general enough. Art historian Heili Sõrmus has written (Sirp 27. 03. 2015): “These works are as if alive and one feels that the artist has captured a second of the bubbling process. The artworks do not seem like something that is ready. It is as if the matter is rebelling from the time of the creation of the world – something that has the potential of everything that exists, a frightening inner vitality.”

On 6 May at 6 PM, artist Jevgeni Zolotko’s curatorial debut Lilac will open at Tallinn City Gallery, bringing together lesser-known works by Jass Kaselaan, Kristjan Teder, and Eduard Wiiralt.  

Studio is a place where I go to create, an honest and raw reality, not like the space of gallery. Studio is always messy for some reason, the material world has no power there, it is forgotten or drops somewhere in the corner and stays there, unimportant. It is a place, where nobody else is looking, and there is no desire of the artist to be clearly understood, seen, or bought. A place where I go to meet the spirit, finding it, and the material world is left behind on the way. The works that appear on the walls are wishes, prayers and presence, that the rational mind hasn't subdued. A weird recognition in aspiration, that is also present in old cave paintings, that are many centuries old. Isn't the studio a cave with cave paintings, with manifestations?

On April 30, 2025, at 18.00, the solo exhibition CONTRACT by Anita Kremm, recipient of the 2024 EKA Young Artist Award, will open at Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition is curated by Ene-Liis Semper.

Peacetime Monuments 28.04.-17.05.2025 GÜ Gallery ARS Art Factory Mon-Fri kell 12-18, Sat kell 12-16 

On Thursday, 24 April at 6 PM, the exhibition Fig Leaves and Dear Stones by artists Liina Siib and Riina Varol will be opened at FOKU Gallery (Väike-Karja 10, Tallinn). The exhibition features works by Liina Siib from 2002—2006/2025, mostly not exhibited in Tallinn before, and a newly completed photo series by Riina Varol.

On Monday, April 28, 2025, at 18.00, Marje Üksine will open her first watercolour exhibition, Freed by Painting, at the Draakon gallery. The exhibition will remain on view until May 24, 2025. Marje Üksine’s subtly colourful graphic works from recent decades captivate with their bold, clear geometric forms. Upon closer observation, these structured forms reveal dreamlike fragments of nature – reminiscent of fading memories. Nature continues to serve as a source of inspiration in her watercolour practice.

On April 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM, the exhibition "Vocabulary: From Term to Object" will open at the gallery of Pallas University of Applied Sciences. The exhibition focuses on terminology related to restoration and art history.  "Vocabulary: From Term to Object" invites visitors to reflect on how language offers new perspectives on objects, whose essence is never merely material. Through words, an object becomes text – readable, interpretable, and reanimated. It is a call to perceive restoration not simply as a technical field of preservation, but as a deeply interpretive practice that begins with a word and leads to the object. 

On Saturday, April 19 public artist tours with Zody Burke will take place at the exhibition “The House of Asterion”. The first tour of the day begins at 3 pm and the second tour begins at 7 pm.  Tours are held in English. *

On 17 April, Mery Crystal Ra's (Meeli Kõiva) solo exhibition "INVISIBLE" will open at the Tallinn TV Tower. The exhibition is dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the Tallinn TV Tower, and the 65th anniversary of Mery Crystal Ra. The exhibition remains open until 31 December 2025. At the exhibition, the artist exhibits her latest works, WAITING FOR THE WHITE SHIP, and  RESIDENCE OF CICADAS. Also exhibited are her painting series COSMOSCACTUS and RESIDENCE OF CICADAS. The best of the artist's decades-long work on the posters will be on display. A short film, "MERY CRYSTAL RA," which summarises the artist's work, created by Igor Ruus will be presented.