Events

A curator’s tour in English with Mėta Valiušaitytė will take place on Saturday, October 11 at 12pm at the exhibition On Fragile Grounds. Sirje Runge and Light at Kai Art Center. Bringing together works created across her extensive career, this exhibition presents Runge as a seeker whose artistic practice unfolds as an inquiry into color as light and teaching as a form of creation. A separate room is dedicated to Runge’s student-focused teaching method, which is a crucial part of both her aesthetics and artistic practice. It features a reconstruction of her experimental work, with colored papers as well as selection of reflections from her former students, offering a glimpse into the poetic and meditative atmosphere of Runge’s classes. The exhibition is part of the main program of the Tallinn Photomonth 2025 contemporary art biennial. The international contemporary art biennial Tallinn Photomonth runs from 5 September to 31 October. More information: fotokuu.ee/en.

On Thursday, 16th of October at 6 pm, Kristel Saan’s solo exhibition “Scent of Humans” will open at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 15th of November. The exhibition “Scent of Humans” speaks of how our nose is always the primary introducer to our feelings. It gives us the initial information about whether we stay or move on whether we like something or are we reluctant to it, and ultimately determines our memories.

On Friday, 10 October at 5 p.m., Eva Mustonen and Lilli-Krõõt Repnau will open their joint exhibition “Little Narratives” at the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. What happens when words are lost? Do they stumble around the exhibition space and stare back from the pictures? How can we hold on to words? They search for meaning and walk from one object to another. A sewing machine, diary, blue shoe rack, goat's head, polar bear, blue drawings and ferns participate in the stillness. Everything is in a state of flux and it is sometimes difficult to find connections.

On Friday, 10 October at 5:00 p.m., Merike Estna will open her solo exhibition “Ocean” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The curator of the exhibition is Maria Arusoo. At the core of the exhibition “Ocean” lies the existential coexistence of life and death, as seen through the perspective of motherhood. Merike Estna looks at the experience of motherhood in a complex and sensitive way. Alongside oceanic happiness and love, pain and loss are equally present, themes that are often brushed aside when talking about birth and motherhood but are very much present regardless. 

Second floor of EKA Gallery 27.09.–19.10.2025 Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm Opening: Friday, September 26 at 6 pm We don’t know the exact day the line bent into a spiral. At some point, it was simply happening—twisting ever forward, spinning as it turned. In the beginning, perhaps it all moved a little slower—the bending and the spinning—and already then, we were inside it.

Invitation to the closing event of the exhibition "Dance" and meeting with artist Tarrvi Laamann Okapi Gallery 2 oktoober 2025 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Okapi Gallery is pleased to invite you to the closing evening of Tarrvi Laamann’s solo exhibition "Dance". This is a unique opportunity to experience the artist’s work up close and personal, with Tarrvi himself present to share insights into the exhibition and the ideas behind it. From 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the gallery doors will be open to all who wish to dive into the visual and emotional world of "Dance", guided by the artist. Laamann’s work is known for its exotic influences, vibrant use of colour and rhythmic energy. Each piece tells its own story, yet together they form a unified whole that invites both contemplation and feeling.

We open the exhibition By Losing Them, I Become a Whole on 3 October at 18.00 at Kogo Gallery. лäбипõленуд (laebipoelenud) performance will take place at the opening.

The art project #AHA is a cross-border project that uses ceramics as one of the oldest and most archaic means of expression to initiate a discourse on the topics of attitude, values, courage, self-confidence and boundaries. When are boundaries crossed, how can one practise or demand respect and tolerance, or how can one find balance in human interaction? Attitude negotiates diverse contents and is a bond to what people relate to, either individually or collectively. Their references can reveal social, ethical and aesthetic aspects that resonate with the mental, sensual, political or emotional. In this sense, the participating artists seek creative traces in turbulent social times with looming crises and wars, global changes and uncertainties. They want to be active as artists, to do something and to stand together in an increasingly fragile Europe.

On Thursday, September 25th at 18.00, Ron Verlin’s first solo exhibition that which I was in life, I am in death will open at Draakoni Gallery. The exhibition brings fashion into the gallery context in a distinctive way, framing it through existential and social perspectives.

On Thursday, 25 September, Tallinn Photomonth’s main programme will open its third exhibition, just juuri nüüd nyt, at both Hobusepea and FOKU galleries. The show brings together ten photographic artists from Estonia and Finland who explore the role of photography in contemporary art and test its conceptual and material boundaries. „Images hum around us. Tiny screens glowing in our palms, glossy faces passing by in the street, endless scrolls slipping through our fingers. Most we don’t even meet; they blur. But art asks us to stay. To let the picture breathe into us, to notice the air it shifts. Sometimes it whispers, sometimes it shouts. Sometimes it just waits – quietly – for us to ask: why are you here? who made you? what do you want from us?,“ describes the exhibition curator, artist, and member of the board of the Finnish Association of Photographic Artists (VTL), Hertta Kiiski.