Events

On 27 August at 17:30, Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins solo exhibition It Is the Wind Which Swells the Sails will open at the Draakon Gallery. Continuing the themes explored in her previous exhibitions, Teinfeldt-Grins approaches landscape as an archive, a layered carrier of memory shaped by political power and human intervention. As the artist herself has said: „The momentum begins to fade. The highway falls behind, and the road grows narrower. The landscape, which at first unfolds as distant and unfamiliar, gradually begins to reveal itself. The edges of forests, strips of fields and bends in the road that moments ago were merely features of the scenery become landmarks. One could swear that, as the speed slows, time itself eases its pace.

On 27 August at 6:30 PM, the artist Andre Joosep Arming’s debut solo exhibition Chain Reaction will open at the Hobusepea Gallery with a festive, Renaissance-themed masquerade ball, directed by Linda Mai Kari. The exhibition is an exploration of human fragility, solitude, adaptation and perseverance, focusing on the tension field between the ending of life and new beginnings. The exhibition will remain open until 27 September. Chain Reaction is about celebrating the joy of existence and the privilege of being alive. Arming’s works serve as a poignant reminder to inhabit the present fully, with complete intensity, despite not knowing what the future holds. The artist adds: “I would like to remind everyone and acknowledge that life is hard, but it is worth it.”

On 28 August at 5:00 PM Külliki Järvila’s exhibition Apocalyptic 7 will open at the Vabaduse Gallery. The apocalypse referred to in the title is a Greek word that means ‘removing the cover’ or ‘revealing the hidden’ – the exhibition should be read as a vision of the world, and the role humans play in preserving it.

On Friday, August 28 at 5:00 PM, the opening of Kaido Ole’s exhibition Krt will take place at Temnikova & Kasela Gallery. That same evening, Johanna Ulfsak’s pop-up exhibition will open at Peetri 11, with access limited to the first 50 guests at the opening.

Mery Crystal Ra's artist talk at the exhibition "Royal Visit to the Golden Waterfall" will take place on Thursday, August 13 at 5 pm at Tokko&Arrak Gallery, Teachers' House, Raekoja plats 14 on the topic "Mery Crystal Ra's global transformation of paintings into interdisciplinary, human kinetic sculptures and monumental objects". The talk will be attended by art historian and artist Kaire Nurk, choreographer, dancer, poet and critic Sveta Grigorjeva, interdisciplinary artist and interior architect Tea Tammelaan and interdisciplinary painter, light-human kinetic sculptor and monumental artist Mery Crystal Ra. The artist talk is dedicated to painter Silvia Jõgever and art historian Reet Varblane.  

The Bootmaker. Solo exhibition by Paul Rodgers  12.08-12.09.2026 Paul Rodgers’ solo exhibition “The Bootmaker” will be open at gallery Pallas from Wednesday, 12 August. Spanning two floors of the gallery, the exhibition brings together works created specifically for the show as well as pieces from earlier periods of the artist’s career. The main hall on the gallery’s ground floor will feature a series of works created by Rodgers over the past year specifically for the exhibition in Tartu. Comprising sculptural objects, photographs, videos and texts, the series explores the artist’s personal memories and the influences of growing up in post-war England. Rodgers also examines the impact these emotional experiences and memories have had on the artist.

Mery Crystal Ra's painting exhibition "Royal Trip to the Golden Waterfall" extended until August 28.

Until 9 August, the international group exhibition “Triumph of Galatea: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” is on view in the Contemporary Art Gallery on the 5th floor of Kumu Art Museum. On Saturday, 8 August, we will celebrate the exhibition with a special finissage programme featuring the following events: 13:00–14:00 Curator’s Tour of the exhibition "Triumph of Galatea: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", Anders Härm, in English

On Friday, July 31st, the Pärnu Artists’ House is holding an Open House Day!  On this day, artists will open the doors to their studios, giving visitors an opportunity to peek behind the scenes of the creative process. You can also purchase unique artworks directly from the creators on-site: paintings, ceramics, books, and much more. Of course, our exhibitions will also be open! Schedule: 3:00 PM  Meet the artist Pusa at her solo exhibition “And Then Came the Dove…” in the Project Space  4:30 PM  Guided tour of the painting exhibition “Unfamiliar Taste” by Maria Kallau and Hanna Vinter, led by artist Maria Kallau and curator Kirke Kits  Music will be provided by Plaadimeri Records and Tallamalla Killaz. Opening hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Admission is FREE. Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/6Wx8RQ5Kl P.S. If you can’t make it on Friday, the gallery is also open on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and several artists will have their studios open that day as well.

Opening on August 5 at 17.00 Curated by Lieven Lahaye and Anu Vahtra Can’t Do Hard Sun Whim brings together artists and designers whose work relates in different ways to ideas of light and wear – either as material processes or conceptual conditions. Light can be seen as a physical phenomenon as well as a condition of visibility and perception; wear as a force for erosion and transformation, as well as an act of carrying, inhabiting or being worn. Through wearable sculpture, monoprint, quilt, cyanotype, slideshow, video and installation, the exhibition explores how materials, bodies and images are transformed through time, contact and environmental conditions.