Events

BEAST International Film Festival taking place in Porto from 25 to 29 September celebrates the best cinema from Central & Eastern Europe. The 7th edition of the festival is launched under the title “Where do we go from here?” and is composed of five sections: Official Competition, Focus Estonia, Visegrad Film Hub, How to Care for Cosmos and EEFFN – Eastern European Film Festival Network. The curated programme including feature films, documentaries, experimental, short films and animation works, as well as screenings, talks, workshops, exhibitions and much more. This year’s focus country is Estonia. Among other Estonian films, this year BEAST presents CLUB CLASSICS, a programme comprised of Estonian video art from the 2000s by a variety of artists such as Kadriann Kibus ja Liina Paaksuu, Laura Nestor, Mark Raidpere, Mari Laanemets and Killu Sukmit as well as the group Valie Export Society. This programme was developed based on the archive of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA).

Al Paldrok, Taje Tross, Siim Kuljus and Arvo Sailev in the composition of Non Grata will participate in the JiTan Live Art festival taking place on 19-25.09.2025 at the Han Tao Museum in Jinan, the birthplace of Confucius. China's recent political developments have led to a complete ban on performance art, and in such a situation, conducting performance art festivals is like walking on a knife edge, because law-abiding organizers-curators face imprisonment and the closing of museums-institutions. Non Grata will perform in 5 different cities across China, and exhibitions, artist talks, lectures and workshops in each city.

This weekend in Yö Gallery, Lönnrotinkatu 33, Helsinki, Finland - Al Paldrok alias Anonymous Boh exhibition with World Premiere of Non Grata New Book - No. 5 - performances 2017 to 2024 from all over the world - 580 pages / 5 Kg! Opening on Friday 20.09.2024 @ 19.00 till 22.00 by Albino and Newborn! Exhibition open Saturday / Sunday 12.00–16.00

On Monday, the 16th of September at 5 p.m., the installation and graphic artist Anu Juurak will open her solo exhibition Claustrophobia. Side Effects at Vabaduse Gallery. Anu Juurak: “Claustrophobia (from Latin claustrum, ‘to close’, and Greek phóbos, ‘fear’) is the pathological fear of small confined rooms. This condition, which is usually classified as an anxiety disorder, can be provoked by various narrow spaces and situations, for example overcrowded elevators, rooms without windows and even clothes that are too tight.

On coming Sunday, September 15 in the frame work of Pikk Street Festival Draakon Gallery will be open between 11:00-18:00! Loora Kaubi's exhibition Although One Is Often Aware of Some Far Brighter Light will be on display during this time. Welcome! Additiona information about the festival can be found here. *

On Thursday, 12th of September at 6 pm Vano Allsalu and Liisa Jugapuu will open their exhibition titled "Conversation in Colour" at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 12th of October. The exhibition brings together two painters who share a passion for colour as a vital means of expression. Vano Allsalu's and Liisa Jugapuu's works share a sensitive approach to the complexities of colour, a boldly abstract visual language, and an organic way of painting, where the creative process naturally encompasses the entire surface of the canvas. Yet, it is not difficult to discern their differing and highly individual approaches in terms of technique, palette, and composition. This evolving interplay of similarities and differences over the years offers rich ground for professional dialogue, the observation of mutual influences, and creative intrigue.

04.09-05.10.24 Pärnu City Gallery's Artists' House „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 Pärnu Artists' House, 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 Thursday, September 5, at 18.00, Joosep Kivimäe & Mathias Väärsi open their co-exhibition “The Posts of the Safety Net Bent from Flying into the Apple Tree Are Leftover” at Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition is curated by Laura Linsi. The exhibition will remain open until September 30, 2024. 

On Wednesday, September 4th, at 18.00, Loora Kaubi's solo exhibition Although One Is Often Aware of Some Far Brighter Light will open at Draakon gallery. The exhibition will be open until September 28th, 2024. “Exhaustion is inherent to the experience of life. It lacks clear boundaries; its tentacles seem to reach everywhere. Yet exhaustion could be followed by a certain freshness, a respite, and relief. But what to do when one awakens from a refreshing slumber feeling weary – more weary than before lying down? What happens when exhaustion does not subside? Perhaps one person's fatigue is something greater; maybe we are seized by shared fatigue? 

Friends, graphic artist Evi Tihemets (b. 1932) and photographer Kaupo Kikkas (b. 1983), meet on the same exhibition space. Since the 1950s, Tihemets has captured the local landscape and traces of human presence, seeking the indescribable essence of Estonian mysticism. Decades later, Kaupo Kikkas embarked on similar journeys. Tihemets was one of the first to recognise a similar perception of the world and art, which can connect two people here and now, as well as across time. The exhibition presents over 60 years of Estonian art history through the works of two artists from different generations. The exhibition is specifically created for the spaces of the old power station built in the 1930s, and the building is open to visitors for the first time. Curator: Kadri Asmer Video projection: Maria Elisaveta Roosalu Voices: Maarja Jakobson, Helgur Rosental Visual identity: Joosep Siitan Technical support: Siim Asmer, Tanel Asmer