Events

Art Exhibition "Face Towards Naivism" 21 August – 15 September 2025 Studio Gallery K28 (Kentmanni 28, Tallinn) Curated by Santa Zukker Opening: 21 August at 18:30 This exhibition brings together Estonian women artists whose work is characterized by freedom, instinctual approaches, and deliberate avoidance of classical composition. The exhibition highlights bold color use, diverse ideas, rich detail, and playfulness—hallmarks of Naivism that trace back to early 20th-century. Studio Gallery K28 is open: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 14:00–18:00 Saturday | 14:00–17:00 Featured artists: Kairo, Ingrid Järv, Piret Kalda, Tumena, Maria Kurm, Anneli Noor, Talia, Moona Saul, Kipa, Natalia Mirzoyan, Mia Melanie Saar Free entry – warmly welcome!

Join us for the artist talk and opening of “Weather As a Conversation Topic” by Liisa Kruusmägi and Lukas Weidinger on Thursday, September 11 at 6pm at the EKA Billboard Gallery! The event will be held in English and will be moderated by David Schilter. In case of bad weather, the conversation will take place indoors. The artwork is visible round the clock until October 26. Invisible, all-encompassing phenomena such as heat, cold, wind, (un)happiness, desire, love, poverty, wealth play the leading roles in a fragmented narrative about the weather and its irritating omnipresence in the everyday life of the society that lives in it. The work contains many personal reflections and references to people and situations. Lukas Weidinger and Liisa Kruusmägi have created a joint work where one story is told within another. Some look at the outside – the weather in the cityscape, others colorfully depict life indoors.

This Saturday, September 13 artist tours will take place at the exhibition Anatomy of Dust: At 15 pm the tour will take place in English At 16.30 pm the tour will take place in Estonian * Anatomy of Dust brings together two artistic practices that meet at the intersection of material investigation, scientific inquiry, and narrative building. Through intricate objects, experimental processes and installations, the gallery transforms into a cohesive spatial experience, a hybrid lab–studio environment, exploring the physical and conceptual forms of matter – from dust and dirt to blood, skin, and ash.

You are invited to the opening of the group exhibition Under Pressure on Friday, September 12th at 6:00 PM at Lasnamäe Pavilion. Under Pressure explores how societal norms and expectations shape human life, health, and identity, revealing both visible and hidden tensions.   The exhibition features works by Karl Joonas Alamaa, Charles Borchardt, Jessie Bullivant, Erik Hõim, Linda Mai Kari, Flo Kasearu, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Mall Paris, Arle Saar, Inari Sandell, and Rimaldas Vikšraitis. The exhibition is curated by Siim Preiman.  

On Thursday, September 11, at 6 pm, Katrin Piile will open her solo exhibition "Nothing Blooms Always – After Still Life" at Tütar gallery. Art historian Andreas Trossek writes in the exhibition text: "It is difficult to find a match for the technical virtuosity of the painter who was awarded the Konrad Mägi medal in 2024. Katrin Piile’s painting is an excellent example of a decoy image, a convincingly familiar optical illusion (trompe l'oeil) on a two-dimensional canvas surface – a fleeting sensation where an optically recognizable image suddenly becomes spatial in the mind, and picture and space merge into one. As viewers, we instinctively believe that what we are seeing is true, even though our reason tells us it cannot be so."

Estonian Ceramists’ Association's Annual Exhibition Porcelain in Patarei 19.08.2025 – 19.09.2025 Opening hours: Thu, Fri, Sat 13:00 – 18:00 Sun 13:00 – 17:00 Kalaranna 28/1, Tallinn Patarei Sea Fortress is a building that holds within it a colorful yet dark history. Originally built in the 1820s, the complex served as a sea fortress for only a short time before being converted into barracks. During the Estonian War of Independence, the building was taken into use as a prison, which operated there until 2005. At present, the building is undergoing a thorough transformation to become a modern museum and lifestyle center.

On Thursday, 11th of September at 6 pm a group exhibition “Quiet Memory” will open at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 11th of October. The exhibition “Quiet Memory” brings together artists of different generations whose works reflect the relationship between humans and technology, and its development from the 1980s to the present day. The exhibition explores how both a changing world and the innovative evolution of creative tools have offered artists opportunities to tell personal stories – at times remaining affectingly human precisely through systematic, machinic qualities. 

On Friday, 5 September at 5:00 p.m., Taavi Suisalu will open his solo exhibition “Arctic Embassy” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition stems from fieldwork conducted around Svalbard and on Icelandic glaciers, engaging playfully with the methods of art and science, touching upon the challenges of climate change communication, and questioning the current role of the sublime. Within Suisalu’s embassy, the architect Helmi Marie Langsepp appears as a guest contributor with the material-based aftermath of her project Melting Models, created during a polar night.

On Friday, 5 September at 5:00 p.m., Triinu Jürves, Kaarel Kütas and Villem Jahu will open their joint exhibition “On Branch Road” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House. “Let’s take that other way again, shall we?” Which way do you go when getting there is not the main thing? This exhibition is a stopover, with all the past and future standstills, take-offs, roundabouts and new departures. The works of the three artists together create a complete installation, where the painted fragments represent the paths taken and roads driven.

You are kindly welcomed to the 19th Tallinn Print Triennial’s finissage event on August 29 at 19:00 at the Lindakivi Cultural Center (J. Koorti 22). The final chapter of the triennial – a bonus track to the main exhibition – is a one-night event that brings together various time-based media and allows them to resonate separately, yet in unison. It is a conscious slowing down and focusing – a luxury rarely encountered in the screen speed of 2025. Program: