Events

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Hanna Råst’s exhibition Weak Signals will open at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until February 3, 2025. I visited the basement of my childhood home and found a box containing my elementary school notebooks. As I flipped through them, I was struck by how, at that time, global warming was still referred to as the "greenhouse effect." While discussions about the climate crisis have been ongoing since the 1960s, earlier observations of the Earth's warming date back to the late 19th century. Despite the consistent warnings, this looming, visible, and ever-impending threat always seems to be pushed into the future.

The darkest part of the year is now behind us. As the days grow brighter, the dark, minimalist, cozy, and warm My Home, Our City exhibition at the Lasnamäe Pavilion – designed with the preceding gloom in mind – also draws to a close. On Saturday, 11 January, the penultimate day of the exhibition, there will be a final curator’s tour, followed by screenings of films by Eleonore de Montesquiou and Diana Tamane in the cinema hall of the Lindakivi Cultural Centre, next to the pavilion.

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Marko Mäetamm’s exhibition Once Upon a Time will open at Draakon Gallery. At the exhibition opening, there will be an artist talk between the artist and art historian Aleksander Metsamärt at 7 PM. The exhibition will remain open until February 1, 2025. Psychiatrists and psychopaths might appreciate what Marko Mäetamm is doing, though I suspect both— for entirely different reasons— would take offense at the suggestion. Jungians and Freudians alike have long praised the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other Northern storytellers for introducing young children to life's harsher realities. 

TRAUMATURGIC: Into Her Flew White Doves and Out of Her Flew White Doves 11.01.-15.02.2025 We have the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of the exhibition Traumaturgic by Gudrun Heamägi on Friday, 10 January at 6 PM.  The exhibition Traumaturgic is a continuation of the exhibition  „Kummastused“, which spoke about the destruction of cultural heritage in the current turbulent world, and the exhibition She Hoped That Angels See And Understand which spoke about the manifestation of violence throughout history.

On Friday, 20 December at 6 p.m. the innovative annual exhibition of Tartu art designed by Martti Ruus will open in the Tartu Art House. At the Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art 2024, 100 artists will present their visions of Multisurrealism. This will mark the 100th anniversary of surrealism and start the clock for the 100th anniversary of Multisurrealism.  The metamorphosis will take place at 18.18, when the European Capital of Culture Tartu and the painter Martti Ruus, who came up with the idea and design of the exhibition, will present the world with a new art movement: Multisurrealism.

On Saturday, 14 December, artist Camille Laurell and curator Siim Preiman will host the sixth evening of the KORR-KORR! series of events at the Lasnamäe pavilion. Everyone who cares about food (plant-based alternatives will also be offered!) and good company is welcome. Dining starts at 16:00 and runs until the pavilion closes at 19:00.

You are kindly invited to the opening of the exhibition at the Tallinn City Gallery on 12 December at 6 PM.   The exhibition Life Can Never Be Paused invites the audience on a personal journey where artistic expressions intertwine with existential questions. It is an invitation to pause, breathe, and view the world a little differently. The participating artists are Daria Morozova, Hedi Jaansoo, Lauri Lest, Maie Helm, Reti Saks, and Silva Eher. The exhibition is curated by Johanna Jolen Kuzmenko. How should we act when the world presents more than we can absorb? How to find peace and meaning in a rapidly changing reality? The title of the exhibition Life Can Never Be Paused points to an existential truth: life has the ability to persist even in the most challenging circumstances. In this exhibition, Kuzmenko explores themes ranging from personal inner turmoil to global societal challenges.

7 December at 15:00–16:00 at Kogo Gallery Panel discussion at the new exhibition To Pay an Arm and a Leg. Participants: artist Elīna Vītola, curator and art scholar Ieva Astahovska, literary scholar Eneken Laanes and artist Ulla Juske. How can art engage in revisiting the difficult, silenced past? What are its different ways of reflecting on the conflicts of memory and the traumatic and violent experiences of the Second World War? Do we understand it differently, if an artist speaks about this past not by engaging with documentary approaches, direct evidence or archival materials, but by using an abstract artistic language? Read more about the exhibition: https://www.kogogallery.ee/.../to-pay-an-arm-and-a-leg/ The panel discussion will take place in English and is free of charge. The event is funded by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the City of Tartu.

On Friday, 6 December at 5 p.m., ceramic artist Anne Türn and photographer Toomas Tuul will open their collaborative exhibition A Moment at Vabaduse Gallery. The idea of artworks that merge with nature has inspired Anne Türn to create light sculptures combining glass and ceramics. Together with photographer Toomas Tuul, the artist has travelled around Estonia to find beautiful and mysterious locations, and to record various lights and moments in staged photographs. To their joint journeys, Türn brings the ‘models’, meaning her artworks combining light and ceramics, while Tuul brings his talent to capture in photographs the spell of fleeting moments. The exhibition at Vabaduse Gallery features both large-scale photographs and light installations.

06.12.2024–15.02.2025 / Opening: 6.12 kell 17:00 Dedicated to the Memory of Narva Artist Elena Kolli At the opening event, Zhanna Golubtsova will be welcomed as a new member of the association. We are pleased to invite all art enthusiasts to the exhibition of the Symbol 4 association, dedicated to the memory of the talented Narva artist Elena Kolli. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of artworks, highlighting the contributions of Ida-Virumaa artists to the cultural life of the region. Each participant will present 3-5 works, creating a harmonious representation of diverse styles and themes.