Events

On 23 April at 6:00 PM, the solo exhibition of the contemporary artist Jaanika Peerna Glide through the Thaw will be opened at the ARS Project Space. The exhibition features a large-scale installation, melting ice, ink works on wax paper and a meditative space imbued with John Grzinich’s soundscape. The artist has also inspired students from the Sally Studio Art School located within the ARS Art Factory: under the guidance of Annely Köster six artworks in dialogue with the exhibition were created and will be displayed as a satellite project in the courtyard windows of the Sally Studio Art School. In the framework of the public programme, an artist talk with Jaanika Peerna and the sound artist John Grzinich will take place on 15 May at 5:00 PM, followed by their joint performance at 6:00 PM.

On Thursday, 9 April at 6:00 PM, a duo exhibition On the Verge of Completion by contemporary artists Gerda Hansen and Rebecca Norman will be opened at the Hobusepea Gallery. The end is actually an unspeakably bleak place where no clear way forward presents itself and nothing no longer seems to lie ahead. The duo exhibition by Gerda Hansen and Rebecca Norman invites the viewer to experience art not only as something definitive, but as a way of becoming. The exhibition reveals the stages of artistic practice that usually remain hidden, offering a chance to step into the moment where a work is born and where meanings have not yet settled.

On Friday, 10 April at 5:00 pm, Anna Škodenko and Maria Valdma-Härm will open their joint exhibition “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition is focused on the human internal struggle to remain upright (both literally and figuratively) amid overwhelming circumstances, in which endless moral wandering exhausts, yet enforced stillness is equally impossible. In this way, we reflect our emotional landscape to the viewer through spatial experience. Wandering endlessly in a vicious circle is accompanied by self-discovery and the possibility of noticing within oneself feelings that previously remained unrecognised and ignored.

On Friday, 10 April at 6:00 PM, the joint exhibition QUINTESSENCE by the Phoenix group of women artists will open at the Vabaduse Gallery. The exhibition unites female creators from the Estonian contemporary art field to explore the deep layers of being and the sources of creative power. Artists participating in the exhibition: Marina Aleksejeva, Eve Ermann, Iris Jurma, Katrin Kaev, Kalli Kalde, Lylian Meister, Kaire Nurk, Tiiu Rebane, Anne Rudanovski, Lembe Ruben, Ülle Saatmäe, Maris Siimer, Tiina Tammetalu, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Katrin Saag, Eveli Varik, Alide Zvorovski.   Curator and designer of the exhibition: Eveli Varik.

On Wednesday, April 1st at 6:00 PM, Line Wasner and Maarja Nurk will open the exhibition "Tree Leaf Report" at Haapsalu City Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until April 26th. Wasner and Nurk have developed an adventure story from a dendrology manual, coptic tapestries and landscape painting. A rhythmically chopped story where nothing particularly remarkable happens. The biggest events occuring are a few leaves moving in the wind and a few bushes riding by on bicycles or simply standing very still.

EARTHBOUND LOVERS x LOU: DEEP END BY LIINA LEO 28.3.-8.4.2026 Opening on 27.3. 18-20 When I first descended below 300 meters, I had trouble maintaining altitude. There was a strong wind. All of my attention went towards operating the ship. (...) I couldn't see the sun, but the fog glowed red in its direction. (...) The waves disappeared. - Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972)  Deep End is a solo exhibition by Estonian artist Liina Leo. The exhibition takes the form of a cruise ship journey, alluding to a metaphorical passage into the deeper layers of the soul. Living in the exhibition space and activating it through a series of performative actions, Leo becomes the passenger on this enigmatic voyage. The exhibition continues Leo’s exploration from her previous solo show Fortuna (2026, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn), in which she examined the characteristics of a divine force believed to govern the unpredictable turns of fate. In Deep End, the gaze turns inward, toward the tempestuous undercurrents of the mind and the desire to steer the course of one’s life. 

Spring–Summer Group Exhibition NATURES UPRISING: Insects and Flowers in Jewellery Art is now open at A-Galerii SHOWROOM. … *a moment before the end of silence*

Workshop: money and migration Time: Saturday, 28th of March 12-14 Location: vegan restaurant Kartul, Kopli 16 Places are limited, register here: https://forms.gle/A4b1mqVKKZ4EUZnQA

On Sunday, 1 March, at 5 p.m., we invite you to join us for a walk through the exhibition of the Young Painter Prize 2025, which is open for the last day. The tour will be led by the exhibition's curator, Giedrė Miller. The Estonian audience's favorite will also be announced! The Young Painter Prize is one of the most important contemporary art prizes in the Baltic region. After successful shows in Riga, Latvia, and Panevėžys, Lithuania, the exhibition in Tartu completes the first-ever cycle across all three Baltic countries, presenting the most promising young painters from the region. The tour will be conducted in English and is free of charge. We will meet in the large gallery of the Art House.

International Textile Students’ Exhibition IDENTITY 14.02-14.03.2026 Opening on Friday, February 13 at 5 PM