Events

The morning sun reverberated from the bronze sword. There was no longer even a vestige of blood. "Would you believe it, Ariadne?" said Theseus. "The Minotaur scarcely defended himself." - The House of Asterion, Jorge Luis Borges, 1964. (From Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings) On the 3rd of April at 6pm, Hobusepea gallery will open Zody Burke's solo exhibition “The House of Asterion”. A live performance will take place at 7pm by experimental musician & performance artist Nick Klein (US/DE).

19th Tallinn Print Triennial will take place on 21.06.—31.08.2025 at Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe pavillion. Curator: Marika Agu The exhibition  focuses on the art medium of printmaking through the lens of media archeology. This exhibition focuses on the culture of memory: the means through which information and knowledge are stored, marking different technological stages - from the impulse to leave a trace to the information glut and the resistance to produce it. The Triennial continues its traditional role as an innovator in the field of graphic arts, critically analysing developments in the visual arts and visual culture in the local art field.  Tallinn Print Triennial will culminate on 29 August 2025 at Lindakivi Cultural Centre with a closing event featuring experimental time-based works in sound, spoken word, and video art.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 18:00, Tiiu Kirsipuu will open her solo exhibition Dream at Draakon Gallery. The exhibition will be open until April 26, 2025. Tiiu Kirsipuu: "Sleep is as essential to human existence as sustenance. It is a time of rest and renewal, but also a time to communicate with our subconscious. Dreams unfold in phases, yet the transitional state between sleep and wakefulness is particularly compelling – a space-time where one veil is lifted while another has yet to descend. At that moment, perception shifts, boundaries blur, and alternate realities intertwine. In this threshold state, half-dreaming, one tunes into the source of creativity – this is the time for shamans to journey. The dream world often feels as real as the one we experience when awake. Whether illusion or reality, dreams have many faces.” Most of the works were created in 2025, and the exhibition is accompanied by a soundscape.

On Friday, 21st of March at 6 pm opens a group exhibition titled "DIRTY SNOW" by Rühm T’s artists Raoul Kurvitz, Urmas Muru and Peeter Pere, curated by Eha Komissarov at Vaal Gallery. The band Raoul Kurvitz & The Republic of Zone will perform at the exhibition's opening event. The exhibition will remain open until 19th of April. On Friday, 27th of April 1990, an unusual crowd could be seen in the evening hours on Väike-Karja street trying to enter a large building from one of the narrow doors. Until then this part of the building had not yet found use, but now it hosted an opening of an art gallery... Estonia's first privately owned art gallery, VAAL, presented itself with its white rooms, lighting imported from Finland, and opening the first exhibition: artist group titled Rühm T presented artworks by its three leading artists, Raoul Kurvitz, Urmas Muru and Peeter Pere.

On Friday, 7 March at 5.00 p.m., the Ukrainian born artist Ivan Zubaka opens his solo exhibition Path from Past to Present at Vabaduse Gallery. The idea of creating sculptures and prints from small components and found materials gathered over time first occurred to Ivan Zubaka about 30 years ago. At the Vabaduse Gallery exhibition, the artist displays some of his earlier sculptures combined from these fragments, as well as prints that he has started to make only recently.

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., the exhibition of this year’s Tartu Art Auction will open in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. The auction is being organised by the Tartu Artists’ Union in co-operation with the Art & Tonic gallery. The auction itself will take place on 4 April! Fifty works were selected for the exhibition. Participating artists are:

28.02 – 31.03.2025   Sillamae Museum Kajaka 17a, Sillamäe   The exhibition “Eternal Mystery” at the Sillamäe Museum opens a world of subtle allusions, hidden meanings, and aesthetic perfection. Eduard Zentsik’s works captivate with the depth of artistic expression, merging elements of symbolism, mysticism, and lyrical metaphor.   The female figures in his paintings are not merely embodiments of beauty but visual poetry that explores the delicate balance between fragility and strength, eternity and transience. The line here does not just outline form but becomes an independent means of expression, carrying rhythm and emotional tension. The nuances of color act as a bridge between reality and dreams, between conscious perception and intuitive feeling.  

- The bus departs on 07.03 at 14:30 from the Nunne parking lot (next to Snelli pond) and arrives at Tartu Art House at 17:00. - The bus returns to Tallinn at 21:00 from Tartu Art Museum and arrives at the Nunne parking lot at 23:30. The bus is free of charge, but the number of seats is limited, please register before 06.03.25 here: https://forms.gle/9nERtKesfTndDWrL8 For more information please contact projekt@kunstimaja.ee.

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., Sirje Eelma and Rait Prääts will open their joint exhibition, “Same House 16./50”, in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The opening exhibition was born out of the artists' desire to continue a series of joint exhibitions, to celebrate in their own way a milestone anniversary of their life together, to exhibit recent works, to identify the common ground of their partnership and to affirm their continued creative potential. The exhibition mainly features work from recent years, but there are also references to earlier layers.

On Friday, 7 March at 5 p.m., Kairi Orgusaar will open her solo exhibition “Recipe for Harmony” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House. “Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.” / Andrei Tarkovsky / In the exhibition, the artist is trying to find the recipe for harmony. For this purpose, she developed a world made up of fantastic creatures, swinging in beams of light, casting shadows and reflections. The sculptural glass forms and installations become delicate, even poetic, reflections as light is added. Forms melt and morph, and colours glimmer and interact.