Events

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.

Annual Exhibition 2024 DREAMS ABOUT MEANINGS On December 6th from 6 pm A-Galerii will open its annual exhibition of Estonian contemporary jewellery, abstract objects and applied art that leaves plenty of room for interpretation. The materials used in the pieces range from various metals, textiles, and glass to organic materials. The exhibition concept embeds people and social practices addressing what kind of role and meanings given to objects play in curating our own personal reality.

On November 30 at 4 p.m., the presentation of the visually formatted process model and exhibition of the project “MUUSA: Synthesis and Development of Material Research” supported by the Ministry of Culture will take place. The exhibition in the format of an open studio includes both completed and unfinished material assemblages and supporting structures. The MUUSA project was carried out by lecturers from the Estonian Academy of Arts and the heads of the Craft Studies Master’s programme, Kärt Ojavee and Juss Heinsalu.

On Friday, November 29, at 18.00, Alexei Gordin’s exhibition Ghosts and Powers will open at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until January 5, 2025. Alexei Gordin: “In the exhibition Ghosts and Powers, I explore the complexities of architectural heritage and its profound influence on human lives. Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the discourse surrounding monuments erected under occupation regimes has resurfaced, exposing societal divides. As always, the truth resides in a nuanced middle ground, obscured by the weight of emotion. The idea for the exhibition stemmed from an article in Postimees describing a mysterious bunker beneath the Maarjamäe "space rocket." According to old drawings, a room lies hidden beneath the monument, sealed for seventy years. What purpose did it serve and what might it hide? If a hatch to the bunker could be unearthed, might it lead to a point where all conflicting aspects converge into a unified understanding?

You are welcome to the opening of Krista Leesi's exhibition In Spe. Saint Victor and Four Dragons at Draakon gallery on Thursday, November 28, at 18.00. The exhibition will remain open until January 4, 2025. The exhibition draws inspiration from the martyrdom of Saint Victor, as portrayed on the main altar of St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn. The altar, crafted in the workshop of Lübeck master Hermen Rode, was brought to Tallinn 543 years ago. “The times are tense, even frightening. Such that every means and possibility must be put into service. Why not even mythical creatures and medieval patron saints.  Tallinn's patron saint was Saint Victor. He is often depicted on altars alongside Saint George, the dragon slayer. But Saint Victor did not slay dragons. Perhaps dragons might protect the knightly saint and us instead?”