Events

On Friday, August 1 at 18.00, Mari-Leen Kiipli’s solo exhibition Plastic Ways, Salty Stones will open at Draakoni Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view until August 23, 2025.  Salty seawater polishes coastal stones to a smooth gloss, erodes shorelines, and gives rise to clay and sand. Metamorphic rocks, erratic boulders, stones embedded within other stones – all formed in the heat of the earth’s crust, from once-pliable matter. The wave that erodes the land brings in concrete, gravel, and synthetic debris. A diffuse presence drifts through the seawater – plastic particles circulating in my bloodstream, embedded in my tissues.

On Friday, August 1st at 18.00 Al Paldrok’s solo exhibition Momentum / Monumentum will open in Hobusepea gallery.  A new generation has emerged, seeking to define its way of thinking and carve out a space in society. This pursuit has become a wellspring of creative energy and a path toward understanding. They seek to disrupt the existing balance of power, engaging directly with reality and placing greater value on artistic expression. They veer toward the extreme, provoking themselves and their audiences to oppose social norms. They are troubled by the emergence of a new puritanical social movement that imposes significant restrictions on individual freedoms. Al Paldrok At the opening, the book Non Grata. 5. Performances 2017–2024 will be presented for the first time in Estonia.

On Friday, 1 August at 5:00 p.m., the exhibition “From Mother to Daughter, From Daughter to Mother” will open in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House. The exhibition is being curated by Ulla Juske and Liisi Tamm and was designed by Cloe Jancis. The exhibition is dedicated to Reet Varblane (1952-2023), an art scholar, mother, grandmother, friend, colleague, mentor and inspiration.  The relationship between a mother and daughter is multi-faceted and changes over time, combining a deep bond and clear separation that makes it complex but infinitely rich. The works in the exhibition are inspired by personal objects and stories that allow us to make sense of the relationship between a mother and daughter. 

On Friday, 1 August at 5:00 p.m., Liisa Kruusmägi, Helmi Arrak and Krõõt Kukkur  will open their joint exhibition "Soft Chaos" in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. A spatial collage brings together ceramics, paintings and drawings by three artists with similar mindsets. You'll also encounter works that have never before been shown to the public. At the invitation of Soft Chaos, colours explode in our bubblegum booths. Dust has danced up from studio floors. Cutting lines fracture between continents where our imagined and real studios reside. Today in Brazil, tomorrow in Africa and the day after in France. With a free hand and a carefree spirit.

Join us for the opening of Liisa Chrislin Saleh’s and Hansel Tai’s duo exhibition “Dance of Resistance” on the second floor of EKA Gallery on Thursday, July 31 at 6 pm! The group exhibition “Hidden Rivers” will open at the same time on the ground floor of EKA Gallery. Both exhibitions will remain open until August 24. NB! EKA Gallery is closed during Wednesday, August 20. Estonian-Yemeni artist Liisa Chrislin Saleh and Tallinn-based, Chinese-born artist Hansel Tai join forces for the first time in their duo exhibition “Dance of Resistance”. With a shared appreciation for each other’s artistic practices, Saleh and Tai engage in a powerful dialogue that confronts their rich cultural heritages through the lens of feminist and queer ideologies. By intertwining their personal narratives, they explore the intersections of identity, culture, and resistance.

On 17 July, the 25th New Horizons International Film Festival opens in Wrocław, Poland, featuring the video programme Club Classics, compiled based the video archive of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art. The program is curated by Teresa Vieira, the artistic director of the BEAST IFF. Club Classics is a retrospective of y2k Estonian video art. It showcases a selection that aims to simulate and trace different steps, practices and experiences of clubbing. From (im)possible hook ups, to private pole dances, bathroom cues, car rides and sleepless – and restless – bodies, the night is young, ephemeral and filled with possibilities. Curated by Teresa Vieira (BEAST IFF), with the support of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art.

At the dawn of the world, the mightiest of all trees took root — Yggdrasill, the World Tree. Its branches stretched wide across the celestial realms, while its roots delved deep into shadowed places, weaving together the fates of the nine worlds.

Miina Barrera Pinochet solo exhibition “The Silent Grammar of Decay” at Thule Koda sun exhibition room from 12 July–31 August 2025. Open Mon-Sat 11 AM–7 PM and Sun 11AM–6 PM NB! The grand opening and tour of the exhibition will take place on July 12th at Thule Koda at 6.00–7.00 PM.

You are warmly invited to the opening of Wind Note, a duo exhibition by Sandra Ernits and Tõnis Jürgens, at the Tallinn City Gallery on Friday, 18 July at 6 PM. Featuring newly created installations alongside photographic and film works, the exhibition emerges from an ongoing dialogue between the two artists. Wind Note explores sensory perception and intuitive artistic creation, and is curated by Siim Preiman.

10 July – 9 August 2025 On Thursday, 10 July at 5 p.m., the solo exhibition “Places Belong to No One. Vol. 2” by Rauno Thomas Moss will open at Gallery Pallas. The artist presents his recent work in large-format abstract compositions. The exhibition is the second instalment of a series, the first of which was displayed in 2024 at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice. Much of that earlier body of work is now being exhibited in Tartu.