Events

On Thursday, 30 July at 6:00 PM, the group exhibition Joie de Vivre will open at the Tallinn City Gallery, featuring the artists Andre Joosep Arming, Katrin Enni, Aksel Haagensen and Silvia Sosaar. The exhibition observes life as a process, wherein growth and decay, invasion and extinction are parts of the whole, striving for balance yet perhaps not achieving it. The four participating artists each tackle these subjects based on their own practices. Personal memories, bodily experiences, absurdity and environmental tact converge to produce an exhibition that is in bloom and in collapse, playful and melancholic. Andre Joosep Arming’s installation ∞ miracle combines personal memories with a desire for visibility and presence. Experiences detailed on bed sheets portray new locations, fears and relationships as parts of everyday change. The work tackles life as a cycle in which experiences are collected, cleansed and forgotten, in order to start over again.

Uno Roosvalt’s anniversary exhibition Home Shores, inspired by homely motifs, is open at the Vabaduse Gallery from 24 July. The exhibition is being curated by Katariina Pruus and it will remain open until 26 August. The exhibition features a comprehensive and contemplative ensemble of the artist’s most recent work, where nature and man, creator and creation come together and merge into a harmonious whole. The selected works highlight Roosvalt’s distinctive style, offering compositionally engaging insight into the lifelong dialogue of a master with his surrounding environment.

On 23 July at 5:30 PM the painter Johanna Mudist will open her solo exhibition Little Man at the Hobusepea Gallery. Mudist depicts the human figure in proportion to nature: as small. Through her practice, Mudist examines how humans relate to their surroundings, to other people, animals and the various elements of the natural world. In her paintings, the boundaries between humans and nature dissolve, become distorted or disappear altogether. Similarly to the melting figures that merge, reappear or dissipate, there is also a breaking down of familiar categories: human and nature, strong and weak, large and small.

The solo exhibition Selected Constraints by Vano Allsalu (curated by Liisi Kõuhkna) is open from 23 July at the Draakon Gallery. The exhibition can be viewed as a continuation of his 2014 exhibition Motive at the same gallery. Undoubtedly, both the artist and the world have changed during this time, yet the questions of (artistic) freedom, the artist's message and motivation remain relevant.

On Saturday, 18 July at 5 p.m., the joint exhibition Conversation by Mare Mikoff and Berit Talpsepp-Jaanisoo will open at the Evald Okas Museum in Haapsalu. The curator of the exhibition is Peeter Talvistu. The exhibition is a dialogue between two sculptors from different generations, where the central motif is the conversation between works depicting women. The oeuvre of both authors is mainly figurative, frequently depicting the artists themselves or their loved ones (family members or fellow artists). In addition to mere depiction, these works often also deal with being an artist and a woman. Therefore, the main gallery of the museum seeks to find a common ground between the two authors.

On Friday, July 17, at 4 p.m., artist Mery Crystal Ra will introduce her exhibition "A ROYAL TRIP TO THE GOLDEN WATERFALL", which is open at Tokko&Arrak Gallery, Tallinn Teachers' House (Raekoja plats 14). The tour lasts approximately 1 hour. The event is in Estonian and free of charge. Artist Mery Crystal Ra will talk about her world tours, the origins of her art and energy fields in the light of the ongoing global crisis, and the chances of a small person surviving in an atmosphere of general crisis.

You are very welcome to the final events of the residency program KORDON Pinhole on Saturday, July 11th at the Kordon Art Residency, Ranna 1, Hiiumaa. The events start at 15.00 and are free for all participants! The PINHOLE residency program focuses on spatial transformations in the post-traumatic period, addressing the persistence and adaptation of military architectural heritage in the context of social and political change. The goal is to explore and analyze how and why architectural structures are transferred from one era to another, even after losing their original function and meaning. We will discuss the questions: what spatial values transcend the timeline of change? The goal of the residency program is to address political trauma using creative research methods. The program is a continuation of the TIME LAP residency program, which took place in Kordon in the fall of 2024.

Flow State 7.07 – 7.08.2026 Opening: 7.07.26 18:00 Curator: Nora Schmelter Lisette Lepik’s solo exhibition Flow State focuses on the dialogue between painting as a non-linear medium and dance as a medium unfolding in time. The exhibition is guided by the question: how can movement that disappears in time be transformed into an image, and can painting convey the experience of movement?

From 11 July, Tartu Art Museum’s project space will present Kaisa Maasik’s solo exhibition “The Lightness of Being” as part of the “Young Tartu” exhibition series. The exhibition will remain open until 25 October 2026. Kaisa Maasik’s solo exhibition “The Lightness of Being” focuses on ordinary yet beautiful moments that are easy to overlook. These may be a fleeting smile between two strangers, the first day after a long winter when you can finally swap your boots for sneakers, or the sound of rain tapping on a windowsill that briefly wakes you in the night before lulling you back to sleep. Maasik’s works are rooted in observation and attentiveness, bringing together collected moments and everyday observations shared by different people. 

On Friday, 19 June at 6:00 PM, the artist Lappy Mary opens the exhibition Columna Cochlis at the Vabaduse Gallery. Recently, the artist has become deeply fascinated by the history of the ancient world and the various folk myths that go along with it. This interest has found expression in her newest works, where traces of ancient traditions are apparent. The aim of the artist was not to illustrate specific mythological narratives; rather, these images emerged unconsciously and independently, opening up new ways to experience time, memory, form and the interconnectedness of people from different eras.