Events

Ben Miller, a writer and historian based in Berlin, is visiting Kumu to discuss Elisàr von Kupffer’s complicated place in queer art history. The lecture takes place in Kumu Art Museum's exhibition "Elisarion. Elisàr von Kupffer and Jaanus Samma" on the 5th of June at 6pm. The event is in English.

Fom Wednesday, June 12 I Create What I See – ABACADABRA by Liisi Eelmaa is open at Draakon gallery. The exhibition will remain open until July 6, 2024. Hot afternoon, a little bit too airless, the studio is being heated from three windows by the spring sun. I am kept awake by the strong coffee and its stimulating taste.

SISU is a major event in the field of Estonian interior architecture and spatial design, which deals with topics related to interior architecture. The symposium has become a meeting place for recognized theorists and practitioners in the field of (interior) architecture from all over the world. This year’s SISU will take place from the 13th until the 21st of June in the premises of the National Archives film archive in Pelgulinn. The focal point of SISU is an exhibition and the accompanying symposium, which will take place on 13th of June at 4.00 p.m. The theme of this year’s exhibition – TIME CAPSULE – refers to the question of temporality in spatial design. 

The material-led group exhibition "Objects or Things" opens on May 30th at 18:00 in the Krulli quarter. Objects or Things brings together ten master students from the Estonian Academy of Art's new Craft Studies program, presenting works in various materials, including glass, metal, stone, textile and ceramics. The presented works stay on the border between objects and things and question the importance of functionality with their nature, combining different craft disciplines. The group members position themselves in between the worlds of art, design, and craft, brought together by a deep interest in the nature and roles that different materials have and carry. Participants: Sofiya Babiy, Iohan Figueroa, Rait Lõhmus, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson, Katariin Mudist, Maarja Mäemets, Alyona Movko-Mägi, Kati Saarits, Hannah Segerkrantz, and Elias Sormanen. Objects or Things is open from 31.05–9.06.2024, Fri-Sat 13:00–19:00, or by appointment. Address: Kopli 70a, Krulli quarter, 2nd floor.

The first exhibition of the 2024 season, 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧, is coming to an end. On Sunday 2 June you are invited to the 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 programme of the exhibition: The exhibition will be open on the last day from 12-22. At 18-22, music selected by the exhibition curators and artists will be played in EKKM garden 17:00: final guided tour in Russian. 18.00: final curatorial tour in Estonian (with Evelyn Raudsepp). 19:00: Maria Metsalu's performance with Bárbara Sánchez-Kane's sculpture, this time accompanied by Gregor Kulla Summer is at the door and the bar is open! More information about the exhibition: https://fb.me/e/1TMw7kH2G  

5 GESTURES TOWARDS was born out of an on-going dialogue with fellow artist resulting in realisation that: - local performing arts scene needs a space for experimentation and alternative formats supporting works not focusing on an end result and the delivery of a ready made product - 80% of immaterial labour of the artist focusing on producing a performance end up in the note books, smoking rooms and the heads of the authors and collaborators, never seeing the light of the day - each art medium is rarely meeting any other mediums and its practitioners; we are all living living in our uniquely crafted bubbles and hardly get out of our niches - as an art institution and a production house elektron.art wants to host daring and experimental projects challenging the norms of our society and the world at large, resulting in a more kind, open, caring, risk taking, open-minded and non-violent world

On Thursday, June 6th at 7 pm, Eero Alev will open his solo show "Broken Sun" at Tütar gallery. Eero Alev (1983) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in Painting (2020) and an MA in Contemporary Art (2022). Alev’s works display various dreamlike narratives, characterized by a melancholic and nostalgic atmosphere.

24.05.–24.07.2024; „Real - Unreal“ - Opening 24.05 17:00 A-Art Gallery, Astri Center , 2nd floor. Tallinna mnt 41, Narva ______

On Saturday, May 25 at 2:00 p.m., there will be a walk and conversation in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House at the joint exhibition "Room for Many" by Thea Gvetadze and Diana Tamane. In the walk-through of the exhibition the artists will discuss the thinking and working process behind the exhibition, which is both a close-up of their current selves, a dialogue between the two artists, and also a space connecting their stories with narratives of resilience and survival experienced by other women.