Events

Join us for the opening of Marleen Suvi’s solo exhibition “The Zoo on Enteropia” on Wednesday, February 5th, at 5 PM at Haapsalu City Gallery! The exhibition will remain open until March 2nd. Curator: Aleksander Metsamärt

On Tuesday, February 4 at 6 p.m. Paula Zariņa-Zēmane will open her solo exhibition “Stories in My Eyes” at Draakoni Gallery in Tallinn. The exhibition is curated by Peeter Talvistu. Paula Zariņa-Zēmane is a Latvian painter whose artworks drift in the dream-like realm between abstraction and half-glimpsed reality. For years, she has sought ways to capture the views and stories that she perceives before her eyes, resulting in ethereal landscapes or “landscape illusions” which convey to the viewers certain emotional experiences. Within these landscapes, elements of presence emerge: a gaze, a touch, something eerily physical, a glimmer from a source of illumination. Yet, these elements remain only suggestions, never solidifying on the canvas, and instead invite the viewer to activate the works through their own interpretation.

Join the diverse program of “(anti-)career days” from February 5 until 7 at EKA Gallery!

On Friday, 31 January at 6 p.m., Markus Kasemaa will open his solo exhibition “Bright up” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House. In the opening exhibition, we can see the artist´s return to the world of colour.

We invite you to the artists talks of the educational program FLASH ART Gallery! Artist talk with Britaa Benno will take place on Wednesday, january 22.  Meetings and dialogues with contemporary artists presented in the gallery will continue with a conversation with the artist Britta Benno. To close out the October 2024-January 2025 Flash Art Graphic Gallery season, we will meet with artist Britta Benno, whose etchings and silkscreens are presented in our Gallery. At the meeting, Britta will talk about her experiences as a graphic artist, the techniques and subjects she addresses. Britta, who teaches at EKA and actively participates in graphic art events, will also talk about the Tallinn Print Triennale, an important event that brings together contemporary artists working with paper.

You are invited to the opening of the new exhibition Vladimir Yankilevsky and Valeri Vinogradov. Elementary Forms and the Anatomy of Feelings at Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion next Friday, 24 January at 6 pm. The exhibition is curated by Tamara Luuk.

On Friday, 10 January at 5.00 p.m., the painter Rait Rosin opens his solo exhibition Capital City Phenomenon! at Vabaduse Gallery. The exhibition showcases mostly Rosin’s paintings from 2024, but also earlier works, such as sculptural objects made for urban interventions and videos documenting actions. Rosin examines the phenomenon of Tallinn as a capital city and emphasises its prominent position compared to other Estonian cities.

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Hanna Råst’s exhibition Weak Signals will open at Hobusepea Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until February 3, 2025. I visited the basement of my childhood home and found a box containing my elementary school notebooks. As I flipped through them, I was struck by how, at that time, global warming was still referred to as the "greenhouse effect." While discussions about the climate crisis have been ongoing since the 1960s, earlier observations of the Earth's warming date back to the late 19th century. Despite the consistent warnings, this looming, visible, and ever-impending threat always seems to be pushed into the future.

The darkest part of the year is now behind us. As the days grow brighter, the dark, minimalist, cozy, and warm My Home, Our City exhibition at the Lasnamäe Pavilion – designed with the preceding gloom in mind – also draws to a close. On Saturday, 11 January, the penultimate day of the exhibition, there will be a final curator’s tour, followed by screenings of films by Eleonore de Montesquiou and Diana Tamane in the cinema hall of the Lindakivi Cultural Centre, next to the pavilion.

On Wednesday, January 8, at 18.00, Marko Mäetamm’s exhibition Once Upon a Time will open at Draakon Gallery. At the exhibition opening, there will be an artist talk between the artist and art historian Aleksander Metsamärt at 7 PM. The exhibition will remain open until February 1, 2025. Psychiatrists and psychopaths might appreciate what Marko Mäetamm is doing, though I suspect both— for entirely different reasons— would take offense at the suggestion. Jungians and Freudians alike have long praised the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other Northern storytellers for introducing young children to life's harsher realities.