Events

The opening of the exhibition “Mapping Paradise” by Laivi / I Λ I V I is held on February 13th, 6PM at ARS Art Factory’s Project Space. The exhibition is open until February 23rd, Tue-Sat 12-6PM. Mapping serves as a dynamic method, enabling a comprehensive understanding and mastery over a given territory. This potent tool not only facilitates observation of vast landscapes but also unveils dimensions previously hidden or unimaginable. The map transcends mere representation, becoming a distinct territory, separate from its reflection. This dual projection exposes only a provisional fragment of its multidimensional identity. Empty surfaces symbolise untapped potential within the unknown, while dark areas conceal a captivating utopia within their multifaceted nature. Portraying spatiality and multiple dimensions on a two-dimensional plane highlights the relativity of abstraction. Emerging paradoxes underscore the complexity of varied definitions and the challenge of encapsulating a wealth of data within limited space.

10.02 – 01.05.2024 “Real Unreal” - “Реальное нереальное” Opening 10.02 at 16:00

Join artist Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins for a ragrug weaving workshop at Tütar Gallery on February 10th, from 10 am to 6 pm, as part of the public program for the exhibition "Who Remembers Last, Who Remembers Better?". In the workshop, each participant will create a small rug using the technique taught by the artist. Both experienced craft enthusiasts and absolute beginners are welcome to the workshop. The workshop fee is 115 euros, which includes all necessary weaving materials, as well as tea and coffee. Registering together with a friend, the participation fee is 95 euros per person. The workshop is a great opportunity to spend quality time with a friend! Registration: kaari.koch@tutar.ee

practice caring i must wander through dead landscape. do it through ghosts. where assemblages of the dead gather together with the living. am fond of lost futures. them live. collect dead dreams. decaying atoms. make them live again another. lost future land. about destiny is different. creature wise different. task much simple. Steps backward count 798,56 from ice into underwater. falling could say. rather warm. a shielded space where one still dreams. Yomi and Yami. them twins. land of dead and good news. underworld reading and worthy rebel. an Underdog to protect baby from terror thoughts and sounds. i grief crave possess. one tenderly sings for the baby to keep the monster away. siren so loud forget to breathe. delete one scene previous life. seed another. recipe cooking life. baby dreaming in lost land. filled extra chrome nails. much it lives. sporty bulldozer car driving circles in green field. background drops deep fresh forest. 03.02.2024-05.05.2024

On Wednesday, January 24 at 6 pm we welcome you to the opening of the exhibition Swirling, Twirling, Spinning curated by Merilin Talumaa. The exhibition includes works by Daria Melnikova, Helena Keskküla, Marge Monko and Viktorija Daniliauskaitė.

On Tuesday, 30 January at 4 p.m. the exhibition “‘You Can’t Paint!’ A Short Summary of Estonian Art History” will open at the Valga Museum. The exhibition curator is Peeter Talvistu. A SPECIAL BUS from Tartu will go to the opening. The fifth exhibition by the Tartu Artists’ Union at the Valga Museum offers a short summary of the history of Estonian art using paintings from 19th century Biedermeier to 21st century installative painting. The participating authors and artworks mark significant and even radical points in Estonian art history. With many of them, however, the artistic value was questioned at the time of creation.

On Wednesday, January 24 at 18.00 Mirjam Hinn’s solo exhibition From the Depths of the Infinite Ocean opens in Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition will remain open until February 19, 2024.  In the exhibition From the Depths of the Infinite Ocean Hinn employs an abstract and dynamic painting language to engage with the contemporary human experience in today’s society. The artist directs one’s gaze into the private and delicate inner world of a human soul, commonly invisible to the onlooker. The exhibition is a continuation to her previous shows High Voltage in Tartu Art Museum and Floating Perspectives in Nuvole Arte gallery in Italy. 

Kai Art Center is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring Finnish artist Tuomas A. Laitinen and Estonian artist Kristina Õllek. In their first collaboration, Laitinen and Õllek provide a comprehensive overview of their recent works, creating an alluringly translucent environment. Artists’ tour in English will take place on Saturday January 27th at 2 pm.

Liisa Kruusmägi will open her solo exhibition Memories from Altai Krai at Tallinn City Gallery on 25 January at 6 pm. The exhibition unravels the story of the artist's ancestors who journeyed to the vast Siberian region in search of a better life. The exhibition is curated by Anneliis Lepp.  

On Thursday, January 18th, Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins will open her solo exhibition, titled “Who remembers last, who remembers better?” at Tütar gallery. The focal point of the exhibition is a five-meter-long rag rug created as a collaborative effort by Kadrina community, telling the story of a vanished village and hill in Lääne-Virumaa in 1977. Koplimetsa is a historical village in Kadrina parish, established in 1877. The village disappeared in 1977 when farms were replaced by collectives, and people were resettled from farm buildings to apartments. Concurrently, changes were made to the local landscape, most notably the removal of a four-kilometer-long esker wall, Niinemäe. The gravel obtained from the hill was used for nearby military objects and the construction of the Tapa-Loobu road. This episode is not unusual in Estonian history; there are many such villages that have disappeared. The lost Koplimetsa serves as an example to narrate the story of Estonia and, more broadly, our entire region.