Art news from ‘Estonia’

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Estonian Landscape

Kaljo Põllu. Estonian Landscape      28.05.13–06.10.13  11:00–18:00 Venue: Kumu exhibition spaces 4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings Kaljo Põllu (1934–2010) was an Estonian artist and major innovator in graphic art from the 1960s to the 1980s. In the 1970s, he created a series of prints called Estonian

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Afterlives of Gardens

Afterlives of Gardens 10.05.13–08.09.13  11:00–18:00 Kumu exhibition spaces 3rd floor B-wing, 5th floor, and Inner Courtyard Afterlives of Gardens deals with garden and park culture from the 19th century until the present day. The exhibition includes the works of Estonian and foreign artists, starting

Estonia: Museum-Night on the 18th of May

On 18th of May, event called Museum-Night is taking place all over Estonia. Over 100 museums are FREE to enter from 6pm till 10pm and many of them have special programs just for that evening. Don't miss your chance to see everything and even more and all that for FREE! Check for information at http://www.muuseum.ee/et/kuum/muuseumioo/ [...]

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Come In. Interior Design as a Medium of Contemporary Art in Germany

Come In. Interior Design as a Medium of Contemporary Art in Germany      22.02.13–02.06.13  11:00–18:00 The exhibition examines the points of contact between the fine arts and applied art, and delineates the common elements and differences in these creative fields. Objects,

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: BMW Art Cars

BMW Art Cars 14.04.13–28.07.13  11:00–18:00 Kumu foyer and courtyard The Goethe Institute, in cooperation with the BMW Group and Kumu Art Museum, is bringing four works of art from the extraordinary BMW Art Car Collection to Estonia.

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Imaginary Spaces and Urban Visions

Imaginary Spaces and Urban Visions. Highlights of Japanese Animation 08.02.13–18.05.13  11:00–18:00 Kumu exhibition spaces 4th floor, B-wing Since the success of Akira (1988) and Ghost in the Shell (1995), Japanese anime films have been among the milestones of global pop culture. Imaginary Spaces and Urban

Hobusepea and Draakon galleries, Tallinn: PAINTING AND WAITING

MARKO MÄETAMM PAINTING AND WAITING MARKO MÄETAMM (1965) will open his personal exhibition PAINTING AND WAITING in Hobusepea and Draakon galleries at 5pm on April 2nd, 2013. Artist talk will be held in both galleries at 5pm on April 11, 2013.

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Raoul Kurvitz

Raoul Kurvitz 18.01.13–21.04.13  11:00–18:00 Kumu exhibition spaces 5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art As of Friday, 18 January Raoul Kurvitz's large-scale solo exhibition will be open in the Contemporary Art Gallery and courtyard of the Kumu Art Museum. The exhibition includes installations, performances, paintings and objects from the late 1980s to the present day. The [...]

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn: Like a Face

Like a Face. Games with Human Images on Estonian Posters from the 1980s 13.02.13–26.05.13  11:00–18:00 Kumu exhibition spaces 4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings The exhibition is comprised of a playful portrait gallery of posters, the central image of which is the face and human body. These examples of posters, mostly from the [...]

Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn: New coat of paint

20.03.-01.04. MAROS KRIVY (SK/FI/EE) New coat of paint MAROS KRIVY (1981) will open his personal exhibition New Coat of Paint in  Hobusepea gallery at 5pm on March 20th, 2013. Within the exhibition, two events will also take place: lecture „Bright colours in Estonian architecture: between 1970s and today“ by Andres Kure, held at 5pm on [...]

Draakon Gallery, Tallinn: 419890

18.03.-30.03. ANTTI SINITSYN, 4 1 9 8 9 0 DRAAKON GALLERY Pikk 18, Tallinn, 10133, Estonia OPEN MON-FRI 11 am – 6 pm sat 11 am – 5 pm closed on SUN and holidays FREE ENTRY

Call for Applications: PERPETUUM LABS / BAC

PERPETUUM LABS / BAC Part I – Curating the Political  Venue: Baltic Art Center (BAC), Visby Date: June 13-15, 2013 In our times of systemic economic and political crises, rising public indignation and anxiety, artistic projects and exhibitions addressing political issues are once again at the forefront of critical attention. The objective of Curating the [...]

Temnikova & Kasela Gallery: Two Hundred and Forty-three Postcards in Real Colour

Two Hundred and Forty-three Postcards in Real Colour  From Thursday, the 14th of February, Temnikova & Kasela gallery invites you to visit Laura Pählapuu's exhibition "Two Hundred and Forty-three Postcards in Real Colour" in Müürivahe 22 space. “In my past art projects, I have worked with the question of staging documentary. I’ve researched, how a [...]

Tallinn Art Hall: Spooky days

09.01.2013 – 10.02.2013 Spooky days Erki Kasemets   Spooky Days Call for civil actions in monumental art at Tallinn Art Hall from January 8 until February 13. The events will be opened on January 8 at 6 pm. The Estonian multitalented installation and performance artist Erki Kasemets extends the personal collection display of his life-long [...]

Kumu Art Museum: Fashion and the Cold War

Fashion and the Cold War 14.09.2012–20.01.2013  The Great Hall The exhibition examines fashion and related phenomena in Estonia from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a captivating insight into the life of Soviet Estonian women and the dialogue with Western fashion. A book will be published, and creative and educational programmes for the public will [...]

6th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial

Fri 23 November – Sun 3 February 2013 The goal of the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial is to offer a new, topical and unexpected focus, which will serve to help examine contemporary applied art and design practices on as broad a scale as possible. As an international art event, the Triennial enlivens and refreshes the [...]

MoKs Centre for Art: Meiu Münt. “Once Upon”

Wed 7 November – Sun 13 January 2013 The exhibition presents a series of drawings by Meiu Münt, who started the work in 2009, as well as a selection of paintings from 2007 to 2012. A few keywords to characterise the exhibition: certain patterns of thought and behaviour, and their constant conscious or subconscious repetition [...]

Tallinn Art Hall Gallery: Krista Mölder, Neeme Külm. “Being present”

Fri 30 November – Thu 27 December 2012 The cooperative installation by Krista Mölder and Neeme Külm stems from their shared interest in interior spaces and the possibilities of perceiving them. A pause. A room full of shadows. Some light trickling through from somewhere. A barely audible sound, a hallway, air standing still on photographs, [...]

Hobusepea Gallery: OTT PILIPENKO, MARI PREKUP & CO – Demodictus

Opening: 10.10.2012 Exhibition: 10.10-22.10.2012

Temnikova & Kasela Gallery: Christoph Manuel Müller

From September 27th to October 8th 2012, Berlin-based artist and photographer Christoph Manuel Müller will exhibit his photographs at the Temnikova & Kasela Gallery in Tallinn. The exhibtion “Before leaving” discovers a dimension of a surreal world that question its own existence. The selected photographs propose to work as mediators, allowing the viewers to travel [...]