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osloBiennale: One week left to stream Jonas Dahlberg’s film, online workshops coming up, and more

The changed world has opened new opportunities. Due to travel restrictions, several physical events have established also online presents that allows everyone interested to take part in exhibitions and shows regardless of the geographical location. osloBiennale: First Edition 2019-2024 also has moved a part of the program online and invites…

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Reimagining the biennial: RIBOCA 2

Lamarche-Vadel’s proposition was always to reflect on the end of the world we live in, and to investigate the building of a new one with space for other voices, sensibilities, and ways of making relationships. The Biennial had thus been proposed as an alternative to the torrent of hopeless narratives,…

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Ignas Pavliukevičius’ Waterproof Heart open at Fotografiska Tallinn

Starting from today, Ignas Pavliukevičius’ Waterproof Heart welcomes visitors at Fotografiska Tallinn. Pavliukevičius was the winner of Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2019 special award given by Fotografiska Tallinn that comprised having a solo exhibition in the photography art centre.

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The Spring Exhibition audience has selected its favourite artist!

The winner of the Public Choice Award at the 20th Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Artists’ Association is Erki Kasemets.

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Great Art Day presents a wide selection of Estonian galleries and artists at Vabaduse väljak

The Great Art Day at Vabaduse väljak, well-known from Tallinn Art Week and one of the broadest selections of art presentations in Estonia, will take place as part of Tallinn Biennial today Sunday, 5 July at 12–7pm.

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Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Elīna Vītola: Our deepest Crisis is your deepest Crisis

As a part of the Tallinn Biennial program Artist Crisis Center is open from 2 until 9 of July in the welcoming premises of ARS project room “to provide support for the creative types cheated by Fortune or beaten by the hooves of Pegasus,” as its authors Ieva Kraule-Kūna and…

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The apocalyptic Doomsday Cathedral opened yesterday

Yesterday, at the gathering of a large number of believers, Edward von Lõnguse's "Doomsday Cathedral" was opened in Ülemiste City, Tallinn, which led to a journey into the modern death industry, where humanity just steps closed and closer to the end of the world. "Doomsday Cathedral" is the main exhibition…

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Tallinn Biennial starts this week

The first Tallinn Biennial – a major summer art event, which will include a wide range of events introducing the work of artists from Estonia and neighbouring countries – will start in and around the capital in a few days.

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A crisis centre for suffering artists and their works

On 2 July a tragi-comic project by two young Latvian artists, Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Elīna Vītola, titled “Artist Crisis Center” will open at the ARS Project Space (154 Pärnu mnt, Tallinn) as part of the Tallinn Biennial. It offers a refuge for neglected, unsuccessful artworks that need care and attention.

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The two-euro commemorative coin for the Finno-Ugric peoples will use a design by Al Paldrok and Madis Põldsaar

The two-euro commemorative coin for the Finno-Ugric peoples will use a design by the artists Al Paldrok and Madis Põldsaar. The Eesti Pank Supervisory Board decided that their design, named Eluring, was the best submitted. In total 45 designs were submitted for the competition.

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Tallinn Biennale will open with grand exhibition by street artist

Tallinn Biennale, which will take place for the first time, will open in the Estonian capital on 2 July with a major exhibition by street artist Edward von Lõngus titled "Doomsday Cathedral".

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Answers to Questions Yet Unasked – Konstfacks Degree Exhibition

“What’s the point of all these artistic expressions and orientations?” I believe that this question, which I am often asked by politicians, debaters and others, is the wrong question. It’s like asking what the benefit of birdsong is, or the purpose of life itself. These are questions that can certainly…

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First Tallinn Biennial opens in July

The first Tallinn Biennial kicks off on 2 July and aims to fill the gap, geographically and institutionally, between the Kaunas, Riga and Helsinki Biennials. Tallinn Biennial will attract international attention to the local scene, present the work of artists to a broader public and through a curatorial standpoint will…

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RIBOCA2 brings online series of talks and conversations

The 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2), and suddenly it all blossoms, launches an online weekly series of talks, conversations, workshops and activities imagined with the associate curator of public programmes Sofia Lemos. The series launches with poet CAConrad’s live talk and performance on May 21, 2020, at…

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The dates and curatore of 13th Kaunas Biennial are announced

Kaunas Biennial is delighted to announce the appointment of Josée Drouin-Brisebois as Curator for the 13th Kaunas Biennial, which will take place on November 5, 2021–January 30, 2022.

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