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osloBIENNALEN FIRST EDITION 2019-2024

Oslo sets a new format for public space art and looking at art bienniales. Instead of having mostly large scale objects, the curators have decided to have a totally new approach with playful interventions of artist happenings and performances in the city. Take a look at Oslo Biennalen opening weekend…

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New art biennales in Nordic and Baltic region – Helsinki biennale 2020 is a true trip into a wilderness.

The large-scale biennales draw in hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world boosting cultural tourism in previously under-visited destinations. Biennales have also become the main manner to exhibit and introduce international contemporary art – visitors around the world travel from biennale to biennale to find new artists…

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The Art Academy of Latvia graduation show exhibition

Exhibition "FRESH MEAT FOR CRITIQUE" is definitely a show you don’t want to miss. For the first time in the history of The Art Academy of Latvia, the public will be able to see works from every single department of the Academy in one place. Here is some photo material…

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ArtVilnius’19

From May, 30 to June, 2 the largest contemporary art fair in Eastern Europe - Art Vilnius '19 took place

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ArtVilnius’19 focuses on French art scene

ArtVilnius’19, the biggest art fair in the Eastern European region is celebrating its one-decade anniversary this weekend. For the 10th edition anniversary a #FocusFrance programme is represented by 11 galleries selected by curator Aurélie Faure. Dedicated to emerging artists, the programme will offer a high-quality panel of the French scene.

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osloBIENNALEN 2019-2024

Curated by Eva González-Sancho Bodero and Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk osloBIENNALEN 2019-2024 is an evolving five-year programme of art in public space

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Could Vilnius be the next Berlin?

The (AV17) gallery, established in 2011, is one of few Lithuanian galleries that is exclusively exhibiting contemporary art objects, sculptures and installations. There is no need to be frightened about the word contemporary sculpture, as the gallery puts a lot of effort in introducing and popularising contemporary art among wider…

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Art today consumes too much from our bodies / Art Off The Air (AOTA)

Talk & discussion with Kim Modig and Marina Valle NoronhaAnxiety, fear, relaxation, groundlessness, immobility, motion sickness – these are some of the emotions and motions we import and export when we travel for art with our bodies. Often, we want to get back already before arrival. But then, do we …

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Artist Eva Mustonen: Rupert shaked things up for me

Eva Mustonen is an installation artist living and working in Tallinn, Estonia. With a background in textile art and semiotics, her work are heavily influenced by handicraft and physical labour as means of expression. For six weeks Eva stayed at RUPERT - an artist residency and an alternative education centre at …

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Vilnius: Meno Niša gallery

One of the leading contemporary art galleries in Lithuania, based in Vilnius Old Town, is Meno Niša. From what I've heard the gallery is really vibrant and makes big efforts in the field of communicating exhibitions to wider public. I stopped by to ask how they do it from curator Sonata Baliuckaitė. What kind of …

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Vilnius: Vartai gallery – the hub of art and culture

Vartai is the oldest private gallery in Lithuania, founded in 1991, just a year after Lithuania regained independence. The gallery has played a vital role in the country’s cultural life ever since. Toma Monginė, director of Vartai shares her thoughts about the gallery, Lithuanian art scene and suggests her favourite …

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Vilnius: Mo Museum

Andra Orn, Curator of NOARVilnius is a city of mixture, where different architecture styles play nicely together with city's green areas - all this in walking distances, makes Vilnius a city to love. Visiting Vilnius in the beginning of April was just a right, because of all the interesting contemporary …

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MUSIC AND ART: VILEN KÜNNAPU

Vilen Künnapu (born 1948) is an legendary architect and architecture critic, who discovered painting recently. He has held a firm position among the most important Estonian architects throughout the last three decades, being among the country´s first postmodernist theoreticians and architects in the 1970s. In terms of painting, Vilen Künnapu …

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What is art for me? Answered by HAM director Maija Tanninen-Mattila

Maija Tanninen-Mattila is the director of the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM). Her previous leadership practices took place at the Ateneum Art Museum and Kunsthalle Helsinki, among other institutions. Here she is speaking about her experience as an art consumer, describing how does she understand art, as well as giving some …

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Anonymous street artist Edward von Lõngus wins Foreign Ministry Culture Award

Foreign Minister of Republic of Estonia Sven Mikser presented the 2018 Culture Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to street artist Edward von Lõngus for his digital street art project ‘(R)estart Reality’. Handing over the award, Minister Mikser emphasised the important role that cultural diplomacy plays in representing Estonia. …

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