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Art Week in Pärnu takes a deep dive into Nordic art

22-30 July 2022 the summer capital of Estonia welcomes Art Week again. This year the week-long festival takes a closer look at Nordic art through the eyes of Norwegian curator Marita Isobel Solberg (MaRa) – to see who we really are and the time we live in.

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First Vilnius Biennial for Performance Art Announces an Open Call

The Vilnius Biennial for Performance Art announces an international open call for artists to participate in the 2023 event. The first and only performance art festival in Vilnius will take place in the capital’s public and semi-public spaces. The Biennial will invite Vilnius residents and visitors to witness performances by…

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The New National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design opened in Oslo

Last weekend, Norway’s new National Museum of art, architecture and design - the largest art museum in the Nordic region - opened its doors to the public.

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Survival kit: the curator, consept and participating artists announced!

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) launches the 13th edition of its annual contemporary art festival Survival Kit, one of its key endeavours and a major art event in the Baltics by announcing the curator, the concept and the list of participating artists.

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Latvian artist Jānis Šneiders: “Everything is a bit crooked, and you can find ease in that”

“I feel as if everything has been given to me on a silver platter – I’m just sometimes not sure if I can take it all,” says Jānis Šneiders, one of the brightest Latvian painters of the young generation, who presented an exhibition at Vilnius gallery Meno Niša. The Book…

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Kaupo Kikkas: art should elevate a person’s spirit

Kaupo Kikkas's exhibition "Inner Cosmos”, open in Fotografiska Tallinn until mid-May, tells visual stories about nature and man and their relationship. But how are such captivating displays created, and what does a photographer's everyday life look like?

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Fotografiska Tallinn new exhibitions showcase multidisciplinary American artist Carla Gannis and Chinese photographic artist Pixy Liao

Today, two new exhibitions are opened at Fotografiska Tallinn: multidisciplinary American artist Carla Gannis’ new-media work ‘The Garden of Emoji Delights’ and Chinese photographic artist Pixy Liao’s ‘Your Gaze Belongs to Me’. The artists are linked by a certain social criticism and a bystander’s view of themselves and the norms…

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Riga Photography Biennial 2022: the essence of isolation

Starting on 21 April, an international contemporary art event Riga Photography Biennial (RPB) will kick off at the Latvian capital's exhibition halls and urban environment. The main focus of this year's events program is the state of isolation and its various manifestations and effects.

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Podcast: What is MOre in MO Museum?

In February, NOBA welcomed art professionals, enthusiasts, educators and professionals in Vilnius to a one-day Art Mapping seminar to discuss the options on how to make contemporary art inclusive and accessible to a broader public on a local, national and international level. As the event included various insightful presentations and…

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RIBOCA3 is postponed to next year

The organisers of the most significant contemporary art exhibition RIBOCA have announced that RIBOCA 3, curated by René Block and titled ‘Exercises in Respect’ that was supposed to be launched in July 2022, will be postponed until the next year. “In response to the war in our region, we do…

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Homage to Leonhard Lapin

Tallinn Art Hall will host a memorial exhibition at the Art Hall Gallery, Leo, dedicated to Leonhard Lapin, an important figure in Estonian art. The exhibition was compiled by Sirje Helme, director of the Art Museum of Estonia, and Tamara Luuk, curator at Tallinn Art Hall.

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The second edition of Helsinki Biennial opening June 2023 will be curated by Joasia Krysa

Helsinki Biennial has announced the appointment of Joasia Krysa as curator of its second edition, taking place 12 June – 18 September 2023. Celebrating the synthesis of art and the environment, the biennial will return to the unique surroundings of Vallisaari Island in the Helsinki archipelago, whilst building upon its…

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Estonian Pavilion at the La Biennale di Venezia explores the influences of colonial era througout the time

At this year's La Biennale di Venezia, launched already in April 23, Estonian artists Kristina Norman and Bita Razavi, in close dialogue with curator Corina L. Apostol, will present "Orchidelirium. An Appetite for Abundance", inspired by the overlooked story of the Estonian nineteenth-century artist and world traveller Emilie Rosalie Saal.

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Colourful patterns by PUSA

The artist name PUSA belongs to a master painter Piret Bergmann, who is well known for her colourful works with distinctive, almost psychedelic patterns. She has taken part in various exhibitions and the last one, "Colours don't lie" with Robin Nõgisto is opened in Pärnu, in the Museum of New…

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Unique sound art exhibition at Vilnius

At gallery Arka in Vilnius, curators Evelina Januškaitė and Monika Valatkaitė have brought six site-specific installations under one roof, that combine sound art practices articulated by different means and methods. The six autonomous spaces of the gallery are arranged separately and combine six separate, but contextual expositions focused on the…

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