NOBA Nordic Baltic contemporary art platform

Awakening of the Sleeping Beauty

Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) deals with beauty this time, and by its subtitle - “Resurgence of Beauty” - you could assume that it has had a long sleep, just like Sleeping Beauty did! Curator of the biennale, Dr Yael Reisner tells us about her very personal relationship with this culturally…
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Vote for your favourite young artist!

97 young artists from Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish art academies are competing for Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA) Public Choice Award. To support the talent of young artists, everyone is invited to vote for the favourites and check out the 301 artworks by young emerging art at…
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Kai Art Center opened its doors!

Last weekend Kai Art Center, the cultural heart of seaside Noblessner harbour complex opened its doors. In a century-old former secret submarine plant visitors will encounter captivating and thought-provoking exhibitions, art and cinema, four cafes and restaurants, and various venues for hosting events both in Kai’s interior space and outdoor…
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“Cosmic Existence” in Copenhagen presents four Latvian artists

An exhibition “Cosmic Existence” at Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen presents the artworks of four Latvian artists Ieva Balode, Kristaps Epners, Viktors Timofejevs and Arturs Virtmanis. The exhibition addresses a multitude of existential themes like consciousness, infinity, spirituality, technology, nature, the cosmos, utopias, mythologies.
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5 must-see exhibitions in Oslo this fall

Fall is back. And so is a variated exhibition schedule in Oslo. Even as the Norwegian fall often feels grey and dull, some of the exhibitions will be anything but. Twisted sculptures, menstrual blood, beautiful drawings, and of course, no Norwegian fall without the National Annual Autumn Exhibition. Here are…
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Art and business run hand in hand

"The story is like a movie tale," Varvara Guljaeva enthusiastically describes her recent encounters with international financial giant Bloomberg with her digital art duo Varvara &amp. She dreams that more companies in Estonia and abroad would value what art is able to contribute to business - being innovative and intellectual,…
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EKKM – a playful platform for contemporary art

Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia or EKKM is located in the neighbourhood of the Tallinn Creative Hub (Kultuurikatel). Compared to other exhibition halls, the museum is highly focused on the artists and art field instead of the audience. EKKM, standing somewhere between an institution and the self-sustaining project space for…
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Fotografiska – spatial art

Fotografiska’s recent launch in Tallinn has been seen mostly in the light of content matter and institutional role – how the region is enriched by world level art exhibited in a world level art center. Less spoken is the side of form – how this center itself is a work…
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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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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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Siiri Jüris “Touch”

Siiri Jüris has obtained BFA degree in painting, faculty of philosophy, at the University of Tartu in 2015 and MFA degree in painting, faculty of arts and humanities, at the University of Tartu in 2017. She has formerly acquired the profession of set designer and stylist at Tartu Art School. …
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