Exhibition views from Sirje Runge’s show “On Fragile Ground”. The exhibition traces the artist’s journey across five decades – from her early geometric experiments to recent large-scale projects – and highlights her pioneering role as an educator and thinker. “On Fragile Ground. Sirje Runge and Light” is part of the…

The photo gallery offers an insightful overview of the exhibition, which highlighted the sensitive and distinctive approaches of artists from Estonia and Finland to shared themes. Participating artists from Estonia included Andre Joosep Arming, Cloe Jancis, Karel Koplimets, Kristina Õllek, and Maria Kapajeva. From Finland, the exhibition featured Andrey Bogush,…

The exhibition reflects on the intertwining of life and death, the mystery of the human inner world, and the creative power of grief. Dedicated to the memory of Reet Varblane (1952–2023) — an influential art historian, curator, and critic whose work profoundly shaped the Estonian art scene. The exhibition pays…

The 16th edition of the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’25 opened on 3 October at the Litexpo Exhibition and Conference Centre in Vilnius. Over three days, the fair brought together 80 galleries and institutions representing nearly 300 artists from 16 countries. During the opening ceremony, the traditional ArtVilnius awards were…

The Adamson-Eric Museum opened the exhibition “The Politics of Slowness”, which explores the human role in a world that glorifies speed and productivity. At the opening, writer Jan Kaus presented his witty new work “Three Timely Conversations”, and the special issue of the magazine Kunst.ee titled “Slowing Down” was introduced,…

Three massive grain silos, each nearly 30 meters high, at KEVILI’s Mäo grain terminal have been transformed with a striking and meaningful visual composition – creating Estonia’s largest mural on an industrial metal surface. The project was curated by NOBA curator Andra Orn, with the artistic concept by Edgar Tedresaar…

The group exhibition Breaking the Joints explores the body’s role in the history of animation — from cartoon absurdities to real-world implications. Referencing early animation’s anatomical distortions, the exhibition examines how disfigurement, elasticity, and transformation are central both to animated realism and to broader social, cultural, and ecological narratives. Presented…

The Riga Photography Biennial (RPB)—NEXT 2025 program will open at the end of April with its central events. On 24 April at 18.00 in the Art Academy of Latvia's experimental art space ‘Pilot’ will be the opening of ‘Emerging Curator!’ award-winner Roberta Atraste’s exhibition ‘The Bureaucrat Who Secretly Reads Poems’,…

Kadi-Ell Tähiste, head of the Art Institutions Association, and Elin Kard, president of the Estonian Artists’ Association, have consistently analyzed the state of funding in the art sector. Their recent review highlights several key points: