The event is headlined by Seán Kissane’s keynote lecture “Common Threads: Art and the Fabric of Shared Histories in Nation-Building” and is followed by a round-table discussion.
On 6 December, the artist Enn Põldroos’s (b 1933) solo survey exhibition Museum of Obsessions will open in the Great Hall of the Kumu Art Museum. The exhibition includes Põldroos’s works from the 1950s to the 2020s. The curator of the exhibition is Anders Härm.
The exhibition presents an overview of the works of Anna-Stina Treumund (1982-2017), who was the first in Estonia to openly identify as a lesbian artist. It is the largest solo exhibition of her works to date.
The Dresden State Art Collections and the Art Museum of Estonia present an ambitious collaborative exhibition exploring the intersections of Estonian and German/Saxon art in history and currently.
The Icelandic video artist and painter Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976) presents his first solo exhibition in Estonia, featuring six large works from 2004–2025.
On 17 November, the Art Museum of Estonia celebrates its 105th birthday. According to Chief Executive Officer Sirje Helme, the Art Museum of Estonia, celebrating its 105th anniversary, is an organisation with long traditions, and with great potential for development and success.
As of 14 November, the exhibition of Tartu-themed works by Hilda Kamdron (1900‒1972), Vanishing of a City: Hilda Kamdron’s Drawings as a Trauma Narrative, is on display in the project space on Kumu’s 4th floor.
The large-scale exhibition of Latin American art is open for the last few days at the Kumu Art Museum. Starting from today, a traditional Mexican Day of the Dead altar – ofrenda – is on display in the Kumu Atrium as part of the exhibition’s closing programme. The main events will take place on Saturday, 2 November, while the exhibition and the altar will remain open until Sunday, 3 November.
