On 2 October, Kumu Art Museum will open the exhibition Expedition: Finno-Ugrians and the Power of Images. The exhibition explores Estonians’ relationship with Finno-Ugric Indigenous peoples, asking why ethnographic research into other Indigenous peoples became a form of self-exploration for Estonians in the 1970s and 1980s. The exhibition is being curated by Linda Kaljundi, with Eha Komissarov and Bart Pushaw as curatorial consultants.
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Köler, the first professional artist of Estonian nationality, the exhibition Köler 200: Interpretations opened in the 3rd floor project space of the Kumu Art Museum. The exhibition is a further development of the show at the Rüki Gallery in Viljandi, where five artists – Mihkel Ilus, Jass Kaselaan, Marge Monko, Tõnis Saadoja and Johanna Ulfsak – offered contemporary interpretations of Köler’s work. This new version is being curated by Tiiu Saadoja.
Opening on 11 September at the Kumu Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Gallery, the group exhibition no beginning, no end: Decolonial Gestures in Sámi Worldbuilding focusses on the Sámi people’s struggle for sovereignty over their land, language and culture. The exhibition is being curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla, with Jenni Laiti as a curatorial consultant.
