The permanent exhibition halls of the Kadriorg Art Museum offer a unique opportunity to experience the delicate and demanding art of conserving Old Masters’ paintings and to admire its impressive results. The exhibition is one of three celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Conservation Department of the Art Museum of Estonia.
The exhibition in the Niguliste Museum focuses on the restoration of art from the Middle Ages to contemporary times. Carefully selected works have been exhibited or highlighted in the permanent exhibition, introducing the exciting field of conservation and the diverse work carried out over decades.
The large-scale solo exhibition of the painter Kristi Kongi (1985) offers an immersive spatial experience. In the new works created for this exhibition, colour emerges as the central element, with its fields of meaning unfolding in physical, emotional, and semantic ways.
The exhibition explores the ways stones and rocks have provided inspiration to stonemasons, painters and jewellery artists in different eras. If we listen intently, stones can tell us ancient stories and introduce us to characters whose voices have been silent for a long time.
Through the works of contemporary artists, the exhibition highlights the complex journey of the Sámi peoples as they strive for Indigenous justice and self-determination in decolonial worldbuilding.
The exhibition seeks new perspectives on images produced during Finno-Ugric research expeditions and the relations between Estonians and Indigenous peoples.
The collection of myths by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, Metamorphoses, has been called the bible of artists, as the stories describing the power games, love intrigues and physical transformations of the gods have inspired artists throughout the centuries. The exhibition is being compiled with international collaboration and presents a selection of artworks and historical prints based on well-known myths exploring the way Ovid’s work and persona have been interpreted in 17th- and 18th-century European art and literature.
The exhibition of Central and Eastern European contemporary art focuses on motherhood as a personal experience and also looks at it from a broader social perspective. The theme is mainly interpreted through the motif of fear. The exhibition looks for ways to overcome fears and broaden the concept of motherhood.
Mart Erik, a third-generation forester, has transferred his love of the woods to his other passion: collecting art. The exhibition presents a selection from this thematically unique and stylistically diverse collection.
