Kumu’s Great Hall and inner courtyard will also be open on Mondays during the museum’s 20th anniversary summer

In connection with Kumu’s 20th anniversary summer, Kristi Kongi’s exhibition Chromatic Drift and the museum’s inner courtyard will also be open on Mondays, when the rest of the museum is closed, from 25 May through 30 September. From the beginning of May through the end of September, two of the Art Museum of Estonia’s branches – the Kadriorg Art Museum and the Niguliste Museum – will also be open on Mondays.

Chromatic Drift, on view in Kumu’s Great Hall, is Kristi Kongi’s most ambitious solo exhibition to date, featuring works created specifically for this exhibition. The exhibition creates a holistic sensory and spatial experience. Characteristic of Kristi Kongi’s works, colour is at the heart of this experience: extending beyond the canvas, the colours and motifs have spread to the museum’s floor, walls, windows and outdoor space. The first part of the exhibition’s title, chromatic, refers, in the artist’s words, to a richness of colour, while drift stems from a poetic way of being in uncharted territory.

“It is a pleasure to open Kumu’s Great Hall on Mondays as well, offering visitors the opportunity to experience art every day of the week. Those strolling through Kadriorg Park can now step right into the heart of art even on a day when many museums are closed. We hope this will create an additional opportunity for visitors to the city, both from Estonia and abroad,” said Piret Järvan, Head of Marketing and Services at the Art Museum of Estonia.

Only on Mondays, from 10 am to 6 pm, can you visit the exhibition in the Kumu Art Museum’s Great Hall at a discounted price of nine euros.

Starting in early May and lasting until the end of September, for the third year, two of the Art Museum of Estonia’s branches – the Kadriorg Art Museum and the Niguliste Museum – will also be open on Mondays.

This summer, the Kadriorg Art Museum is hosting a grand exhibition of Finnish Golden Age art: Symphony of Art and Nature: The Serlachius Collection. The major exhibition features works by some of the brightest stars of Finnish art throughout the ages, such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Helene Schjerfbeck and Hugo Simberg. Alongside them, visitors can also see works by international Old Masters, including a masterpiece by the 17th-century Spanish painter Jusepe de Ribera, as well as a selection of works by renowned contemporary Finnish artists: Anna Retulainen, Anu Tuominen and others. In addition, the Kadriorg Art Museum is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the conservation of classic paintings, From Restorer to Conservator.

This summer, in addition to its permanent exhibition, the Niguliste Museum is hosting an exhibition on the conservation of medieval and contemporary art, highlighting challenges and solutions across different eras. In the Niguliste Museum’s main hall, an exhibition traces the long and often controversial history of the restoration of Estonia’s oldest and most significant works of art – part of the Niguliste permanent collection – from the early modern period to the present day. At the same time, a separate exhibition on the conservation of contemporary art is open in the museum’s tower gallery, focusing on contemporary works and the specific challenges of preserving them.