The art historian Merike Kurisoo (PhD) has been appointed Director of the Niguliste Museum and Adamson-Eric Museum, branches of the Art Museum of Estonia. She previously served as Programme Manager and Curator at the Niguliste Museum.

The exhibition, which opens at the Kadriorg Art Museum on 21 September, explores the history of the collection of the Art Museum of Estonia from its foundation in 1919 until World War II. 

On 7 September the exhibition Unicorn in the Magical Forest opens in the Niguliste Museum, inviting everybody to discover the meaning of the enigmatic unicorn through history and encounter these wondrous creatures in artefacts and works of art from the 16th to the 21st centuries. The exhibition brings to Estonia rare royal unicorns from the Swedish Royal Armoury; it is also possible to view special unicorns from the museums of Estonia and private collections.

On Saturday, 31 August, the Kumu Art Museum is hosting a Latin American-themed Courtyard Festival, in collaboration with the Latin American community in Estonia. The event is linked to the current exhibition of Latin American art in Kumu’s Great Hall, and seeks to highlight the cultural richness and diversity of this vast and fascinating region.

On Monday, 19 August, members of the von Ramm family donated three very interesting Baltic German family portraits to the collection of the Art Museum of Estonia. The portraits depict the 18th century nobles Karl Adolf von Ramm, Margarete Elisabeth von Ramm (née Stael von Holstein) and Hedwig Ulrike von Ramm (née von Delwig).

The Art Museum of Estonia comprises five museums in Tallinn with a varied exhibition programme. These museums, each with its own image and focus, offer exceptional art exhibitions and a magical atmosphere that make your visit to the Estonian capital unforgettable.

This is the largest display of Latin American art in Estonia so far. The exhibition features art from two eras: the Spanish colonial period from the 17th to the 19th century, and the first half of the 20th century.

The Secret of Adam, the solo exhibition of Jevgeni Zolotko, one of the most idiosyncratic contemporary artists in Estonia, will open in the Kumu Art Museum on 31 May. The exhibition explores the relationship between things and language in human life, referring to the story in the Bible where Adam was given the task of naming everything around him. The artist and the museum have dedicated this exhibition to the late curator Triin Tulgiste-Toss (1987–2024).

On 25 May, the Mikkel Museum will open the exhibition The Kügelgens: The Story of One Baltic-German Family, introducing the most prominent members of the family through their artworks and related objects.

A cinema concert in the auditorium of the Kumu Art Museum on 24 May will combine a classic silent film with a contemporary musical experience: the film My Grandmother by Kote Mikaberidze will be shown, with the Finnish experimental music collective Cleaning Women providing the avant-garde soundtrack.

The Proceedings of the Art Museum of Estonia is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal publishes original research in the fields of art and museology, as well as texts concerning conferences and exhibitions held at museums.

Guided tours in English, Swedish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish and Danish will be carried out by the Art Museum’s curators from 9 May to 12 May in the Niguliste Museum and the Adamson-Eric Museum. The tours will introduce Estonian art from the Middle Ages to modern times and provide fascinating insights into Estonian cultural history.