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28/12/2023 | 11:34
Niguliste Organ Week fills the museum with beautiful music and intriguing conversations
The opening concert of the festival is Doubly Majestic. Two Trumpets and Two Organs on 1 January at 5 pm.
The international music event enables the audience to enjoy, once again, the spectacular acoustics of the mediaeval church building. Photo: Karin Kaljuläte -
Eesti Kunstimuuseumi tänavusel jõulukaardil on Enn Põldroosi teos „Meri XVI“ (1976). Eesti Kunstimuuseum -
01/12/2023 | 13:50
Christmas at the Niguliste Museum: a marvellous Christmas tree, viewing the illuminated Old Town and a special holiday programme
For the seventh year in a row, the Christmas tree on display at the Niguliste Museum will be decorated by the interior decoration company Shishi. As has become customary, the theme of the Christmas tree will not be revealed until the lighting ceremony.
Last year Niguliste was closed for renovation, but the 2021 theme of the museum’s Christmas tree was “colourful delight”. Photo: Art Museum of Estonia – Niguliste Museum -
27/11/2023 | 16:29
A creative dialogue is set up in Kumu between the Italian Transavantgarde and Estonian Calm Expressionism
On 1 December, the exhibition Borderless Universe in Their Minds: Italian Transavantgarde and Estonian Calm Expressionism will open in the Great Hall of the Kumu Art Museum.
Enzo Cucchi (1949). Euphoric Music (Musica ebbra). 1982. Oil, mixed media and metal collage on canvas. Collezione D’Ercole, Rome. Photo: Corrado de Grazia -
23/11/2023 | 12:35
Adamson-Eric Museum celebrates its 40th anniversary
A museum dedicated to the Estonian artist Adamson-Eric was opened in a newly renovated building in Tallinn’s Old Town on 2 December 1983.
The museum’s first permanent exhibition in 1983. Exhibition design by Mait Summatavet. Photo: Art Museum of Estonia -
06/11/2023 | 13:01
melanie bonajo’s exhibition on body and touch opens at the Kumu Art Museum
The exhibition features four experimental documentaries. In addition to the immersive and sensitive centrepiece When the body says Yes, three of bonajo’s earlier works are included, exploring the themes of intimacy and the search for contact.
melanie bonajo. When the body says Yes. 2022. Video still. Scenography and installation in collaboration with Théo Demans, commissioned by the Mondriaan Fund. Courtesy of the artist and AKINCI -
30/10/2023 | 11:04
Mikkel Museum shows the work of Honoré Daumier, the father of caricature
The exhibition The Father of Caricature: Works by Daumier from R. Paul Firnhaber’s Collection is the first opportunity in Estonia to get to know the artist’s work in depth and detail.
Honoré Daumier. Invasion de Paris par les Bas-Normands. From the series <i>Les Trains de Plaisir.</i> 1852. Published in <i>Le Charivari</i>. R. Paul Firnhaber’s collection -
16/10/2023 | 15:35
Konrad Mägi’s work is revealed from a new perspective at the Kumu Art Museum
Modern research techniques make it possible to reveal everything invisible to the naked eye.
Konrad Mägi. Pühajärv. 1918–1920. Eesti Kunstimuuseum. Foto: Stanislav Stepaško -
04/10/2023 | 10:30
Art Museum of Estonia has developed a model for creating sustainable exhibitions
The Sustainable Exhibition Model is a practical and inspiring tool to help museums assess the environmental impact of exhibitions and make their exhibitions greener.
Exhibition Art in the Age of the Anthropocene. Photo: Rait Tuulas -
25/09/2023 | 16:23
Leis, Tabaka and Rožanskaitė create compelling dialogues in Kumu
Leis, Tabaka and Rožanskaitė were exceptional artists in Soviet-occupied Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, respectively, who challenged the rules of the art world of their time.
Collage: Malle Leis. Woman Goes Away. 1970. Art Museum of Estonia; Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė. X-Ray Therapy. 1977. Lithuanian National Museum of Art; Maija Tabaka. Double Portrait of the Sculptors Valda Blunava and Arta Dumpe. 1971. Latvian National Museum of Art -
25/09/2023 | 15:52
Cecilia Alemani curates a major exhibition of Anu Põder’s works in Switzerland
The exhibition is Anu Põder’s first major retrospective outside Estonia.
Cecilia Alemani. Photo: private collection -
11/09/2023 | 14:40
The new exhibition at the Kadriorg Art Museum observes how artists’ attitudes to the environment have changed over the course of time
The Art of Adapting is an exhibition that explores how we habitually perceive, interpret and value natural environments and our co-species.
Collage of works: Johann Elias Ridinger. Two Deer. 1768. Art Museum of Estonia; Johann Elias Ridinger. Deer. Ca 1740. Art Museum of Estonia; Elo-Reet Järv. Green Nest. 1989. Estonian Artists’ Association
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