Your guide to Estonia and Beyond Winter 2025

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Your guide to Estonia and Beyond Winter 2025

Estonia

They Began to Talk

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
7 February – 3 August
An international group exhibition concerned with the speech of the body, taking the intertwinement of the body and the environment as its point of departure, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla and Hanna Laura Kaljo. The exhibition looks at connections between the environment and intergenerational experiences.

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces by Urmas Lüüs

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
4 October 2024 – 16 February 2025

The exhibition takes us into the house-museum of fictional character Mr. N, telling the story of the birth of the bourgeoisie in Estonia, with the help of new objects by Lüüs and works from museum collections.

Angela Maasalu, Darkness, 2024.

Fine Lines of Constructiveness. The main exhibition of the 9th Applied Art Triennial

Kai Art Center, Tallinn
5 October 2024 – 16 February 2025
The exhibition features artists from the Baltic and Nordic countries, representing fields of applied art and contemporary craft, including a variety of techniques and materials. The main exhibition of the triennial is curated by Maret Sarapu.

Angela Maasalu – The Sound of Music

Tütar gallery, Tallinn
13 December 2024 – 26 January 2025

The solo exhibition by the painter Angela Maasalu reflects on how history repeats itself, the dynamics of mainstream media and the fear of war and their impact on how people make sense of the world.
The Fine Lines of Constructiveness. Installation view. Photo by Hedi Jaansoo
Keithy Kuuspu and Katariin Mudist

Keithy Kuuspu and Katariin Mudist – Unfortunately, You Were Not Selected This Time

Tartu Art House, Tartu
31 January – 2 March
The exhibition looks at the phenomenon of award-giving and receiving, as well as the dynamics of recognition within the art world. The artists look at how awards fulfil the fundamental human need to feel seen, special and acknowledged, while fostering competition, comparison, and a goal-oriented approach to life.

Beyond

Eike Eplik, Kristi Kongi, Anna Mari Liivrand – White Dwarfs and All Those Beautiful Nebulas

Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
28 November 2024 – 26 January 2025
The exhibition by three Estonian artists explores this process of rebirth, entropy and new beginnings. The exhibition is part of an exchange project between Kogo Gallery and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre and is curated by Šelda Puķīte.

Experiments in Concretism

Emma Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
6 March 2024 – 2 March 2025
The exhibition offers a fresh take on the long tradition and contemporary forms of concrete art, featuring work by more than fifty artists from the Nordic-Baltic region and beyond. The exhibition also celebrates the centenary of the birth of Lars-Gunnar “Nubben” Nordström, a pioneer of Finnish concretism.
White Dwarfs and All Those Beautiful Nebulas. Installation view at Kim Contemporary Art Centre. Photo by Ansis Starks
Pauline Curnier Jardin. Installation view. Photo by Petri Virtanen. Finnish National Gallery

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Kiasma, Helsinki
11 October 2024–23 February 2025
Turning the exhibition space into a grotesque theme park, this exhibition deals with gender norms, power and violence, for example, through historical events, the carnality associated with the Catholic faith, and the experience industry with its emphasis on romance. 

Larissa Sansour

Amos Rex, Helsinki
9 October 2024 – 2 March 2025

The Palestinian-Danish video and installation artist, Larissa Sansour, presents an exhibition where past, present and possible futures meet, interweaving political and universally human topics, using the narrative methods of science fiction, documentary and opera.
Larissa Sansour, As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night, 2022. Photo by Tuomas Uusheimo. Amos Rex