Exhibitions at the Art Museum of Estonia in 2012

Art Museum of Estonia continues to deliver exciting and captivating art projects throughout the Capital of Culture year. Apart from the usual opening times and ticket fares the museum is also offering free visits and has introduced one Euro day.

This May 14 and 18, June 1 the museum offers free entry to all visitors.
On January 19, April 20, September 7 and December 21 it is one Euro day in all art museums, meaning that visitors can enjoy all of the museums exhibitions for just one Euro.
On Wednesdays museums are now open until 8pm.

Here are the exhibitions in different art museums' branches in 2011:


Kumu Art Museum


Tadeusz Kantor. Member of the Polish Avant-Garde and Theatre Reformer, September 9 - January 2012

4th floor, B-wing
The exhibition presents the work of Tadeusz Kantor, an internationally renowned member of the avant-garde, by assembling his theatrical stage designs, paintings, photos, documentation, etc.

Ene-Liis Semper, October 14 - January 2012

Gallery of Contemporary Art, 5th floor
Ene-Liis Semper (b. 1969), who has dealt with spatial tension in installations, stage designs and performances, creates an environment that combines a large-scale spatial installation and new video works.

The Theatrical World in Estonian Graphic Arts in the 1970s and 1980s, until March 25  
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
The exhibition presents a selection of prints and poster art from the 1970s and 1980s that deal with the theatre and theatrical arts.

Vinum et panis. The Motifs of Wine and Bread in 16th to 20th Century Art, until March 11 
3rd floor, B-wing
The meanings of two of the most important Christian and pagan subjects – wine and bread – are revealed in works of applied and fine arts, manuscripts and books, ethnographic items and archaeological finds, as well as in historical photos.

I, Painter Šarūnas, January 6 - April 29
4th floor, B-wing
Šarūnas Sauka (b. 1958) paints infinite hell: with a human face, behaviour and mind. He is exceptional in Lithuanian as well as in world art, like all artists-heretics.

SPATIUM. Danish Contemporary Art, January 20 - May 13
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
Site-specific exhibition of 10 young prominent Danish artists, who work in various media: video, sound, sculpture, painting and installation. The viewer can enjoy witty solutions and an opportunity to rediscover the world of illusions.

Kaido Ole. Handsome Hero and Plenty of Still Lifes, January 27 - April 15
The Great Hall
The Estonian painter Kaido Ole (b. 1963) is on his own in the big exhibition hall, like Palle in the well-known Danish children’s book. Out of solitude emerges a world where still lifes and brand new large paintings, specially produced for this show, dominate.

Undiscovered Masterpieces. Russian Art from the Collections of the Baltic Countries, March 23 - August 12
3rd floor, B-wing
The exhibition presents an overview of singular paintings of the second half of the 19th century, focusing on the work of the Peredvizhniki artists (Perov, Repin, Shishkin, Kramskoi, Kassatkin, Levitan and others).

Jüri Kaarma. The Black Horse and Other Drawings, March 28 - October 21
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
The one-room exhibition introduces the early work, from the 1970s, of the designer Jüri Kaarma (1950–2011), and the series of charcoal drawings Deaths and Entrances, which is here presented for the first time.

With the Eye of a Romantic. 19th Century Dutch and Belgian Painting from the Rademakers Collection, May 4 - August 8
The Great Hall
The collection was compiled by Jef Rademakers, a former television producer, with superb intuition, offering all genres and shades of the diverse romanticism of Netherlandish art.

Tõnis Vint and His Aesthetic Universe, May 18 - September 9
4th floor, B-wing
The exhibition summarises some tendencies in the work of Tõnis Vint (b. 1942), a key figure in Soviet Estonian art. It is characterised by aesthetic universalism and aspirations to create a harmonious visual environment.

Speed of Darkness and Other Stories, June 1 - September 30
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
Besides the Finnish light artist Jaakko Niemelä (b. 1959), the exhibition involves young artists from Estonia, Latvia and Finland who work with light, sound and video.

Geometrical Man. The Group of Estonian Artists and Art Innovation between 1920 and 1930, August 31 until 2013 
3rd floor, B-wing
The exhibition examines the work of the avant-garde Group of Estonian Artists, who were active in the 1920s. This is viewed in the wider context of modernism, which also manifested itself in furniture and theatre design, and elsewhere.

Fashion and the Cold War, September 14 until 2013
The Great Hall
The exhibition studies the habits of dressing in Soviet Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s and the dialogue with Western fashion. Fashion was, without doubt, the most successful border-crosser in the Cold War. 

IRWIN. Construction of the Context, September 28 until 2013
4th floor, B-wing
The group of artists called IRWIN emerged in 1983 from the Ljubljana punk and graffiti culture. Besides the band Laibach, it favours the tendency which focuses on the fine arts of the group Neue Slowenische Kunst.

Archaeology and the Future of Estonian Art Scenes, October 19 until 2013
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
The exhibition approaches Estonian art from the point of view of places, mapping art in Tartu, Pärnu and Tallinn via their history and self-determination. The art scene as a system of joint landmarks unites artists according to their attitudes and beliefs.

Avo Keerend and Evi Tihemets. Colour in Estonian Graphic Art, October 24 until 2013
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
After the rough style of the 1960s had exhausted itself, pure colours and geometrical forms appeared in Estonian graphic art. Powerful colours conveyed faith in progress and optimism, and graphic art was enhanced by pop art and abstract expressionism.

Kadriorg Art Museum at Kadriorg Palace

Tracing Bosch & Bruegel. Four Paintings Magnified, October 22 - March 4

The exhibition ‘Tracing Bosch & Bruegel. Four Paintings Magnified’ at the Kadriorg Art Museum will be one of the highlights of 2011 as part of Tallinn, the European Capital of Culture.

Undiscovered Masterpieces. Russian Art from the Collections of the Baltic Countries, March 23 - June 24

The exhibition presents an overview of singular paintings of the second half of the 19th century, focusing on the work of the Peredvizhniki artists (Perov, Repin, Shishkin, Kramskoi, Kassatkin, Levitan and others).

Note! From July 1 until the end of 2012 the Kadriorg Art Museum (Kadriorg Palace) is closed for renovation.

Mikkel Museum

Portraiture in Fine Art. Based on Estonian Private Collections, until February 5

The exhibition focuses on people – people as they are portrayed in works of art, people who paint portraits, and people who collect portraiture – and examines changes in portraiture through time.

Limelight. Theatre and Theatricality in Art, February 18 - May 13 

Through 17th–19th century Western European graphic art, the exhibition studies the relations between theatre and figurative art, which have enriched and inspired each other for centuries.

Time of Clocks. Historical Clocks from Private Collections, May 26 - November 25 

The display presents historical clocks, including a few truly rare ones. Besides the age of the clocks, the exterior of the exhibits is fascinating as well, indicating elements in style history.

A Collector’s Passion. Silver and Prints from the Reinans Collection, December 18 until 2013 

Alur Reinans’s silver collection is among the most prominent in Estonia, containing about one hundred works of  silver produced in the Estonian territory between the 16th and 19th centuries.

St. Nicolas Museum (Niguliste muuseum)

Ars moriendi – the Art of Dying, November 2 - September 2, 2013

Adamson-Eric Museum

Shackles of Beauty, November 19 - March 2012

The bracelets on exhibit include ancient treasures, the work of 20th century artists (Adamson-Eric, Mari Rääk etc.), and pieces by contemporary jewellery artists.

Dora Gordine. Sculptor, Artist, Designer, April 14 - August 5

The work produced between 1924 and 1933 by Dora Gordine (1895(?)–1991), an artist with a fascinating destiny who was also linked with Estonia, is presented together with interior views of Dorich House, which she designed.

Adamson-Eric and His Contemporaries. Reflections of the Self in Time, August 18 - November 4

Self-portraits are sensitive recorders of the artist’s creative search. Self-portrait with a Noose is one of Adamson-Eric’s most displayed, reproduced and controversial works. Works by his contemporaries are also exhibited.

Mare Vint. Drawings Through Five Decades, November 10 until 2013

Drawing has been one of the main techniques in the work of Mare Vint (b. 1942) since the mid-1960s. In her highly individual manner, Vint presents landscapes, parks and buildings, enlivened by selected details: a woman, a bird, a tree leaf etc. 

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