Jaan Toomik will open his solo exhibition "People and other creatures" at Artra Gallery, Milan on 13 October.
The exhibition will be on view until 5 December.
A solo exhibition of recent artworks by Jaan Toomik — “People and other creatures” will open tomorrow at Artra Gallery, Milan, Italy.
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Opening: October 13, 6 pm.
?On view by December 5, 2022.
?Address: Via Parini 9.
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Curated by Raffaele Quattrone.
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Artra gallery will be presenting a new group of works that include a sculpture, some videos and a series of paintings created exclusively for the exhibition.
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The human being remains central, personified by Toomik himself who is able to be, in an original and personal way, both subject and precarious object, post-modern and globalized, without ever losing his playfulness and self-irony.
Sigrid Viir and Cloe Jancis will open their joint exhibition "The Second Act. Found in Translation" at Tartu Art House on 7 October at 5 pm.
It is conceived as a follow-up to the artists' previous co-exhibition, "In front of the mirror, on a day full of enthusiasm, you put your mask on too heavily, it bites your skin" (2021, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery).
The exhibition will be on view until 6 November.
Flo Kasearu's new book "Flo’s Retrospective" was launched at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen on August 6 at the titular exhibition.
The book is available at Temnikova & Kasela gallery.
Flo Kasearu, collaborative installation project "Violance grows in Silence"
Flo Kasearu is part of the group exhibitiion "MESS" at VAMA gallery, Los Angeles.
The exhibition is curated by Candice Greathouse and will be on view until 12 October.
Inga Meldere "Brownie from Bruninieku street", microRIBOCA (2019)
Inga Meldere is part of the event “Painting the City: Aesthetics and Politics of a Public Wall” at the Finnish Institute in Athens. Denis Maksimov-Gupta moderates a dialogue between two visual artists Inga Meldere and Olga Migliaressi-Phoca.
The talk takes place on 27 September at 7pm. The event will also be available through Zoom.
Photo: Ken Mürk/ERR
Kaarel Kurismaa's iconic Tallinn Tram Monument has been restored and is now open to the public again.
Thank you Mari Kurismaa, Hilkka Hiiop and Linda Lainvoo.
Merike Estna's solo exhibition "Soil will not contain our love" at Kai Art Center will be open to the public starting from 19 August.
The exhibition will be on view until 27 November.
Flo Kasearu at the workshop
Inga Meldere's natural pigment workshop took place on 4 August at Temnikova & Kasela gallery. As part of the workshop, participants had the chance to paint on the gallery walls with the extracted pigments. The wall paintings can now be seen at the exhibition "Bluetooth (Sister N)" which is on view until 21 August.
Olga Chernysheva, 'Illumination', oil on canvas, 2018
Olga Chernysheva is part of the group exhibition "Nature and State" at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
The exhibition will be on view until 16 October.
Inga Meldere is part of the group exhibition "Ruins" in Trapani, Sicily. The exhibition is curated by Anda Klavina in cooperation with Magazzini Arte Conteporanea gallery.
The exhibition will open on 8 July and will be on view until 30 July.
Edith Karlson, 'Good, Bad, Ugly', acrylic resin, pvc, ceramics, 2021. Image credit: Bertrand Michau, Fondation Villa Datris
Edith Karlson's installation 'Good, Bad, Ugly' is part of the exhibition "Tocher Terre" at Fondation Villa Datris, France.
The exhibition will be on view until 1 November.
Edith Karlson's exhibition 'Favourites' will open today, 10 June at Museum of Viljandi in Estonia. The exhibition is part of the project Artists in Collections.
The exhibition will be on view until 24 September 2022.
International exhibition 'Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics' will be on view at Zuzeum Art Centre in Riga starting from 4 June. The current exhibition, which is the first of three planned exhibitions in the Baltic capitals, was put together by Olga Temnikova, founder of Temnikova & Kasela gallery.
The exhibition will be on view until 20 November 2022.
Olga Chernysheva, 'Untitled', charcoal on paper, 2022. Photo: Anastasia Soboleva
Congratulations to Olga Chernysheva on winning the 15th Drawing Prize of Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation!
The Prix Guerlain was awarded to the artist in Paris at the Salon du Dessin.
Photo: Joanna Pianka
Kris Lemsalu's first public installation 'DOORA', located by the Danube river in Melk, Austria is now open to visitors.
The sculpture emerged from an invited competition by KOERNOE (Public Art Lower Austria) and in cooperation with the municipality of Melk.
Kris Lemsalu’s first US solo show, 'Peace @ 295 Church Street' which is also the gallery’s inaugural exhibition is now open at Margot Samel in New York.
The exhibition will be on view until 1 July 2022.
Photo: Lutz Leitman
Now representing Katja Novitskova.
Katja Novitskova is an Estonian artist based in Amsterdam and Berlin. Her practice explores the ecologies surrounding image production on a level capable of affecting the planet and humanity. Novitskova's work features mainly images found online and and interrogates the positions and locations where the technological and the physical coincide. Blurring distinctions between media, she is interested in the interpretation and perception of visual material through digital collages, sculptures and installations.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions including Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (2021, solo); Belgrade Biennal (2021), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (2020); Sharjah Art Foundation (2020); Powerlong Museum, Shanghai (2019); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2018, solo); Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn (2018, solo), Baltic Triennial, Vilnius (2018); the Estonian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017, solo); The Public Art Fund, New York (2017, solo), Cc Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai (2017, solo); The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2017); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2017); K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai (2017). Other solo and group exhibitions include Kunstverein in Hamburg (2016, solo); the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2016); Museum Folkwang, Essen (Nam June Paik Award 2016); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2016); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015); 13e Biennale de Lyonn (2015/2016); Kunsthalle Lissabon (2015, solo); Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (2014); Fridericianum, Kassel (2013) and the CCS Bard, New York (2012).
Flo Kasearu, Accessible Mountains (2022) / Lifebelt Chair (2021), photo: Anna Kaarma
Flo Kasearu's solo exhibition "Flo's Retrospective" will open on 1 May (preview on 30 April) at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Germany.
The exhibition will be on view until 7 August 2022.
Olga Chernysheva's solo exhibition "Being Daphne" will open on 30 April at Foxy Production in New York.
The exhibition will be on view until 18 June 2022.
Krista Mölder, From the series Glass Ceiling, pigment print, archival paper, framed, 96x120 cm, 2021
Art auction in support of Ukraine #1
Online & Kai Art Center
22 – 29 March 2022
On the morning of February 24, Ukrainians woke up to the sound of air sirens. The Europeans awoke to the first military offensive in the continent in decades. The event many presumed was impossible and unthinkable in twenty-first-century Europe reminded us about the fragility and preciousness of peace.
To support the people of Ukraine in this awful time, the emerging and established artists and three Estonian contemporary art galleries have come together with the initiative to do what they can to ease the suffering by supporting NGOs and charities helping Ukrainians.
Ansazura.com will host a timed auction of 29 artworks by 30 artists from Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, the US, the UK and Russia.
We invite you to bid through the webpage starting today, Tuesday March 22.
Bids will close on March 29 evening at the hybrid offline-online event in Kai Art Center, Tallinn. The event starts at 6 PM and your host that evening will be fabulous Elina Purde. All the auction proceeds will be directed to the charities that work hard to help those in dire need.
If you would like to take part of offline (in situ) or online auction (via Zoom) do let us know by email info@temnikova.ee by Sunday, 27 March 6 PM.
Participating artists: Tommy Cash, Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Vladimir Dubossarsky, Jaan Toomik, Kaido Ole, Jaanus Samma, Sigrid Viir, Krista Mölder, Nik Kosmas, Ilja Karilampi, Inga Meldere, Mikko Hintz, Merike Estna, Edith Karlson, Kris Lemsalu, Flo Kasearu, Dan Mitchell, Mari-Leen Kiipli, Laura Põld, Līga Spunde, Eike Eplik, Elīna Vītola and Ieva Kraule-Kūna, Alexei Gordin, Eva Mustonen, Kristi Kongi, Alar Tuul, Mirjam Hinn, Kiwa and Robin Nõgisto
Participating galleries: Temnikova & Kasela, Kogo, Art&Tonic
Buyers will be able to send funds directly to a charity of their choice:
1 MTÜ Ukraina kultuurikeskus
NGO Ukrainian Cultural Centre runs Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Tallinn and has been actively helping people in Ukraine since 2014 in Donetsk and Lugansk. This is a very hands-on organisation currently assembling bullet-proof vests for specialists working in humanitarian corridors.
2 MTÜ Tallinna Vanalinn Rotary Klubi
NGO Tallinn Rotary Club is a hands-on initiative sending used ambulance cars from EU to Ukraine, along with portable energy generators and gas stoves.
3 CO International Charitable Foundation "Come Back Alive"
Direct donation to the Ukrainian armed forces
4 MTÜ Eesti Pagulasabi
NGO Estonian Refugee Aid wants to take very good care of refugees arriving to Estonia and this NGO is very much in need of your donation right now.
5 Sirius Charity Foundation
Sirius Charity Foundation is the biggest animal shelter in Ukraine situated in Kiyv region, now dealing with animals left behind. The organisation is in great need of food, gasoline, wood and medicaments.
6 Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine: Ukraine state crypto wallet
Thank you: participating artists, Ansazura.com team and Suzana Vasilescu, Kai Art Center team, Elina Purde, Silvia Fantauzzi, Ukrainian Folk Ensemble "ZHURBA", Cirque du macaron
Edith Karlson has received the main prize of 2021 by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (the Visual and Applied Art Endowment).
Congratulations!
Sigrid Viir, 'Potato-Eye', 2016
Edith Karlson, Flo Kasearu, Merike Estna and Sigrid Viir are part of the group exhibition "Between Objects" which will open on 4 February at HAM in Helsinki.
The exhibition will be on view until 29 May 2022.
Kaarel Kurismaa, 'Ice Run', 2009, ready-made, glass, wood
Kaarel Kurismaa is part of the group exhibition 'Domestic Drama' at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz, Austria.
The exhibition is opening today (11am–8pm) and will be on view until 20 February 2022.
Jaan Toomik, 'Father and Son', 2021, 30x42cm, serigraph, framed
Jaan Toomik has created serigraphic prints of one of his best known videos 'Father and Son' (1998). The work depicts the artist skating naked on the Baltic Sea, the voice of his son singing a choral in the background. This and many others of Toomik’s works are deeply personal, evoking the artist’s complexes, anxieties and relationships.
Oleg Frolov, 'Loneliness in the crowd', 2021, 90х90 cm, mixed media, collage of rizoprints on canvas
Oleg Frolov's solo exhibition 'Triumph and Crisis of Personnel' at ART4 in Moscow has been extended until 25 December.