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On Estonia”™s art institutions or Where art belongs [1]

Aliina Astrova’s critical essay on art’s social role in Estonia.

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Kaido Ole: “Existing systems have a tendency to conform; that is why it is necessary to make sure that the fresh and the critical keep emerging.”

Art collector versus artist: Armin Kõomägi’s ten questions to Kaido Ole at his solo exhibition “Handsome Hero and Plenty of Still Lives”.

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Analogue vs digital

Interview with Urmas Pedanik, who has kept silent as an artist for almost a quarter of a century––questions by AndreasTrossek.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / VIDEO AND THEATRE

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Mediation – Threshold

Aare Pilv analyses the latest video works by Ene-Liis Semper through the lens of theatre.

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Take care of yourself

Maria Jäärats on French contemporary art superstar Sophie Calle’s solo exhibition at Tallinn Art Hall.

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Frozen perpetuum mobile

Kirke Kangro writes on the solo exhibition “Valgus on meie jõud” (“Light is our strength”) by Jass Kaselaan.

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Mind Kampf and Secret Reich

Kiwa discusses Raul Rajangu’s solo exhibition “Secret Reich”.

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Raul Keller”™s Greatest Hits

Andreas Trossek discusses Raul Keller’s exhibition “KLANG!”.

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Mother, daughter and drama

Triin Tulgiste reviews the exhibition curated by Reet Varblane at Tartu Art House.

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A Trap

Annika Toots’s Kafkaesque essay on Dénes Farkas’s solo exhibition “A Day That Does Not Exist”.

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A black hole in the white cube: Neeme Külm”™s total world(s) and new dimensions hidden in the depths

Maria Arusoo writes about the exhibition “Shimmer on the Surface” at Hobusepea Gallery.

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Notes on ontogeny

Andreas Trossek on the solo exhibition “Big painting and small painting” by London-based artist Merike Estna.

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NEW PUBLICATION

Section compiled by Elin Kard.

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FLASHBACK: TALLINN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Special pages dedicated to the festival of lens-based art. In Estonian only.

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