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EDITORIAL
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Somewhere in Europe…
Johannes Saar discusses wider discursive shifts in art history, writing his essay deliberately without mentioning any names of Estonian artists.
II
THEORY AND PRACTICE / GREAT (WOMEN) ARTISTS
Return ticket to Europe I, II,…*
Kaire Nurk is asking relevant questions while recalling the revolutionary essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” (1971) by the recently deceased Linda Nochlin (1931–2017).
III
Katerina Gregos: “Going to a football match and cheering for your country doesn”™t make you a nationalist.”
Katerina Gregos talks about “The State is not a Work of Art”, an international exhibition, which is part of the “Estonia 100” art programme (questions by Andreas Trossek).
IV
Tolts the Alchemist
Viivi Luik writes about the Kumu retrospective “Andres Tolts. Landscape with Still-Life”.
V
Marco Laimre in the desert of reality*
Andreas Trossek visited Marco Laimre’s solo exhibition “Motor”.
VI
Raise Your Hand Who…
Maarin Mürk went to see Marge Monko’s solo show “Stones Against Diamonds, Diamonds Against Stones”.
VII
THEORY AND PRACTICE / DIALOGUE
INTERNAL MARKETING!
KUNST.EE ADVERTISES A NEW BOOK
Kai Kaljo in Conversation with Jaan Toomik*
Kai Kaljo (KK): Our interview took place at KuKu Café at 12pm on 9 June 2017. It was the third time we were supposed to get together but something always came up. This time, Jaan Toomik (JT) called me an hour and a half before our agreed time and asked if I could come an hour earlier.
VIII
The Passion of Saint Konrad Finally in Book Form
Johannes Saar interviews Eero Epner, author of a biography about Konrad Mägi (1878–1925) aimed at a broad readership.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / 24H
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore. On the Work of Kirill Tulin
J. D. A. Winslow explains what is there to see when there’s nothing there to see.
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Shared Space
Annika Toots visited Jass Kaselaan and Edith Karlson’s joint exhibition “Hudnoi”.
“Grafolklore” – an art expedition into Estonian folkloric traditions
Elnara Taidre speaks about Mari Prekup’s and Hannah Harkes’s joint exhibition “The Ground Beneath the Tree Moved like a Congregation”.
Freedom of Voice and Shapes of a Story
Eha Komissarov and Elo-Hanna Seljamaa write about Lilli-Krõõt Repnau’s solo exhibition “Freedom of Voice”.
The Cloud and the Ocean
Lilli-Krõõt Repnau visited Kadri Toom’s solo exhibition “Surface”.
An Unlikely Story
Mari Laaniste visited the father and daughter artist (Urmas Viik, Sohvi Viik) collaborative exhibition “The Unusual Case of Ruve Rääsk”.
The Transformations of Manfred Dubov
Andri Ksenofontov visited Manfred Dubov’s solo exhibition.
Out-of-focus Cityscape in Focus
Eva-Erle Lilleaed visited Paco Ulman’s solo exhibition.
Flying Michelangelos and Other Animal-Artists
Juha-Heikki Tihinen went to Jan Lütjohann and Uku Sepsivart’s joint exhibition “A Little Bit, Every Day”.