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FOCUS / FEMINISM

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Untold backstories: Anu Põder (1947–2013) and her posthumous rise to international fame

Reet Varblane answers Hedi Rosma’s questions about Anu Põder, whose works have been included in “The Milk of Dreams”, the main exhibition of the ongoing 59th International Venice Art Biennale.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / HISTORICISM

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Why do we all secretly fall for symbolism again?

Karolina Ōabowicz-Dymanus talks about Aleksandra Waliszewska (and also Kristjan Raud and Erich Kügelgen, among others).

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / COLONIALISM

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The funerals of white spots in a crumbling self-image

Hanno Soans talks about the art of Taavi Talve, whose recent work blends the factual and the fictional, the documented and the imaginary.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / IMPERIALISM

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“Thinking” pictures

Kädi Talvoja reviews Kumu’s exhibition “Thinking Pictures. Conceptual Art from Moscow and the Baltics”.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / MACHINE

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The work of art in the age of the synthetic reproduction of its aura

Stefan Peetri’s essay on artificial intelligence and deepfakes in contemporary visual culture.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / MASCULINITY

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Autogeddon is inevitable

Kaisa Eiche takes on the art of Sten Eltermaa who deals with liminality and the binary opposition of transparency and reflection.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / ABSTRACTION

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Not final. Paradoxes and other unexpected things

Kaire Nurk talks to Vano Allsalu about abstraction in painting on both a personal and global level.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / PROTEST

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From disruption to innovation: “protestivals” and design activism

Margus Tamm looks at how community protests trigger innovation in living environment design.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / SOCIALITY

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Beuys synopsis II. Lectures 2003–2017

Kaire Nurk continues the discussion about Joseph Beuys, whose influence is also apparent at the 15th “documenta” in Kassel this year

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / SACREDNESS

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The belief that there is a spiritual life

Urmas Lüüs asks questions, and Julia Maria Künnap, Kai Koppel and Kadri Mälk answer them.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / TRADE

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If you’re not here, then…

Kadri Mälk reports from the annual craft fair “Schmuck” (Jewellery) in Munich.

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VARIA

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