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Art historian Hanno Soans, who has written on all the Köler Prize exhibitions and compiled the 2013 Köler Prize catalogue, discussed at length the pros and cons of the prize with art critic Indrek Grigor.

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Andreas Trossek introduces the facsimile section of this issue of KUNST.EE.

The living legend of the Estonian avant-garde Leonhard Lapin writes about Kazimir Malevich’s iconic “Black Square”, a work that has also played a significant role in Lapin’s own work.

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Liis Pählapuu interviews Iris Müller-Westermann, the curator of Hilma af Klint’s (1862–1944) retrospective “Hilma af Klint. A Pioneer of Abstraction”.

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Margus Kiis’ guided tour at the exhibition “Art Revolution 1966”.

Andreas Trossek “discovers America”, and pauses to ask whether Raymond Pettibon, an internationally recognised contemporary artist whose work appeared at the 15th Tallinn Print Triennial in 2011, really is half-Estonian. (First published in KUNST.EE 2011, no 1–2.)

THEORY AND PRACTICE / (GLOBAL) POLITICS

Elnara Taidre interviews Tanja Muravskaja about her exhibition “Three Sisters”, which looks at the Ukraine-Russia conflict at a personal level.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / TEXT ART

Indrek Grigor takes us on a thorough guided tour of the exhibition “City of Dreams. Text Art in Tartu 2002–2015”.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE / NEW MATERIALISM

Kaire Nurk reads the experimental art project-magazine New Material (published in 2014, 111 copies).

Estonian painters
Special pages dedicated to the recent developments in Estonian painting. Texts: Anu Allas, Kati Ilves, Kadri Karro, Magdalena Kröner, Maija Rudovska, Elnara Taidre, Andreas Trossek, Teet Veispak, Veiko Õunpuu.

“NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale”
Translated pages in Estonian dedicated to Jaanus Samma’s project, which is representing Estonia at the 56th international art exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (curator: Eugenio Viola).