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FOCUS / ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA 100
Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia – colours of the past on the canvas of the future
Erle Loonurm talks about the formation of the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on 17 November 2019.
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FOCUS / 100
Pallas 100. How to consecrate a legend?
Tõnis Tatar delves into the meaning and importance of the Pallas School in the Estonian cultural space.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / PRIVATE ART MUSEUM
A grand art haven in Viinistu
Reet Mark introduces the history of Viinistu Art Museum, the largest private art museum in Estonia.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / FORGOTTEN WOMAN ARTIST
Rosalie Alver – an unknown artist deserving attention
Jüri Hain discusses a woman artist, who has been written into history in Finland, but is yet to be discovered in her homeland.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / THE ESSAYIST TREND
Lightning between the scissors of communion and ownership
Hanno Soans analyses the opening exhibition of Tallinn Photomonth “When You Say We Belong To The Light We Belong To The Thunder”.
Fragments from a diffused reality. A broken screen and evaporated silver
Margit Säde analyses the curatorial exhibition “Mercury”, which was part of the Tallinn Photomonth programme.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / A REAL ESTONIAN KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE
A real Estonian builds their own house
Indrek Grigor on Bita Razavi’s solo exhibition “Museum of Baltic Remont”.
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Speak to us, documents from the former restricted collections!
Maarin Mürk analyses Aap Tepper’s solo exhibition “Displaced Time: 10 Photographs from Restricted Collections”.
Maarja Nurk and life expelled
Andri Ksenofontov visited Maarja Nurk’s solo exhibition “Death by Structure”.
Fiction as a guarantee of reality
Hardi Volmer’s confessions (after being caught) at Toomas Kuusing’s solo exhibition “Ordinary Worlds”.
How to feel that you are truly alive?
Kadi Hunt visited “Academy Sport Club”.
Painting in a time of global warming*
Merike Estna’s paintings at Moderna Museet Malmö are inviting, strange, and genuinely convinced of their own vanity, writes Matthew Rana.
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Three Cheers for Our Joker!
Tamara Luuk wrote an essay on Kris Lemsalu.*