18.05.–09.09.2012
4th floor, B-wing
The exhibition summarises some tendencies in the work of Tõnis Vint (b. 1942), a key figure in Soviet Estonian art. It is characterised by aesthetic universalism and aspirations to create a harmonious visual environment.
08.06.–30.09.2012
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
Installation project at Kumu and the Noblessner Foundry. Besides the Finnish light artist Jaakko Niemelä (b. 1959), the exhibition involves young artists from Estonia, Latvia and Finland who work with light, sound and video.
31.08.2012 until 2013
3rd floor, B-wing
The exhibition examines the work of the avant-garde Group of Estonian Artists, who were active in the 1920s. This is viewed in the wider context of modernism, which also manifested itself in furniture and theatre design, and elsewhere.
14.09.2012 until 2013
The Great Hall
The exhibition studies the habits of dressing in Soviet Estonia in the 1950s and 1960s and the dialogue with Western fashion. Fashion was, without doubt, the most successful border-crosser in the Cold War.
28.09.2012 until 2013
4th floor, B-wing
The group of artists called IRWIN emerged in 1983 from the Ljubljana punk and graffiti culture. Besides the band Laibach, it favours the tendency which focuses on the fine arts of the group Neue Slowenische Kunst.
19.10.2012 until 2013
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
The exhibition approaches Estonian art from the point of view of places, mapping art in Tartu, Pärnu and Tallinn via their history and self-determination. The art scene as a system of joint landmarks unites artists according to their attitudes and beliefs.
24.10.2012 until 2013
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
After the rough style of the 1960s had exhausted itself, pure colours and geometrical forms appeared in Estonian graphic art. Powerful colours conveyed faith in progress and optimism, and graphic art was enhanced by pop art and abstract expressionism.
