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During Easter holidays the opening hours of Tartmus are following:

Thursday 28.03 Museum is open at 11–19
Friday 29.03 Museum is closed
Saturday 30.03 Museum is open at 11–18
Sunday 31.03 Museum is closed

Due to the installation of new exhibitions, Tartu Art Museum and the museum shop will be closed from 26.02.–15.03.2024.

On March 16th, the group exhibition “Initiative from Below. Estonian Caricature in the 1980s”, Ilmar Malin’s retrospective “The Glow of Eternity” and Kris Lemsalu’s solo exhibition “DONATELLA. Spiral of Life“ will open.

We look forward to seeing you again on March 16 at 11:00.

 

We are open on 23.02 from 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. and closed on 24.02.

Happy upcoming Independence Day of Estonia!

 

Header image: Aleksander Vardi. The Landscape of Southern Estonia. 1967. Tartu Art Museum.

 

Dear museum friends!

Tartu Art Museum is closed during the holidays from 23.12.–26.12.2023 and 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024.

On other days, the museum is open as usual.

 

We wish everyone a beautiful holiday season!

 

Target group: from 1st to 4th grade groups
Duration: 60–90 minutes
Fee: 2 € per student
Languages: Estonian or English

The museum lesson introduces art through the notions of “me and us”, enabling the participating students to experience art through themselves and their classmates. This lesson does not delve into art history or artists’ techniques but rather explores the impact art has on us. Art will provide ways to get to know and understand each other better. In the lesson, artworks guide us to actively observe ourselves and interact with each other. Through such an approach, art becomes the tool, influencer, inspiration and a lot more.

The lesson is also created for the teacher who will participate the same way students do. Our wish is to inspire teachers to continue using the methods in the future in their classroom and at other art exhibitions. The methodology is based on the national curriculum and the Bullying-Free School Foundation’s programmes. The lesson is not dependent on any particular exhibition where it is being carried out and can be adjusted to various contexts.

The lesson was created as part of the Creative Connections project by Jane Meresmaa-Roos and Sireli Uusmaa.

More information and registration:
Kristel Sibul
kristel@tartmus.ee
+372 588 1780

Thursday 22.06 Museum is open 11:00–17:00
Friday 23.06 Museum is closed
Saturday 24. 06 Museum is closed
Sunday 25. 06 Museum is closed

 

Header image: Lola Liivat “Midsummer Day” (1957).

We are open on 23.02 from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and closed on 24.02.

Happy upcoming Independence Day of Estonia!

 

 

Header image: Johannes Uiga “Landscape of Otepää”. 1961. Tartu Art Museum.

Tartu Art Museum displays masterpieces of Estonian surrealism in Helsinki

On February 2, the Tartu Art Museum will open the exhibition “Surrealism 100 x Tartmus” at the Estonian Embassy in Helsinki. The exhibition features works with surrealistic themes from the Tartmus collection. It is a preview of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 programme.

When Tartu and Southern Estonia are named European Capital of Culture in 2024, Europe will commemorate the 100th anniversary of surrealist art and literature. Tartu is the unofficial centre of Estonian surrealism, as the greatest surrealist artists were active in the university town.

“Surrealism 100 x Tartmus” will open at the Estonian Embassy in Helsinki, featuring the cream of the crop. Jüri Arrak, Silvia Jõgever, Karin Luts, Ilmar Malin, Jüri Palm, Kersti Rattus, Ülo Sooster, and Lüüdia Vallimäe-Mark are among the artists represented in the exhibition.

According to curator Joanna Hoffman, unreality, dreams, hallucinations, pathological states, and the secrets of the unconscious play an important role in surrealist art. Reality-bending works created in this spirit have an unexpected and intriguing effect, provide the pleasure of deconstruction, and broaden the fantasy horizon.

“A programmatic school of surrealists did not emerge in Estonia, where western artistic movements arrived late. Many artists, including Eduard Wiiralt, Karin Luts, and Ülo Sooster, experimented with surrealist themes but did not devote themselves entirely to it,” adds Hoffmann to the background of local art history. “Ilmar Malin can be considered as Estonia’s most consistent surrealist artist. He was also one of the founders of the surrealist group Para ’89, which was founded in Tartu in the late 1980s,” the curator adds.

The Tartu Art Museum will host four surrealist exhibitions in the coming year as part of the “Surrealism 100” exhibition project: an international exhibition at the Estonian National Museum in collaboration with the National Gallery in Prague, 1980s caricature and animation art in Estonia, a solo exhibition of contemporary artist Kris Lemsalu, and an Ilmar Malin retrospective at the Tartu Art Museum.

 

The exhibition is open from 2 February to 30 May 2023

To arrange a visit to the exhibition, please contact embassy.helsinki@mfa.ee

 

Curators: Joanna Hoffmann, Kristlyn Liier
Artworks provided by: Tartu Art Museum
Artists: Jüri Arrak, Silvia Jõgever, Karin Luts, Ilmar Malin, Jüri Palm, Kersti Rattus, Ülo Sooster, Lüüdia Vallimäe-Mark

Surrealism 100 thanks: European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Kati Torp, Anu Kippasto, Katrin Nõu, Liisa Ojaveer, Karin Pastak, Peeter Talvistu

Dear museum friends!

Tartu Art Museum is open at the following times:

23.12 11:00–15:00
24.12–26.12 CLOSED
31.12 CLOSED
01.01 CLOSED

Citizens of Ukraine along with army recruits and people working for military organisations can visit Tartmus free of charge indefinitely (i.e. until the end of the war in Ukraine) upon presenting their ID or a valid certificate (of employment).

 

 

Wednesday 22.06 Museum is open 11:00–15:00
Thursday 23.06 Museum is closed
Friday 24. 06 Museum is closed

Tartu Art Museum is closed on 1st of May!

During Easter holidays the opening hours of Tartmus are following:

Thursday 14.04 Museum is open at 11–20
Friday 15.04 Museum is closed
Saturday 16.04 Museum is open at 11–18
Sunday 17.04 Museum is closed

We would like to inform that until the end of 2022, persons working in the military service and military organizations are eligible to enter the Tartu Art Museum free of charge upon presenting of an (emplyment) certificate and citizens of Ukraine upon presentation of an identity document.

Dear museum friends!

Tartu Art Museum is open at the following times:

23.12 11:00–17:00
24.12–26.12 CLOSED
31.12 11:00–15:00
01.01 CLOSED

Tartu Art Museum is closed to visitor between 3 March and 2 May.

All planned events, guided tours and educational programmes for the period between 3 March and 2 May are cancelled.

According to the limitations imposed by the Government of the Republic of Estonia to restrict the spread of COVID-19, we must cancel all events, guided tours and educational programmes until 2 May.

The people who booked the guided tours and educational programmes will be contacted.

New times for the events will be announced on the museum’s homepage and on Facebook.

We can be reached over phone or via e-mail. Our contact details are available on our homepage.

 

Take care of yourself and the others around you!

A book on early women photographers from Estonia and Latvia. Silver Girls. Retouched History of Photography.

Tartu Art Museum (EE) and Blind Carbon Copy (LV) in collaboration with the graphic designer Alexey Murashko published a book introducing early woman photographers from Estonia and Latvia.

The photo book Silver Girls. Retouched History of Photography was born out of an exhibition of the same name at the Tartu Art Museum. The richly illustrated book tells the stories of ten early woman photographers who worked in the geographical region of Estonia and Latvia in the interwar period. The book brings to the readers a vast and multifaceted selection of the history of photography from numerous museums and private collectors. Documentation of the exhibition at the Tartu Art Museum is also included together with reproductions of the works by three contemporary artists who contemplate on the lost and the forgotten in our common past. The curators Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor have written an essay as well as short portraits of all the thirteen artists included in the book.

Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor comment: “As the research into women in history expands world wide, the Baltic States are catching up and putting together pieces that have been preserved in order to clarify women’s stories and their legacies. Some of the stories turn out to be very significant in the context of art history, and some serve as small but important expansions of an already existing view of our common past.” As is usual with other fields and professions, it’s hard to find the names of women in books on the history of photography. We hope that this publication will become an important precedent in – quoting the books designer Alexey Murshko – “Finding the lost faces of those women.”

The Book was Published by the Tartu Art Museum (EE) and Blind Carbon Copy (LV) whilst looking for common ground between memory institutions and contemporary art. The books design and layout was made by the renowned designer Alexey Murashko. Printed and bound by Jelgavas Tipogrāfija, cover is printed by Veiters (Riga).

The publication of the book would not have been possible without the work and generous help of numerous institution of whom we would like to especially thank: Estonian Museum of Photography and Tanel Verk, Viljandi Museum and Herki Helves, Museum of Hiiumaa and Helgi Põllu, Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation including Lauma Lanceniece, Latvian Museum of Photography including Maira Dudareva and Sandis Zaķis, Aizkraukle Museum of History and Art including Ilzīte Ozoliņa, Riga Photography Biennial and Inga Brūvere. Katrīna Teivane-Korpa, Pēteris Korsaks and Kristjan Riet.

The publication of the book was financially supported by Estonian Cultural Foundation, Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and Arctic Paper.

 

The book Silver Girls. Retouched History of Photography is printed in three languages English, Estonian and Latvian.

More info about the project and the possibility to purchase the book online at silvergirls.eu

 

Evita Goze interviews Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor about the “Silver Girls”
Agnė Narušytė talks with Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor about the “Silver Girls”

Dear museum friends!

We are glad to announce that our museum will open its doors for visiting on the 13th of May!

In accordance with the Estonian Government decision, museum will be reopened with limited conditions to the visitors.

We ask that visitors follow these rules:

• Visitors with symptoms of illness are prohibited to enter.
• Disinfect you hands before and after visiting the museum.
• Follow the 2 + 2 rule. Stay in 2 meter distance of other visitors and museum staff (excluding your family members and with the friends/people you came with.)
• If possible we recommend using a medical face mask.
• In museum shop, please refrain from touching itmes that you are not planning to purchase.
• If possible please pay with card and approach the cashier only for the payment.

Museum will provide hand disinfectants for visitors and clean the surfaces and air the rooms regularly.

Keep yourself and others safe!

Dear museum friends!

Due to the prolongation of the emergency situation, the museum continues being closed to visitors.

According to the decision of the government crisis committee, the museum will be closed at least until May 17.

New dates and times of the events will be announced on our webpage and on Facebook.

Museum staff can be contacted via phone or e-mail.

Our contacts are on our webpage.

Take care of yourself and others!

Museum is closed for visiting from 13th of March until the 1st of May.
All planned events, tours and educational programmes are cancelled from 13th of March until 1th of May.

Since World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic and with the state of emergency in Estonia – Tartu Art Museum will cancel all planned events, tours and educational programmes to prevent the risk of infection until the 1st of May.

Everyone who has booked tours and educational programmes will be contacted.

New dates and times of the events will be announced on our webpage and Facebook.

Museum staff can be contacted via phone or e-mail. Our contacts are on our webpage.

 

Keep yourself and others safe!

Dear museum visitors!

Wednesday, the 5th of February we close at 4.00 p.m.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

We are closed on 23.–26. December.

We are open on 27.–29. December.

We are closed on 30. December – 1. January.

Saturday, 16th of November

The museum is open from 11 am to 2 pm.

Museum will open the doors again at 6 pm for a birthday party! Estonian rapper Reket will perform, DJ plays music, NAIIV bar is making drinks and all three exhibitions are open!

Tickets from pre-sale are only 5 €! More information from here!

Saturday, 16th of November

The museum is open from 11 am to 2 pm.

Museum will open the doors again at 6 pm for a birthday party! Estonian rapper Reket will perform, DJ plays music, NAIIV bar is making drinks and all three exhibitions are open!

Tickets from pre-sale are only 5 €! More information from here!

Sunday, 17th of November

Tartmus actual birthday! On this day the museum visit is free for everyone! Take a look at what exhibitions are currently open!

Tartmus is installing new exhibitions and because of that, the whole museum and museum store are closed until the 8th of November.

Tartmus is opening three exhibitions:

Reporting to the Public. Tartmus Recent Acquisitions” (Curators: Julia Polujanenkova & Heiti Kulmar)

Mysticism and Eros” (Curators: Amar Annus Ph.D., & Kadri Mägi)

Mirjam Hinn personal exhibition “High Voltage“ (Curator: Indrek Grigor)

 

We are opening the museum and the museum store on the 8th of November at 6 pm.

 

Exhibition „Pallas 100. Art School and Its Legend“catalog is nominated to Estonian Design Awards in the books category

In 1919  was established the first institution of higher art education in Estonia –  Pallas Art School. Its first director was Konrad Mägi and the school had many prominent alumni such as Eduard Wiiralt, Karl Pärsimägi, and Karin Luts. „Pallas 100. Art School and Its Legend” was published together with an exhibition of the same name in Tartu Art Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary school. The publication contains interesting articles by the curators of the exhibition, Joanna Hoffmann and Hanna-Liis Kondi, art historians Tiina Abel, Eha Komissarov, and Tiiu Talvisto and historian Ago Pajur. The book also contains a lot of pictures and photographs of Pallasians and their works. The book is designed by Valter Jakovski.

Exhibition „Pallas 100. Art School and Its Legend“ poster is nominated to Estonian Design Awards in print category

 

Tartu Art Museum is thankful for the exhibition graphic designer Valter Jakovski and Ruum 414 team for those beautiful design!

Take a look at all the categories and the nominees from here!

Pallas exhibition catalog second print just arrived to Tartmus museum store!

Compiler/Editor: Joanna Hoffmann, Hanna-Liis Kont
Authors: Tiina Abel, Joanna Hoffmann, Hanna-Liis Kont, Eha Komissarov, Ago Pajur, Tiiu Talvistu
Graphic Design: Valter Jakovski
Language: Estonian, English

Price: 20 eur

 

 

Estonia celebrates Victory Day! Opening hours during the holidays are:

Sat 22.06. Museum open 11-15

Sun 23.06. Museum closed

On Saturday (June 8) we are closing one hour earlier – at 5 pm!

Sunday (June 9) is the first Sunday of Pentecost. Because of this, the Tartu Art Museum is closed on that day.

Tartu Art Museum supports universities warning strike! We are opening our doors on Wednesday (05.06) later than usual – at 1 pm!

Warning strike for the support of salary increases and fulfilment of the agreement to increase research funding!

Demand: Considerable salary increases at the universities by the latest of 2020. This entails the Government to respect the agreement to increase research funding that they signed in December 2018.

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On 25 May, the Tartu Art Museum opens the exhibition “Pallas 100. The Art School and Its Legend”, introducing the oeuvre of the students and teachers of the school. The exhibition takes place on all three floors of the museum and offers both well-known masterworks of Estonian art and a lot that is novel and interesting.

“We have selected works from the true stars of Estonian art history, including Konrad Mägi, Eduard Wiiralt and Karin Luts. At the same time, works from less known authors, works that have been forgotten and jewels not seen for a while are included,” the exhibition curator Hanna-Liis Kont explains. “We will tell the story of the Pallas Art School from different viewpoints. A separate focus is on female artists, socio-critical themes in Pallas art, the methods of teaching and the social life of the students.”

The Tartu Art Museum is only a stone’s throw away from Lossi street, where on 1 October 1919 the school that would soon become the first institution to offer higher art education in Estonia opened. Pallas marked the establishment of European artistic innovations in Estonian art that over the 25 years of its operation permanently changed the local culture. The works of the teachers and students of the school form one of the cornerstones of the Estonian artistic heritage.

The subtitle of the exhibition, “The Art School and Its Legend”, indicates our desire to also look at how the image of the art school has developed and what the word “Pallas” symbolises today for different people in Estonian art and culture. The exhibition includes impressions from 16 representatives of Estonian art life in various roles about the image of Pallas. Among the interviewees are the artist Kaido Ole, the art collector Enn Kunila, the gallerist Tiia Karelson and many others.

The exhibition “Pallas 100. The Art School and Its Legend” is accompanied by a richly illustrated publication of the same title. The texts are written by the exhibition curators Joanna Hoffmann and Hanna-Liis Kont, the art historians Tiina Abel, Eha Komissarov and Tiiu Talvistu and the historian Ago Pajur.

The exhibition “Pallas 100. The Art School and Its Legend” will remain open until 27 October 2019.

  • Curators: Joanna Hoffmann and Hanna-Liis Kont
  • Graphic design: Valter Jakovski
  • Exhibition design: Kaisa Sööt
  • Co-ordinator: Kristlyn Liier
  • Consultants: Eha Komissarov, Anna Škodenko and Tiiu Talvistu
  • Works are from the Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum, Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, Virumaa Museums, Tallinn City Museum, Narva Museum, Tartu City Museum and private collections.

Tartu Art Museum is closed on 1st of May!

During Easter holidays the opening hours of Tartmus are following:

Thursday. 18.04 Museum is open at 11-19

Friday, 19.04 Museum is closed

Saturday 20.04 Museum is open at 11-17

Sunday 21.04 Museum is closed

Tartu Art Museum invites applications for the “Young Tartu“ exhibition project contest!

Tartu Art Museum is glad to announce an open call for applications for the “Young Tartu“ 2019 exhibition project for emerging artists.  The exhibition series that started in 2017 aims to popularize and support the work of emerging artists that have a connection with Tartu.

The exhibition will take place on the third floor “project room“ (29 m2) from 14th of November, 2019 to the 12th of January, 2020. This year we will be offering this opportunity for an artist who will be selected by an open call competition. The application submission period is from the 26th of February 2019 to 31st of March, 2019. A committee of Tartu Art Museum employees and representatives of the sponsor will choose the project from the submitted applications by the 14th of April, 2019.

Young artists that have a connection with Tartu have by our definition either studied (art) here have called it home for some period of their life or are acting as a professional artist in Tartu and are up to 35 years old. In choosing the applicant we will also try to offer opportunities to emerging artists that have produced a small number of exhibitions. There are no limits to the choice of media.

If you recognize yourself in the description above and think that Your work is topical, original or striking in some other way and wish to apply to the „Young Tartu“ competition, then please send your project, motivation letter (up to 1 A4), portfolio and CV to heiti@tartmus.ee

The artist chosen for the project will have a chance to work with the curatorial team of the Tartu Art Museum to realize the submitted project.  The project budget comes with an artist’s fee and funds for producing the exhibition and accompanying booklet (containing an interview with the artist, the artist’s short biography and the introduction of the works.) The artist fee is sponsored by Barlova and Vilde & Vine!
Click here for additional information.

Heiti Kulmar

Tartu Art Museum sculpture collection registrar

Heiti@tartmus.ee

+372 58581678

We congratulate Estonia for its 101st birthday! On the 23rd we are open 11-15 and on the 24th we are closed.

On January 30th from 3 p.m. the museum will be closed to visitors. Sorry for the inconvenience! Opening and closing will be back to normal the next day.

The museum is closed on the 23rd-26th of December and 30th December due to Christmas Holidays. The museum will be open from Wednesday to Sunday on other dates, as per usual.

From the 1st of October, the museum will be open until 8pm on Thursdays. The closing time remains the same on other days.

New opening hours: Wed, Fri-Sun 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm.

The museum is closed from 19th to 23rd of August due to the changing of exhibitions. Two new exhibitions, “Cold Look. Variations of Hyperrealism in Estonian Art” and “Links to the World: John Baldessari” will open on the 23rd of August at 6pm.