Kai Art Center opened in a former submarine factory in Tallinn's Noblessneri sadam (Port Noblessner) on Friday. The new center will be the first permanent home for Estonian contemporary art.
Category: Arts
Estonian World: Meet the Estonian expat and foreign choirs performing at the Song Celebration
The Estonian Song and Dance Celebration, celebrating its 150th jubilee this year, welcomes not only Estonian choirs – dozens of dance groups and choirs from all around the globe are also participating. Estonian World contacted several of them to find out why the celebration is special.
Estonian World: The Estonian National Museum, making people proud
The state-of-the-art Estonian National Museum, built on a former runway, was designed to represent the country’s emerging history.
Estonian World: Photographer Birgit Püve – capturing identity and memory
Birgit Püve is an Estonian photographer whose work has been shown around the world. A former journalist and editor, Püve’s work focuses on memory and identity. In 2014 she received the third prize at The Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2014 at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
UpNorth: Allangorpoq – Documenting Greenland’s Transformation
Photographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father.
Baltic Times: Estonia – A nation shaped by the sea
TALLINN - Estonia’s maritime connections, traditions, and history will be explored in a series of events throughout 2016 after the Ministry of Culture chose the country’s seaside heritage as its annual theme.
Estonian World: The French photographer exploring Estonia’s fringe communities
The Paris-based photographer, Jérémie Jung, has been exploring the traditions of the Estonian regions of Setomaa and Kihnu island to try and better understand the people and their communities.
ERR News: Holy Gingerbread
Buddha, a sacred cow and a pair of huge golden angel wings are just some of the exhibits included in this year's Gingerbread Mania exhibition which opens in Tallinn today.
Baltic Times: Gingerbread Mania 2015
TALLINN - When Mari-Liis Laanemaa was growing up in Estonia, every Christmas her artist family would make intricately designed gingerbreads. And until she went to university, she thought this was what every family did. When she realized it wasn’t, she wanted to do something to keep the tradition alive.
Estonian World: Week of Seto culture takes place in Paris
A week of events about the traditions of the Estonian Seto community will take place in Paris this week – the first event of its kind to ever happen in France.
Helen Wright 