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Joint seminar of MA students at Olustvere manor

On 29-30 January, Olustvere Manor hosted another joint seminar of MA students of visual and material heritage, which has previously been held in Purdi or Kõue-Triigi Manor. The seminar was attended by students of Art History & Visual Culture ...

29 January 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Exhibition infrastructure. A study of the material and ideological conditions of exhibition production in the late Soviet period (2025-2026)

This project proposes to study the history of exhibitions in the late Soviet period. From the 1960s onwards, exhibitions have become an increasingly important medium for the mediation of ideologies, while their design has become ...

28 January 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects

New edition of Studies in Art and Architecture

ERITEEMA / SPECIAL SECTION Ene-Reet Soovik, Elle-Mari Talivee. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? On ecology and science fiction here and now: an ...

19 December 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Curating practice trip to the Venice Biennale

At the beginning of October, MA students from the Department of Art History and Visual culture, with specialisation on curating visited the 60th Venice Biennale. The main focus was on the Arsenale and Giardini exhibitions, while the rest of the ...

7 November 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Expedition: Estonians and Indigeneity

This project will examine Estonia’s relationships with Indigenous peoples and the influence of these relationships on Estonian self-identity, focusing on visual culture, artworks and museum collections. The transdisciplinary project is ...

30 October 2024

Faculty of Art and Culture Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects

Curating study trip to Lithuania

In the end of August, students from the Institute of Art History and Visual culture with specialisation on Curatorial Studies visited the diverse art scene in Vilnius. In addition to a meeting with the host, Kestutis Kuizinas, Director of the ...

4 September 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Symposium on Soviet studies at Nõva, 8.08.2024

On 8th of August, a gathering of researchers of the Soviet era took place at the Nõva parish house and the Nõva Rannaküla Võrgukuur, where various topics related to the period under study were discussed. Researchers from the Estonian Academy ...

2 September 2024

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

KVI Study trip to Võru and Põlva counties

The traditional spring-summer study trip in Estonian art took us to Võru and Põlva Counties. During three days, 7.-9. June, we visited manor houses and churches as well as kolkhoz and cultural centres with outstanding architecture. Of ...

15 June 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

General art history study trip to Romania

A joint History of Foreign Art study trip for art and heritage students visited Romania in April 2024. The aim of the trip was to learn about the region’s rich architectural and cultural heritage and the complexities of its history, and to learn ...

10 May 2024

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Lecture: Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case

On 25 March at 16.00, Associate Professor Richard Wittman (University of California, Santa Barbara) will give a public lecture “Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case” in room A403. Normative ...

25 March 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture