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Development of the Discipline of Technical Art History for the Analysis of Cultural Heritage in Estonia

Technical art history is an interdisciplinary field of heritage studies combining methods from arts and sciences and uses contemporary information and communication technology (ICT) for acquiring, processing, archiving, contextualising and ...

12 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects

Studies of the Estonian 20th-Century Built Environment

This project contains two main focuses: the study of the 20th-century construction history, construction materials and their preservation on the one hand, and the analysis of the heritage aspects in the planning policies ...

12 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects

Christian Ackermann – the Arrogant and Talented Pheidias of Tallinn

Christian Ackermann was the most talented and scandalous wood carver of the baroque-era Estonia. By implementing the cutting edge investigation technologies of technical art history the project aims to identify the nature of ...

12 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects

Mapping and Analysing Valuable 20th-Century Architecture (1870–1991) in Estonia

The 20th-century architectural heritage in Estonia is extremely diverse and it needs to be protected and recorded according to its typological diversity: starting from urban planning and landscaping to summer houses and micro ...

4 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects

Inventory of 20th-Century Architecture

The vulnerability of the 20th-century architecture has been an undisguised problem since Estonia restored its independence. In 2007 the Ministry of Culture and the National Heritage Board initiated a programme “Mapping and analysing valuable ...

4 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects

Siiri Jüris & Triin Marts “Corpora” at EKA Gallery 19.04.–5.05.2018

Siiri Jüris and Triin Marts are showing their new exhibition, “Corpora” in EKA Galerii from 19 April to 5 May, 2018. “Corpora” focuses on material and its multiplicity, the insubordination of the living and ...

23 April 2018

Gallery

THE 2018 APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS COMPETITION, DEADLINE 6 SEPTEMBER

Each year, the Estonian Academy of Arts Department of Research and Development, in conjunction with the Tallinn City Enterprise Department, holds an Applied Research and Development Projects Competition aimed at motivating the Academy’s members ...

16 April 2018

Research and Development Office

Glass art exhibition “I Spy With my Little Eye 2” in EKA Gallery

Glass art exhibition, „I Spy With My Little Eye 2” by Estonian Academy of Arts’ Master’s students and the Austrian collective SUPRA// STRUKTUR is now open at EKA Gallery. The exhibition “I Spy With My Little Eye 2” welcomes you on a journey ...

28 February 2018

Gallery Glass Art

Silvia Sosaar “Shiny Shoes Salon” at EKA Gallery 8.–17.02.2018

On 8 February, artist Silvia Sosaar's shoe-polishing service "SHINY SHOES SALON" opens in Tallinn, at EKA Gallery. Shoe ...

5 February 2018

Gallery Photography Uncategorized

Winners of the art competition for the new Estonian Academy of Arts building announced

The public artwork competition for the Estonian Academy of Arts new academic building received a total of 19 entries by the deadline of 8 January with all the entries qualifying. On 12 January, a selection committee convened, which included Mart ...

16 January 2018

New Building