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 ...
The impact of reintegration with the West on post-Soviet Estonian visual culture (2025-2026)
The follow-up grant’s research project builds upon the themes of the PRG team grant „Patterns of Development in ...
Built environments of care from the late Socialist to post-Socialist Estonia (PSG 2025–2029)
The project rethinks the developments in the Estonian built environment of the last forty years from the perspective of care. Based on the intersectional feminist viewpoint, the project asks how has architecture contributed to taking care of ...
Urbanites in the country. Spatio-cultural analysis of a summer house (KUM-TA64, 2025-2026)
The increase in leisure time has been one of the most critical factors shaping living environments and lifestyles in contemporary era. The movement between urban and rural areas reflects the need for city dwellers to maintain connections with ...
Network project: Connecting Histories: Understanding the Baltic Sea Region through Art and Material Culture
The aim of the project is to bring together humanities scholars, museum and heritage restoration experts from the Baltic Sea region to share recent research and make transnational connections in understanding art and heritage. The project ...
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 ...
How to Reframe Monuments (Estonian Ministry of Culture grant, 2024–2026)
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered debates about the Russian and Soviet heritage both globally and in Estonia. This has been accompanied by the toppling of monuments, as well as social conflicts and polarisation. The aim of ...
Publishing the ‘History of Estonian Art’ (1999–2025)
Publishing the multi-volume History of Estonian Art was initiated in 1999. It is the longest-running research project of the Institute of Art History and Visual Culture. The Estonian-language volumes are accompanied by lengthy English ...