February 21, 2026 At the Ministry of Arts, Kirke Kangro introduced the EKA Gallery exhibition “The Image is Illustrative. Interventions in the Monumental Paintings of the Old Tallinn Airport Terminal”.
The Ministry of Arts traces the paths of marginal notes and monuments. The exhibition “The Image is Illustrative. Interventions in the Monumental Paintings of the Old Tallinn Airport Terminal” is open at the EKA Gallery. Riin Maide’s solo exhibition “The Architecture of Marginal Notes” can be seen at the Draakon Gallery.
The host is Aleksander Metsamärt.
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The exhibition has started from the practical need to relate to two ideologically charged socialist realist monumental paintings in the old terminal of Tallinn Airport. One of them is Viktor Karrus’ “View of Moscow” and the other is Richard Sagrits’ “View of Tallinn” (both 1955). In 2025, a competition was held in cooperation with Tallinn Airport to create interventional artworks, but the winning work was not realized due to the decision of the client. The paintings have been loaned to the Estonian Academy of Arts for the exhibition to introduce the artists’ interventions in dialogue with the original works. Additional layers are opened by archive materials related to the airport. After the exhibition, the works will be transferred to the Art Museum of Estonia. Curator Kirke Kangro will speak.
The author of the program is Aleksander Metsamärt. Sound operator Monika Tamm. Editor Miina Pärn.
Airs on Saturday, February 21 at 10:05. The show is repeated on Mondays at 2:05 PM.