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FOCUS / VOX POPULI
To Popularize Art
Aliina Astrova inquires into the widely used notion of the "popularization" of art.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / ART PRIZE / KÖLER PRIZE
Warning! This text mentions money!
Art prizes in Estonia: a small commented compendium
Andreas Trossek offers a brief overview of the mechanism of issuing art prizes in Estonia.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / ART PRIZE / PURVÎTIS PRIZE
Purvîtis Prize as Brand, Event and Betting Shop
Šelda Puķîte writes about "Purvîtis Prize 2013" – an exhibition of the nominees.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / ART PRIZE / DIAGNOSIS
Viktor Misiano: "The fact that the art prizes play such a big role in peripheral countries is a sign of an undeveloped infrastructure."
KUNST.EE is happy to publish a translated transcript of the provocative speech that the famous Moscow curator and art theoretician Viktor Misiano gave on 15 February at the Riga Bourse Conference Room. Speaking before the award ceremony for this years' Purvîtis Prize, he commented quite harshly on the mechanism of monetary prizes in the art world. The transcript was made available online in English by Arterritory.com on 15 April. It is published here below with the website's editors' kind permission.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / CLASSICS OF POSTMODERNISM
Raoul Kurvitz: "We did not even call them performances."
Kaire Nurk interviews Raoul Kurvitz about his recent retrospective exhibition.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / YOUNG ART
Curating a Scene
Aliina Astrova reviews and contextualizes a "travelling" curatorial project by Anneli Porri.
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REVIEWS
Kurvitz is Kurvitz is Kurvitz
Maarin Mürk deconstructs the comeback by Raoul Kurvitz.
read articleA Presentation about Escaping/Arriving
Kaia Otstak looks at Alar Tuule's solo exhibition "Aruanne/Report".
CV and WC dilemmas
Johannes Saar analyses the latest work by Marko Mäetamm.
The Lost Decades of Estonian Photography
Merilin Talumaa critiques Peeter Tooming's commemorative exhibition.
read article...and one more spicy exhibition review
An analysis of Mihkel Ilus's solo exhibition "Robusto" by the critic collective, Das Kollektive Unbewusste aus Reval (KUR).
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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Eyelids Closed
Adam Budak contextualizes Dénes Farkas's work.
