Siim-Tanel Annus’ painting Ukrainian Spring 2024 chosen as the audience favourite of Spring Exhibition 2024

In the selection of the audience favourite for the Spring Exhibition, 834 votes were cast this time. Art supporters Riivo Anton, Aivar Berzin, Jaan Manitski, Tiit Pruuli and Rain Tamm sponsored a prize of 6,000 euros for the winner of the audience vote, which was awarded at the prize ceremony.

Siim-Tanel Annus is widely known as one of the most prominent performance artists in Estonia, who also works in print art, painting and photography. He studied art at Tõnis Vint’s private studio and art history at the University of Tartu. Along with Jaan Toomik and Raoul Kurvitz, Annus was one of the first Estonian representatives at the Venice Biennale in 1997. The winning artwork, Ukrainian Spring 2024, depicts the artist’s state of mind in the current world.

The Spring Exhibition can be viewed for three final days at the Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion.