The Pärnu Museum of New Art Opened Two New Exhibitions
Text Susanna Poikela
Photos Markus Kasemaa, Marija Marcelionyte,
Jose Luis Ledesma
At the Pärnu Museum of New Art, two new exhibitions opened on 12 September: a drawing exhibition titled, “From an Urgent Inner Need”, and a photography exhibition by Argentine photographer José Luis Ledesma called, “Surviving Argentina’s Hell”.
The drawing exhibition brings together artists whose works arise from an inner compulsion, and fleeting moods. The exhibition emphasises spontaneity, psychological impulses, and the drawing process, often as an intimate and revealingly honest expression. It features 15 artists from Estonia, Norway, and Lithuania.
The photography exhibition by José Luis Ledesma tells the story of his youth as a journalist during Argentina’s “Dirty War” in the 1970s. Despite persecutions and assassination attempts, Ledesma managed to smuggle photographs with him, which are now on display in Pärnu.
The second part of Ledesma’s exhibition takes viewers to Southern Italy, especially Sicily, whose cultural richness, layered history, and contrasts come alive in the photographs.
Both exhibitions are open from 13 September 13 to 26 October, 2025.
