Foto Tallinn 2026
Artists: Agate Tūna (LV)
18.09.2026. - 20.09.2026.

Held biennially, the international contemporary art fair FOTO TALLINN presents jury-selected artists and galleries showcasing the latest in photographic art. It offers collectors and art audiences rare access to new artworks, new ideas, and the people behind the art. The 12th edition of FOTO TALLINN took place from 18–20 September 2026 at Kai Art Center in Tallinn, bringing together 45 artists and 16 art galleries from 15 countries, alongside a diverse public programme and a private programme for art collectors.

Agate Tūna works across photography, installation, experimental video and sound. Her practice explores the relationship between spirituality and technology from a woman's perspective. Research-driven, she traces connections between her family's spiritualist heritage, hauntology and "techno-ghosts", examining how historical narratives, personal experiences, and technological advancements shape our perception of the unseen. Photography, as a "haunted medium", plays a central role in her work, preserving traces of the past while shaping imagined futures. Through analogue and experimental techniques such as chemigrams, photograms and film soups, she investigates the materiality of the photographic image. From self-portraits to staged compositions, her process is deeply hands-on, involving set construction, object-making, and direct engagement with physical materials.

Agate Tūna (1996) is a multidisciplinary artist from Riga, Latvia. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Art Academy of Latvia, where she studied in the Department of Painting before following the interdisciplinary POST programme. Additionally, Tūna graduated from the ISSP School of Photography in 2022.

Shown at Foto Tallinn, Tūna’s newest series FAMILIAR / LĪDZBŪTNEexplores the concept of a paranormal non-human companion – a being that is permanently attached to a witch, or another practitioner of magic. The structure of this relationship is based on long-term coexistence: often, the ‘familiar’ is believed to take the form of an animal, such as a cat, a bird, a dog, or a toad. The series strives to create a photographic image in this mode of coexistence: a presence that follows along and changes with the medium.