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Sanna Kannisto is one of nine artists featured in the group exhibition Das Nahe und die Ferne. Photography and space at the Künstlerhaus Dortmund. It presents photographic works that express a particular feeling for space and thereby...

Helsinki Contemporary has been accepted to the Volta 9 Art Fair at Basel, Switzerland this summer. The fair is taking place on the 10th – 15th of June. Last year Helsinki Contemporary had a successful showroom with Ville...

From left to right: Eeva-Riitta Eerola, Kalle Leino and Jaana Laakkonen.The group exhibition Passion Play features three up-and-coming young Finnish artists. Eeva-Riitta Eerola,...

Minni Kanko, HSO, who has been in charge of Helsinki Contemporary's administration and finance has been appointed Managing Director as from 22.3.2013. In addition to her previous duties she will also be responsible for business strategy formulation...

Finnish Art Academy grants a new art prize of 25 000 euros every second year. The first nominees are sculptor Petri Eskelinen, artist Tuomas A. Laitinen and photographer Anni Leppälä. The prize is to be granted to an internationally...

Rauha Mäkilä's and Jarmo Mäkilä's joint exhibition Sweet n' Rotten opened yesterday at Kerava Art Museum. Popular culture and the world of music are a visual and thematic link between the works in the exhibition.The...

Videoworks all chosen and compiled by Hannaleena Heiska will be screened at the event Carte Blanche in Andorra Cinema. Artists Mi Duncker, El Frauenfelder, Henna-Riikka Halonen, Jan Ijäs, Benjamin Orlow, Nicholas Provost, Timo Vaittinen,...

Jukka Korkeila, Putoaminen, 2011, oil on canvas,...

Miikka Vaskola presents his exhibition Buenos Aires at Helsinki Contemporary on 21st February at 5 pm. Gallerist Laura Köönikkä is joining the talk. Welcome!

The exhibition Collected Works at Turku Art Museum showcases their collection from the perspective of stories. The selection consists of approximately one hundred works, ranging from older literary favourites to personal narratives in contemporary...

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Norway was one of the first countries to grant...

Helsinki Contemporary showcases two artist at MARKET 2013 art fair in Stockholm 15-17.2.2013: Finnish Heli Rekula and Swedish Marcus Eek. The gallery can be found at booth 26. MARKET 2013 is the leading art fair in the Nordic countries. It gathers...

Curator, MA Laura Köönikkä will start as the gallery director of Helsinki Contemporary. Located at Bulevardi 10 Helsinki Contemporary (former Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary) renewed it's name and profile last...

Marcus Eek's exhibition Painting is red opens todays at Galleri Thomassen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Finnish artist Olli Piippo has a simultaneous solo show called Huhu at the gallery's X-rummet. During fall 2012 Eek's and Piippo's...

Pilvi Takala has been nominated as one of the five Ars Fennica 2013 candidates. As this year's Ars Fennica Expert, Akiko Miki (Senior Curator, Palais de Tokyo, Paris) will select the prize winner later in the spring. Helsinki Contemporary...

Bonniers Konsthall presents a solo show by Pilvi Takala in Stockholm. The exhibition Slight Change includes works in which Takala explores social behaviors with humor and comic arbitrariness. By knowingly misinterpreting...