Finnish Museum of Photography
Helsinki
The Finnish Museum of Photography is Finland’s national specialized museum for photography. Through exhibitions, collection management, education, research, and a wide range of public and community programmes, the museum strives to promote and foster photographic art and culture in Finland. Founded on the initiative of Finnish photography organizations, the museum opened its doors in 1969 and is the oldest photography museum in Europe.
The museum is maintained by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Photography.
The museum’s main support comes from the Finnish Ministry of Education and from the City of Helsinki, which provides premises in the Cable Factory in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The Director of the museum is Elina Heikka, and it has a permanent staff of thirteen.
Hannele Rantala (bio), Jalo Porkkala (banner), Martin Parr, Vivian Maier, Jouko Lehtola, Pasi Räsämäki, Jukka Lehtinen, Hannes Heikura, Erkki Raskinen, Pentti Sammallahti, Markus Jokeala, Uwa Iduozee, Lyy Raitala, Tapio Vanhatalo
Finnish Museum of Photography
Helsinki
The Finnish Museum of Photography is Finland’s national specialized museum for photography. Through exhibitions, collection management, education, research, and a wide range of public and community programmes, the museum strives to promote and foster photographic art and culture in Finland. Founded on the initiative of Finnish photography organizations, the museum opened its doors in 1969 and is the oldest photography museum in Europe.
The museum is maintained by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Photography.
The museum’s main support comes from the Finnish Ministry of Education and from the City of Helsinki, which provides premises in the Cable Factory in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The Director of the museum is Elina Heikka, and it has a permanent staff of thirteen.
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Hannele Rantala (bio), Jalo Porkkala (banner), Martin Parr, Vivian Maier, Jouko Lehtola, Pasi Räsämäki, Jukka Lehtinen, Hannes Heikura, Erkki Raskinen, Pentti Sammallahti, Markus Jokeala, Uwa Iduozee, Lyy Raitala, Tapio Vanhatalo
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COLLECTIONSAvailable Works for SaleWelcome to the new Online Boutique of Artpil with unique contemporary art works, limited edition photography, and monograph artist and photo books available for purchase. Here are some featured collections: (more…)
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Tolia Astakhishvili: The First FingerMar 25 – Jul 30, 2023Tolia Astakhishvili’s The First Finger profoundly transforms the space of Bonner Kunstverein. Realized across architectural interventions, installation, paintings, drawings and moving images, the exhibition comprises a large body of newly conceived work (more…)
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye / No Twilight Too MightyMar 31 – Sep 10, 2023British artist and writer Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b. 1977, London) is celebrated for her paintings of timeless subjects in everyday moments of happiness, comradery, and solitude. Her lush oils on canvas or coarse linen portray fictitious characters rendered in loose brushwork set against dramatic backgrounds. (more…)
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Spirit in the LandFeb 16 – Jul 9, 2023Spirit in the Land is a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined. (more…)
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A Zona / Diogo SimõesPublicationA Zona is Diogo Simões’s first book. Twelve years in the making, it marks the arrival of a major force in Portuguese photography. All the photos were done in Margem Sul, Tagus river south bank, opposite Lisbon. (more…)
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The Others 2023November 2–5, 2023The Others was founded twelve years ago as a revolutionary project, in order to offer to the most innovative artistic expressions the opportunity to participate in a fair with the same facilities of the great international events, but with costs of access among the lowest in the world. (more…)
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Wallace StevensPoetMore than any other modern poet, Wallace Stevens was concerned with the transformative power of the imagination. (more…)
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Impressions of a Lived TimeDec 8, 2022 – Apr 16, 2023The exhibition is part of a comprehensive research on lesser-known painting and graphic works in Ștefan Câlția’s creative process. (more…)
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El Libro Que Tiende a Desaparecer / Simón RamirezPublicationEl Libro Que Tiende a Desaparecer by Simón Ramirez invites viewers to page through delicate thermal prints at the expense of its images disappearing with each encounter. Each time light touches the surface of the paper, the depiction of ocean waves that fill the horizontal spreads fade. (more…)
