Helsinki Contemporary

18/06/2026

Sanna Kanniston teoksia nähdään tänä kesänä Hyvinkäällä Museokeskus Taikan esillä olevassa näyttelyssä Kenen luonto? Suomalaisia eturivin valokuvataiteilijoita yhteen tuova ryhmänäyttely kutsuu katsojaa tarkastelemaan luontoa uudesta näkökulmasta. Näyttely on esillä 6.9. asti.

Lue lisää: https://www.hyvinkaa.fi/museokeskus-taika/etusivun-ajankohtaiset/kenen-luonto---yhteisilla-poluilla/

Teoskuva: Sanna Kannisto: Hirundo rustica 7 (2024), pigmenttivedos paperille, kehys, museolasi, 40 x 32 cm, ed. 7.

17/06/2026

Anton Alvarez takes part in the 47th edition of Tendencies, titled Kneaded. Shaped. Fired. The exhibition is on view June 20–October 11 at Galleri F 15 in Moss, Norway.

47th Tendencies: Kneaded. Shaped. Fired. brings together artists working with the plasticity, weight, and resistance of clay. Across diverse expressions, a quiet yet powerful interplay unfolds between hand and material.

For more than 50 years, Tendencies has been a key platform for Nordic craft, highlighting and exploring material-based practices.

Learn more: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/news/anton-alvarez-in-47th-tendencies-kneaded-shaped-fired

📸: Isak Berglund Mattsson–Mårn

16/06/2026

Midsummer week opening hours:
▪️Thursday June 18: open from noon to 4 pm
▪️Closed from Friday to Sunday June 19–21

Peter Köhler: No Rest Beneath the Rose remains on view at Helsinki Contemporary until Sunday June 28.

Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

15/06/2026

This summer Nässjö konsthall hosts a solo show by Roland Persson, titled The Magical Moment of Silence. The exhibition runs until August 29.

The exhibition features, among other works the sculpture installation The Magical Moment of Silence, seen last year in HAM Helsinki Art Museum and Turku Art Museum in Finland, which has never before been shown in Sweden. The work has also lent its name to the entire exhibition.

Read more: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/news/roland-persson-magical-moment-of-silence-in-nassjo-konsthall


Photo: detail of Roland Persson: The Magical Moment of Silence (2025), cast and silicone. Photo: Jari Laurén / Turku Art Museum.

12/06/2026

Rauha Mäkilä osallistuu ryhmänäyttelyyn Väreissä – Färgglad, joka on esillä tänä kesänä Loviisan Almintalon galleriassa. Näyttely on avoinna 9. elokuuta asti.

Näyttelyn on yhdessä ideoinut yhdeksän tunnetun suomalaisen nykytaiteilijan ryhmä: Eeva-Leena Eklund, Heli Hiltunen, Anna Jaatinen, Marika Mäkelä, Rauha Mäkilä, Jorma Puranen, Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Päivi Takala ja Anna Tuori. Nimi Väreissä viittaa heidän yhteiseen kokemukseensa heidän taiteessaan läsnä olevasta visuaalisesta ilottelusta.

Kuva: Rauha Mäkilä: Mansikkaretki (2024), öljy paperille, kehys, 65 x 50 cm. Valokuva: Jussi Tiainen.

11/06/2026

Peter Köhler’s long accordion books capture the fluidity and flow-like nature of his drawings. Köhler first started to use notebooks since they allowed him to work on a long drawing bit by bit and on the move, for instance, while traveling.

In the four-part series Dolls in Dreamland, Köhler was fascinated with the archetype and myth of the doll: an uncannily human-like object that, still, is not a real person. The series consists of four long unfolded notebooks, two of them, Dolls in Dreamland I & II, are currently on view at Helsinki Contemporary in Köhler’s solo show No Rest Beneath the Rose. Dolls in Dreamland III is exhibited until September at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet in Skärhamn, Sweden.

Learn more about Peter Köhler: No Rest Beneath the Rose: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/exhibitions/no-rest-beneath-the-rose


Images:

1. Detail of Peter Köhler: Dolls in Dreamland I (2023), ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 305 cm. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

2. Details of Peter Köhler: Dolls in Dreamland II (2023), ink and acrylic on paper, 21 x 305 cm. Photos: Magnus Karlsson. Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson.

3. Installation view of Peter Köhler: No Rest Beneath the Rose at Helsinki Contemporary, May 22–June 28, 2026. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

10/06/2026

Online viewing room 🔗 Anna Retulainen: Paintings of Memory and Landscape

Helsinki Contemporary is pleased to present an online viewing room on Artsy of new paintings by Finnish artist Anna Retulainen. The viewing room showcases travel scenes from Italy and Finnish forest landscapes.

The online viewing room will be on view on Artsy until the end of July.

Learn more at the link below:

The lightness and small scale of these paintings reflect on their content: depictions of passing moments acting as holders of memory, a kind of painterly field notes from travels.

09/06/2026

Aki Turunen has created the annual lithograph for Stentrykkets Venner, produced in collaboration with Litografisk Atelier in Valby, Copenhagen.

The seven-coloured lithograph titled Comet in My Garden takes point in a feeling of infatuation—not necessarily romantic one, but the sudden pull toward a person, an environment, a cuisine, or an object. The image draws on a wide range of pictorial sources: medieval manuscript illustrations, Islamic miniatures from Davids Samling in Copenhagen, and wallpapers from the Palazzo Chigi in Rome.

Comet in My Garden will be distributed to members of Stentrykkets Venner as part of their annual membership print 2026.

A limited edition of prints is also available at Helsinki Contemporary.


Learn more: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/news/aki-turunen-lithograph-comet-in-my-garden-stentrykkets-venner

Inquiries: [email protected]


Photos: Niklas Adrian Vindelev / Stentrykkets Venner

06/06/2026

Roland Persson: Trouble Will Find Me opens this June at Rejmyre Art Lab. The exhibition will be on view June 6–November 1 in Konsthallen Engelska Magasinet in Rejmyre, Sweden.

Persson’s work moves between inner and outer, between poetry and logic. Through his silicone castings, he invites us into a reality that doesn’t quite add up, allowing us to notice things we might not otherwise have seen. In the shift between original and copy, a physical world and a personal mythology begin to emerge: an attempt to understand the world — as if that were possible.

Learn more: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/news/roland-persson-trouble-will-find-me-at-rejmyre-art-lab

Image: Roland Persson: Mother (2009), 340 x 210 x 110 cm, silicone. Photo: Sofia Olander

05/06/2026

Toivonojan kesänäyttely esittelee Anna Retulaisen uusista maalauksista koostuvan kokonaisuuden "Liikaa keltaista". Näyttely on avoinna 6. kesäkuuta – 9. elokuuta.

Retulainen on luonut uusia teoksia nimenomaan Toivonojan maisemaa ja galleriatilaa silmällä pitäen. Gallerian ikkunoista avautuvat näkymät toistuvat maalauksissa, jotka laajentavat tilaa mielikuvituksellisesti sen fyysisten rajojen ulkopuolelle.

Lue lisää näyttelystä täältä: https://helsinkicontemporary.com/news/anna-retulainen-too-much-yellow-in-toivonoja-manor

Kuva: Anna Retulainen: Liikaa keltaista (juurakko) (2026), öljy kankaalle. Valokuva: Jussi Tiainen.