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Whitechapel, London, 2003: I am meeting Tea Mäkipää because I am curating a show called the Young Artist’s Biennial in Helsinki The Dumpsters of Humanity Annamari V�nsk� Pirjetta Brander, L’amour de Loin, 2004 Whitechapel, London, 2003: I am meeting Tea Mäkipää because I am curating a show called the Young Artist’s Biennial in Helsinki. Tea […]

Architecture is the most important artistic discipline in Finland, and From Wood to Architecture, at the Museum of Finnish Architecture through September, shows that those working in the shadows of Eliel and Eero Saarinen and Alvar Aalto are continuing to produce innovative, but very sensible and sensitive buildings. In Praise of Wood John Gayer Kupla […]

Since she quit her master’s thesis in sociology 12 years ago, Gun has been making subtly sociological photographs, sculpture, videos, and light and sound works. Th Act of Generosity John Gayer Gun Holmstr�m, Vitamin power, C-elephant, 1996. Hanna Rikkonen, Helsinki City Art Museum. Since she quit her master’s thesis in sociology 12 years ago, Gun […]

"The bottle of water in the plant pot–does that really work?" asks a passer-by dropping in to ask about the plants in the gallery window. Ilona Valkonen: Kuvataideakatemian Galleria Taru Elfving Ilona Valkonen, Garden for One with No Land, 2005, installation view. Courtesy of the artist "The bottle of water in the plant pot–does that […]

For most people, life at home implies maintaining a series of traditions and routines. But in Aarne and Arja, a series of sixty watercolors depicting his life with his partner Arja between1998-2004, Aarne Jämsä reveals that not every day passes smoothly in the Jämsä household. Aarne and Arja: Aarne J�ms� John Gayer Aarne and Arja […]

For over 20 years, Spring has brought performance to the heavily trafficked intersection at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Stage Combat Bozidar Boskovic The Making of a Black Widow. Photograph by J. Capriola For over 20 years, Spring has brought performance to the heavily trafficked intersection at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. The Whitney Museum […]