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Emilia Pennanen: Sun Drawing on the Skin of a Rock 6.10. – 5.11.2023

The air is thick with salt. The echo of the waves is absorbed within the wind. The salt has dissolved the rock as the sunlight and the sea water press themselves against it. The surface of the rocks is rough, like sucked candy. The skin evaporates…
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The selected artists for Iso Galleria

The Turku Kunsthalle Open Call that was open for all professional visual artists ended in June, and by the deadline it received nearly 200 applications. According to the exhibition committee, this year the emphasis on the proposals centered…

Photographic Centre Peri’s artists for 2023 have been selected!

Photographic Centre Peri’s artists for 2023 have been selected! We look forward to new collaborations!   You can see the exhibition program on Photographic Centre Peri’s webpage.

Erkki Nampajärvi / Paintings, 6.5. – 4.6.2022

I work with tempera and oil painting as well as collage. My pieces are inspired by the encounters of the subconscious and the surrounding world. I don’t plan the pieces in advance; instead, I let them develop, layer by layer. I love surprises…

Elina Oikari, Yassine Khaled / If I Will Be You, 6.5. – 4.6.2022

The Large Gallery of Kunsthalle Turku presents two exhibitions that are separate yet linked with regard to themes and content. In his pieces, Yassine Khaled explores communication, digitalisation and the sense of belonging in various communities…

Guided tours on Sundays to NYTT 2022 – Exhibition of fine arts graduates

Guided tours to NYTT 2022 – Exhibition of fine arts graduates in Kunsthalle Turku and Taiteen talo. Weekly guided tours on Sundays in Finnish. The tour starts from Kunsthalle Turku lobby at 14pm. Guided tour is free and doesn't require…

NYTT 2022 – Fine Arts Graduation Show, 18.3. – 24.4.2022

Suvi Sysi / Vessels 11.2. – 13.3.

I become interested in a simple clay shape and decide to repeat it and see where it takes me. The clay records the touch and the impressions of fingerprints. As I repeat the shape, its nature and behaviour reveal themselves. The slow repetition…

Henna Aho & Mia Saharla / Polyphonic compositions (at the grave of painting) 11.2. – 13.3.

The art of painting has laid itself to rest. We linger on the graves of painting; Julia Rommel’s SuperJumbo, Steven Parrino’s Untitled, Dianna Molzan’s Repetto and Angela de la Cruz’s Layers - Small (Ultramarine Blue / Light Blue) rest…

TURKU ARTOTEQUE / WINTER GARDEN 8.1.–13.3.2022

The Winter Garden in the Lobby Gallery of the Kunsthalle consists of works from the selection of Turku Artoteque. The shades and themes of the exhibited works breathe in the winter season. A large number of sculptures have been selected for…