{mosimage}The Kunsthalle Helsinki Studio (Nervanderinkatu 3) hosts until March 30th the results of a very interesting project developed in 2007 by Julie Myers. T o travel somewhere was developed […]
When sculpture and architecture dialogue
It is said that the Finnish architect Viljo Revell considered his buildings to be complete only when a Henry Moore sculpture was part of them. And all year round visitors […]
Folk you!
{mosimage}For the 13th time, over 3,000 people got together in January with 77 folk bands and 36 folk dance groups for a 24hours folk-cruise. Folklandia could be your sweetest dream…or […]
Four decades of provocation
You were born in a small countryside town, Somero. How was it to grow up there? During my first ten years I was often sick, and because of that my […]
The Lusto Museum in Punkaharju
In 1843, the Punkaharju State Forest was established and in 1990 the ridge was declared a protected area, with the approval of the Act founding the Punkaharju nature conservation area. […]
The Year of South Korea
Since 1997 the festival has been exploring different Asian cultures: from Indonesia to China, to India and –last year– the countries hit by the 2005 tsunami.Asia in Helsinki is the […]
Streching the limits
Pohjonen started his career at a very early age: at 8 he was already playing folk music. After classical and folk music studies at the Sibelius Academy, he spent time […]
Sleeping beauty and other stories
There couldn’t be better words to describe the pictures in the Sleeping Beauty section of Jaana Partanen’s exhibition Arjen alkemiaa (Everyday Alchemy) currently at the Finnish Museum of Photography. A […]
Open your ears
Since its first edition in 1981 – at the time it was called Helsinki Biennale – Musica Nova has focused on introducing contemporary music from all over the world to […]
Villa Didrichsen: architecture and art
{mosimage} The museum is a masterpiece in itself. Because of the architecture: like many other buildings by famous Finnish architect Viljo Revell, Villa Didrichsen is not just another L-shaped building […]
Ourvision, (Y)our Music!
OurVision, Caisa’s new enterprise and its biggest production to date, is a song contest for all the artists coming from the continents ‘left out’ of Eurovision. It was Caisa’s director […]
Photographs In The Green
{mosimage} Things Do Not Change, a photographic exhibition by Carla Schubert, a Finnish-Austrian artist, comprises a series of black and white photographs portraying shapes and details of woods, trees, roots… […]