YLE News compiles eight art exhibitions in Finland and Tallinn
Eight art exhibitions dedicated to photography, painting, punk culture, architecture and contemporary art will take place in Finland and Tallinn. YLE News published a selection of events in Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä, Espoo and Tallinn.
Exhibitions in Helsinki and Turku
The Didrichsen Museum in Helsinki will display the exhibition “Elin Danielson-Gambogi – Katseita ja kohtaamisia,” dedicated to artist Elin Danielson-Gambogi, until January 31, 2027. Until August 8, 2027, the Ateneum will host the first retrospective exhibition of artist Elga Sesemann, launching the “Contemporary Classics” series.
From October 23, 2026, to August 29, 2027, the Hakasalmi Manor in Helsinki will host the exhibition “PUNK! – 50 vuotta säpinää Helsingin kaduilla.” It will feature photographs, posters, flyers, musical instruments and punk records from the 1970s to the present day.
In Turku, the WAM Museum of Contemporary Art will open on October 31, 2026, following a lengthy renovation costing EUR 17 million. Visitors will be presented with international media art, sculptures by Wäinö Aaltonen and key works from the city’s art collection.
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In addition, the Turku Art Museum will show more than 70 works by artist and graphic artist Hugo Simberg from October 2, 2026, to January 17, 2027.
Aalto, Howard Smith and Vivian Maier
From December 8, 2026, to March 21, 2027, the Aalto2 Museum in Jyväskylä will hold the exhibition “Valon arkkitehtuuria, Alvar Aalto & Valaistustyö.” It is dedicated to the collaboration between Alvar Aalto and metalworking master Viljo Hirvonen, which resulted in lamp models that are still manufactured today.
The EMMA Museum of Modern Art in Espoo will exhibit 90 works by African American artist Howard Smith until February 7, 2027. He arrived in Finland in the 1960s and remained there to live. The exhibition will include his paintings, ceramics, textile designs and paper cut-outs.
From September 18, 2026, to January 17, 2027, Fotografiska in Tallinn will present the exhibition “Vivian Maier, Unseen Work.” Vivian Maier worked as a nanny while also photographing street life and people in New York and Chicago in the 1950s–1980s; her extensive photo archive was discovered by chance only after the author’s death.
