The museum is situated in a functionalist building (by Eino Pitkänen, 1936). The collections comprise mainly contemporary Finnish art. Changing exhibitions.
Linnankatu 14, 87100 Kajaani
The exhibition calendar is for looking up exhibitions and events of Finnish museums by theme, period and region. The calendar data is maintained by museums. Not all exhibitions have a description in English, but you may directly contact the museums for more details.
Eduardo Balanza: The Record Is Not Over Yet
Thank You for the Music
Thank You for the Music - How Music Moves Us is an exhibition on how the experiences of listening to music, watching music videos or going to a concert can appear in the life and work of an artist, a music lover, a fan. National Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma until 17.6.2012.
From the film Dynamiittityttö, 1944.
Design in Helsinki Films
The exhibition reveals the visual imagery of films shot in Helsinki between the 1930s and the 1960s. Design and architecture had a huge impact in the visual imagery of films, as they allowed the creation of different urban atmospheres. Designer clothes for films, made-up homes and environments commented on the prevailing reality, exaggerated contemporary phenomena and peeked into the future through imagination. At Helsinki City Museum until 13.1.2013.
Kyllikki Haavisto: Vital and Well Fed Intelligence, 98 x 98 cm, watercolor on velvet, 2010
Kyllikki Haavisto: Found - Founded - Disappeared
Global and ecological in relation to subjective existence is the thematic foundation for "Found - Founded - Disappeared". Kyllikki Haavisto employes various and surprising techniques in her paintings - watercolour on velvet as an example. At Nelimarkka museum 20.6.2012-2.9.2012.
