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Mobile Workforce by Rauni Liukko on display at HAM Corner
HAM presents selections from the museum’s collection in HAM corner. During the summer of 2021 Rauni Liukko’s Mobile Workforce from 1977 is on display. The exhibition can be viewed from the street during all hours of the day. This provides HAM with an opportunity to engage audiences with art outside the museum’s opening hours and …
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Temporary public work of art brings remnants of a made-up past to Kalasatama
A new temporary public work of art has been completed in Helsinki’s Kalasatama. Entitled Made-up past and displayed at Englantilaisaukio square, the new work by artist Raimo Saarinen consists of sculpture-like ruins taken over by vegetation. The seemingly time-worn structures are made of plastered and painted lightweight concrete blocks. The work combines modern building materials …
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Sculpture by Ai Weiwei in Helsinki Central Library Oodi
More public art will be seen in the Central Library Oodi, as HAM Helsinki Art Museum places one of the pearls of its collection there. Divina Proportione (2012) by artist Ai Weiwei has found its place above a light shaft between the second and third floor of the library. HAM Helsinki Art Museum showed Ai …
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Helsinki’s libraries, museums and centres for sports, culture and youth activities gradually resume operations
The City of Helsinki’s Culture and Leisure Division has begun preparations to start reopening its services, in accordance with recent government decisions to ease coronavirus restrictions. The country’s largest cities, in the metropolitan area in particular, are currently planning a coordinated return of services at libraries, museums, and cultural, sports and youth centres. On Friday, …
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