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Navigating North: Works from the Wihuri Foundation Collection

Esko Mannikko, Pekka Turunen Marjanplokkaaja, 1990.

Oct 7, 2022 – Apr 2, 2023
Mannerheiminaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

In 1983, the couple Jenny and Antti Wihuri donated a collection of contemporary art to the Northern City of Rovaniemi, in Finland. Northern Finland is vast and its population sparse. Artists residing there have a strong connection with their Arctic surroundings. Works by 48 artists from the Wihuri Foundation Collection make up this exhibition, which offers a look into life during dark winters and spectral summers, silent beauty whipped by icy winds. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Rovaniemi Art Museum, Arto Liiti