Upcoming - EMMA

Exhibitions

04.02.2020 - 17.05.2020

Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: Faz Que Vai
The work of the artist duo, which is representing Brazil in this year’s Venice Biennale, is a video essay consisting of four parts. In each part, a different dancer interprets the traditional Brazilian Carnival dance, frevo. Read more
26.02.2020 - 03.05.2020

Tacita Dean
The exhibition program of 2020 is opened by visual artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965), currently one of the world’s most significant contemporary artists. Read more
26.02.2020 - 23.08.2020

Nastja Säde Rönkkö: for those yet to be
In February 2020 a piece by Young Artist of the Year 2019 Nastja Säde Rönkkö called for those yet to be (2016–2018) will be on display. The work is one person’s demonstration and a series of video performances on ecological destruction. Read more
22.04.2020 - 28.02.2021

Michael Schilkin feat. Lotta Mattila
During the spring, EMMA will feature a selection of delightful ceramic animal figures. The playful environment designed by contemporary artist Lotta Mattila (b. 1986) will display animals created by ceramic artist Michael Schilkin (1900–1962). Read more
22.04.2020 - 20.09.2020

IC-98: Rope Variations
IC-98’s, i.e. Patrik Söderlund’s and Visa Suonpää’s, spatial artwork will be featured in the approximately 400-square exhibition space of EMMA as part of the collection exhibition Touch. Read more
27.05.2020 - 23.08.2020

Aaron Heino
The solo exhibition of sculptor Aaron Heino (b. 1977), recipient of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland Prize in 2019, will be featured at EMMA in summer 2020. Read more
27.05.2020 - 23.08.2020

Anni Puolakka: Diamond Belly
Anni Puolakka's work is on display in the media space of Touch exhibition. Staged as a conversation with an artificial intelligence chatbot, Diamond Belly explores love and companionship between a human artist, the bot and mosquitoes. Read more
23.09.2020 - 10.01.2021

Saara Ekström & Eero Tammi: Biblion
The new video installation Biblion (2019) by Saara Ekström and Eero Tammi is premiered in EMMA’s media space in autumn 2020. The work examines the medium of the book, exploring its hypnotic and layered essence as a carrier of changing, growing and disappearing information. The weight of the masses of books ending up in libraries, second-hand bookshops, storages and landfills also represents the weight and legacy of our history – an irreplaceable treasure to one, an unwanted burden for another. Read more
23.09.2020 - 10.01.2021

Elmgreen & Dragset
In Autumn 2020, Elmgreen & Dragset will create a site-specific installation for their exhibition at EMMA, accompanied by a selection of their iconic artworks. The exhibition marks the world-famous artist duo's Finnish premiere – and at the same time – the 25th anniversary of their collaboration, which has repeatedly challenged the conventions of the art world, in a subversive, yet playful manner. Read more
13.10.2021

Chiharu Shiota: Tracing Boundaries
Chiharu Shiota has been invited by EMMA and Saastamoinen Foundation to make a commissioned artwork in autumn 2021. Shiota will create the large-sized installation Tracing Boundaries, which spreads into the surrounding space and consists of a labyrinth of red yarn and old, wooden doors. Read more