Upcoming - EMMA

Exhibitions

04.08.2020 - 27.09.2020

IC-98: Theses on the Body Politic (Bind)
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
26.09.2020 - 17.01.2021

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
28.10.2020

Eeva-Leena Eklund
Eeva-Leena Eklund's exhibition continues the collaboration between the Saastamoinen Foundation and EMMA where, every year, a new work is commissioned from an interesting and topical artist and added to the foundation's art collection. Read more
28.10.2020 - 07.02.2021

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
17.02.2021 - 18.04.2021

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 winter 2021. Read more
14.04.2021 - 27.02.2022

Ceramics renewed
In April 2021, EMMA welcomes an exhibition that has been carried out in collaboration with design organisation Ornamo and its member artists, showcasing new Finnish ceramic art. Read more
19.05.2021 - 29.08.2021

Daniel Buren
A world-renowed French artist, Daniel Buren takes over EMMA’s exhibition space during summer 2021. Buren will create entirely new works for EMMA, that build on the horizontal and open features of the museum’s architecture, along with its natural light. Read more
19.05.2021 - 22.08.2021

Hesselholdt & Mejlvang
In their works, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang focus on ideologies and the symbols representing them. The duo is creating a new group of works for EMMA that will be in dialogue with the local context and Daniel Buren’s exhibition. Read more
11.05.2021 - 19.09.2021

Jeannette Ehlers: Black Bullets
Black Bullets (2012) is on display in the media space of Touch exhibition. The video work is a tribute to the Haitian revolution where slaves rebelled against the colonial government in 1791. Read more
29.09.2021 - 23.01.2022

Konrad Mägi
The fall will see a retrospective solo exhibition on Estonian Modernist Konrad Mägi (1878–1925). The exhibition includes the finest in the artist’s oeuvre, highlighting Mägi’s power of expression, exceptionality as a Modernist and a remarkable colourist. Read more
29.09.2021

Leena and Kalle Nio: Painting Machine
Leena Nio a visual artist renowned for her multilayered paintings, and Kalle Nio visual artist, magician and theatre director, will present their first joint production at EMMA in autumn 2021. Read more
29.09.2021 - 16.01.2022

Erkan Özgen: Wonderland
Wonderland is on display in the media space of Touch exhibition. In the video, a deaf-mute boy called Muhammed uses gestures and sounds to describe the experiences his family went through when escaping the war. Read more
27.10.2021 - 08.05.2022

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