Kujasalo, Laitinen and Merenmies at Kunsthalle Helsinki

Works by Matti Kujasalo, Antti Laitinen and Elina Merenmies are on view in Miettinen Collection: I Will Look Into the Earth exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki, until 11 January 2026. The exhibition presents highlights from the Miettinen Collection, featuring over 100 works by more than 50 artists, and delving into the themes of landscape, nature, and intimacy. The private collection by Timo Miettinen currently comprises around 1,500 works and continues to expand. The show is curated by Linda Peitz and Florian Peters-Messer.
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Image: Antti Laitinen, 2D Tree, 2017, willow, staples, nails, wire, plywood, glue, 255 x 145 cm
Photo: Jussi Tiainen

Emma Jääskeläinen joins Galerie Anhava

Galerie Anhava is happy to announce the representation of Finnish artist Emma Jääskeläinen!

Emma Jääskeläinen transforms classic stone sculpting materials and techniques into contemporary, contemplative, cheeky, soft, and bulky (or “Gustonian”, as she herself describes) forms, that carry strong personal stories. From monumental scale to palm-size, and from hard materials, such as granite, marble and travertine, to metal casting and wool felting, Jääskeläinen looks for impulses that arise from within the material, as it slowly reacts to her touch. The ideas and themes originate from the everyday, such as her loved ones or a chewing gum stuck to a sculpture, expanding towards art historical framework, and fundamental, corporeal experiences such as motherhood, empathy and caring.

Jääskeläinen (b. 1988) lives and works in Espoo. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2018, and in 2022 she received the nationally notable Young Artist of the Year award. Her many exhibitions include: GAA gallery, New York (2025); HAM Helsinki Art Museum (2024), Paris+par Art Basel, Paris (2023); Turku Art Museum (2023), Vleeshal, The Netherlands (2023); Tampere Art Museum (2022), PMS Gallery, Berlin (2021); and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2019). Jääskeläinen’s work is found in numerous private and key public collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, HAM Helsinki Art Museum and Tampere Art Museum. She’s been commissioned several public works.

Jääskeläinen’s first solo exhibition at Galerie Anhava will take place in 2026.

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A K Dolven at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

A K Dolven‘s video work amazon (2005) has been acquired to the collection of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, and it is currently featured in the museum’s newly opened exhibition Louisiana’s New Works. The exhibition showcases some of the museum’s newest acquired and donated works – more than 130 works by some 80 artists, ranging from painting, photography and sculpture to video and installations. The exhibition runs until 6 April 2026.

amazon is a 16 mm film projection of an androgynous figure shooting a bow and arrow. For the most part, the camera is tight on the body – neck, chest and arm muscles snap between tension and rest. When it jumps back the camera exposes the torso as that of a single-breasted woman. Under the glare of harsh sunlight the woman relentlessly shoots arrow after arrow, each imprinting stark shadows on her skin. amazon makes reference to the Greek myth of a matriarchal society of brave female warriors who are said to have cut off one breast to hit their target better. The work speaks of harnessed strength, female courage and determination.

Image: A K Dolven, amazon, 2005, 16mm film, mute, 1 minute 34 seconds

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