Meet the Artist: EMMA JÄÄSKELÄINEN

On Saturday 23 May, at 13.00–15.00, Emma Jääskeläinen will be at the gallery to discuss and answer questions about her current solo exhibition Pus pus | Kiss kiss.

 

Slowness, manual skill and the importance of touch are recurring themes in Jääskeläinen’s artistic practice. Her exhibition ‘Pus pus’ brings together sculptures that explore themes of farewell and the fragility of life in different ways. The juxtaposition of opposites, such as hard and soft, runs through both the materials and forms.

 

Tervetuloa | Welcome!

Photo: Paavo Lehtonen

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Anna Tuori’s work installed at the residence of the President of the Republic of Finland

Galerie Anhava is proud to announce that a work by Anna Tuori has been acquired for the collection of the Finnish Cultural Foundation and installed at the newly renovated Mäntyniemi, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Finland.

Mäntyniemi, designed by architects Raili and Reima Pietilä, was originally inaugurated in November 1993. In Mäntyniemi the buildings, grounds, interiors, tableware, and works of art form a carefully considered whole. President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb wished to honour Finnish contemporary art by placing works by 14 artists at Mäntyniemi. The Finnish Cultural Foundation was responsible for the selection of artists and the overall planning of the Mäntyniemi × Contemporary Art project.

Image: Anna Tuori, Silphium, 2025–2026, acrylic and oil on canvas. The Collection of Finnish Cultural Foundation. Photo: Soile Tirilä / Finnish Heritage Agency

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Kari Cavén at Kunsthalle Meilahti

Kari Caven’s exhibition Minä missä milloin (Me Wherever) is on view at Kunsthalle Meilahti, in Helsinki, as part of Ilo ja Epäsymmetria (Joy and Asymmetry) group show. The playful and plentiful exhibition features Cavén’s works all the way from 1988 until 2026.

In Kari Cavén’s hands the abandoned and rejected object is given a new life through the realization of the possibilities of its form. His playful and inventive attitude invites us to experience a world that is not rigidly fixed in place, but rather, like a kaleidoscope, always offers new perspectives for objects and words. Things can be viewed without set meanings and values.

The Joy and Asemmetry group show is curated by Nanna Susi, and it runs until 30 August 2026.

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