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The pop-up art programme, organised by the city of Turku’s Cultural spearhead project, is a new model that aims to enrich the city’s arts and culture offering. The programme looks for participatory and short-term art activities to enliven the urban environment and to create unexpected encounters with culture and art in everyday life.
The Turku City Art Collection is expanded by purchase and donation. Art is purchased from exhibitions, artists and private persons. The City Board confirms annually the appropriations for investing in art acquisitions. With this money, works of art are purchased or ordered for new buildings. New art is also collected through donations.
An official record or a committee proposal is drawn up of every art acquisition and confirmed in a meeting of the Culture Committee.
History and principles
The City of Turku has an art collection of over 10 000 works of art. The oldest works are medieval wood sculptures and 17th century portraits that used to belong to the collections of the Turku Historical Museum (1881-1981) and later the Provincial Museum of Turku (1982-2008).
Guided Tours 6 October 2023 – 14 January 2024
Exhibition Lux & Umbra
- in Finnish every Sunday at 2pm
- in Swedish on 29 Oct, 26 Nov and 14 Jan at 3pm
Brighten up the school day
The Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art offers many ways to revitalise your teaching. Modern art often awakens the senses and takes a stand on political issues and history. Fine arts can morph into literature, carry knowledge on other cultures or illustrate the physics of light and colour. Think outside the box and include the museum in your curriculum.
Enjoy the historical surroundings of the Old Great Square!
The preserved and historical Old Great Square offers cosy surroundings, which are ideal for a variety of leisure and cultural activities.
See, experience, participate
The area houses several art galleries and the Artoteque. Varied cultural and art events, concerts and theatre performances are organised within the premises of the Old Great Square.
In addition, several outdoor events are organised, the most renowned are the Medieval Fair and the Christmas Fair in the Old Great Square.
Situated in the historical setting of the Old Great Square, the gallery features interesting temporary exhibitions.
The gallery is located on the second floor with access through the staircase. There is no lift in the building.
The exhibition space
Brinkkala Gallery is a unique and fascinating exhibition space. Located on the second floor, the gallery can be reached via the mansion’s beautiful stair hall. The gallery comprises two back-to-back rooms with high ceilings. The long sides of the rooms are lined with windows.
Pensikkala has extensive experience in the administration and production of cultural institutions of various sizes.
The masculine drawings created by Laaksonen, who was born in Kaarina in 1920, have had an impact on western culture for many decades.