Welcome to explore the impressive art collection of Martti Airio (1890–1973), which is on display at the Kuopio art museum’s The Colourist's Visit exhibition from February 7 to April 27 2025. The exhibition showcases Airio’s carefully curated art collection, reflecting his deep love for art. The
Veera Rajamo: Wife – an ordinary great love story 7.2.-6.4.2025
Veera Rajamo: Wife – an ordinary great love story 7.2.-6.4.2025
Veera Rajamo’s exhibition Wife - an ordinary great love story focuses on love and everyday life. GalleriA presents Rajamo’s thirteen photographic works whose main character is her own wife. Veera Rajamo has collected wedding dresses and dreamt of a wife; finding a wife and becoming a wife for
M_itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art 20.9.2025–11.1.2026
M_itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art 20.9.2025–11.1.2026
At the Kuopio Biennial, nothing is ordinary. The artworks do not merely appear. They invite you to step inside, to sit, to sense. They construct spaces where the viewer can disappear, encounter and feel. The M_itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art presents the state of the art scene in Eastern
Markku-Jussi Komulainen: Selling as Art – A Secular Iconostasis 5.12.2024–2.2.2025
Markku-Jussi Komulainen: Selling as Art – A Secular Iconostasis 5.12.2024–2.2.2025
The act of selling and buying is a fundamentally human behavior that we engage in daily. I am often asked: What is the value of your painting, and can you guarantee its value will last? After pondering this question for ten years, I decided to answer it in the form of an art exhibition. I have
Rebellion of the Panels – the many forms of contemporary comics 18.10.2024 – 26.1.2025
Rebellion of the Panels – the many forms of contemporary comics 18.10.2024 – 26.1.2025
Comics without limits pazauu crack klongghh mhhhh Rebellion of the panels shatters the conventional forms of comics into smithereens. The contemporary comics exhibition packs spatial works, sound, videos, movement and the sensation of time travel in Kuopio Art Museum. The exhibition explores
Johanna Pöykkö: From Dream to New 11.10.-1.12.2024
Johanna Pöykkö: From Dream to New 11.10.-1.12.2024
I explore the human relationship to being human, to another person, and to the ongoing life cycle. The visual art material in my works is bed linen, which serves as my painting canvas and a three-dimensional, meaning-bearing durable commodity. Through it, I tell stories and create images. I make
Kuopio Art Museum’s Summer Exhibitions Have Ended – 30 000 Visitors This Far
Kuopio Art Museum’s Summer Exhibitions Have Ended – 30 000 Visitors This Far
The summer exhibitions at Kuopio Art Museum have come to an end after a successful summer. The exhibitions have so far attracted more than 30 000 visitors, confirming the museum's position as one of Kuopio's most appealing cultural attractions. The exhibition of Finnish ceramic art, Paradise,
Pirkko Pasanen Donates a Collection to Kuopio Art Museum
Pirkko Pasanen Donates a Collection to Kuopio Art Museum
Pirkko Pasanen, an art collector from Muuruvesi who has long worked in Helsinki, has donated an art collection to Kuopio Art Museum. The collection consists of a number of works, which are mainly Finnish contemporary art from the 1970’s and onwards. Among other artist’s works the collection includes









