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Finland, at last

6 March 2020

Finland, at last
We headed straight to Kiasma where we were very happy to be visiting Ed Atkins’ new show. We first exhibited his work back in 2012
Finland, at last
Leevi Haapala, Director of Kiasma, invited us all for a lovely dinner for Ed along with Martin from Cabinet and Lizzie
Finland, at last
Riikka who looks after ZC’s art activities in Finland sits with Liisa Lounila and her husband
Finland, at last
A happy Ed gave a speech to a thousand Finnish art lovers
Finland, at last
Ed’s show ‘Live White Slime’ was spectacular, the display was ambitious to say the least. We donated the work ‘Safe Conduct’ to Kiasma which is a grimly comic dance animated to the mechanical mania of Ravel’s Bolero with body parts mechanically passing through airport security
Finland, at last
Talking of body parts, Trulee Hall's props arrive at the Collection for her opera
Finland, at last
Our Curator Paul Luckraft went to check out Lu Yang’s show at the Pompidou
Finland, at last
Back in Finland, Liisa Lounila’s video features clips of deserts and dirt roads in contant motion
Finland, at last
Footage was taken over a period of twenty years
Finland, at last
At last we had time to visit the Amos Rex show which was very impressive. 'Generation 2020' presents the works of over 80 artists aged 15–23 which were selected from an open call. This work is ‘Arana’ by Rosalia Silfer
Finland, at last
I was intrigued with the video by Annika Korhonen born in 1996
Finland, at last
I Love the marathon jugs by Aura Latva-Somppi
Finland, at last
Then a visit to the Design Museum for the show ‘Collectors and Collections’ which features many of our Alvar Aalto pieces
Finland, at last
EMMA had a wonderful retrospective by Tacita Dean. Pilvi Kalhama curates the whole show with loans from Dean’s existing body of work
Finland, at last
Chief Curator Arja Miller showed us around ‘Visible Storage, an in-depth look at the Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation Collection
Finland, at last
Meanwhile back home in London, Tif Zab is with Michael Xu Fu and Sarah Meyohas at Donna Huanca’s opening at Simon Lee Gallery. I am very happy to be heading home for a break!