Art Realm '26 Biennial

This summer, Tampere will host a major overview of contemporary art featuring works by nearly 80 artists in the Art Realm biennial.

The exhibition includes a total of 39 works including site-specific works, media art, paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, as well as performances and participatory works. The selected works have been created by individual artists, artist pairs, and groups of up to more than 20 artists.

Art Realm challenges and expands the traditional power structures of art museums and curatorial practices. The works were selected by a multidisciplinary jury of 14 members. In addition to representatives from museums and the art field, the jury included six lay members selected through an open call.

Above all, the summer 2026 biennial in Tampere offers a shared opportunity to plan and imagine futures — boldly, freely, and together. The biennial theme TOGETHER extends to the content and forms of the selected works, the artists’ working methods, the visitor experience, and collaboration with partners.

Art Realm ’26 will take place in two exhibition venues — the TR1 building in the Finlayson Area and Haihara Art Centre — as well as in public urban spaces. In the upcoming biennial, Tampere Art Museum will collaborate with partners including Finlayson Art Area, the Finlayson district, and the City of Tampere’s Cultural Services.

Artists:

Finlayson Area, Väinö Linnan aukio 13

MOKA (Senni Aleksandra, Timo Höyssä, Ilai Elias Lehto, Paananen & Ulvila, Sanna Saarreharju and Liisa Tarleena Öhman), Edwina Goldstone and Omapolku community (Lasse Rinne, Jussi Aalto, Linnea Meuronen, Johanna Mäkinen, Sam Laurila, Kalle Siltanen, Joonas Mäkinen, Casimir Kaarre, Atte Selin, Leo Hämäläinen, Minja Niemi, Ville Penttilä, Vesa Rimpilä, Noora Hakala, Eveliina Korlee, Vilho Koski, Artturi Puskala and Henri Hakala), Raisa Foster, masamiracles (Matti Haaponiemi and Sanna Saastamoinen), Kyllikki Haavisto, Eeva Honkanen, Hyrkkänen-Mononen-Saharla, Juhani Koivumäki, Hyäryllistä artist group (Jouko Korkeasaari, Sari Koski-Vähälä jand Heli Kurunsaari), Marko Lampisuo, Laura Lappi, Eeva Peura, Panu Ruotsalo and Helmi Remes, Inari Sandell, Hanna Oinonen, Pauliina Parjanen, Pilvi Takala, Jirko Viljanen, Jenny Vesiväki, Camilla Vuorenmaa. 

Haihara Art Centre, Haiharankatu 30

Jan Anderzén and work group (Pauliina Haasjoki, Henriikka Tavi and Sini Silveri), Helinä Hukkataival and Ida Sofia Fleming, Janne Laine, Siina Levonoja, Jesse Kitinoja and Macu Makkonen, Rosaliina Paavilainen, Vilma Pimenoff, Janne Rahunen, Sirkku Rosi and Juho Kanervo, Piia Rossi, Sanni Seppä, Jari Silomäki, Maria Stereo, Anni Kristiina, Tiina-Liisa/Tisainia, Eero Yrjölä, Aleksi Kolmonen.

City Space

Janne Hokkanen, Jussi Lahtinen, Ilkka Virtanen

Hämeenlinna Art Museum and Tampere Art Museum have joined forces with the Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva to launch Art Realm, a brand-new series of biennial exhibitions, which will rotate between venues in Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa and Päijät-Häme. 

Admission: 10 / 5 € to Finlayson, Haihara Art Centre free of charge.