Frame Contemporary 
Art Finland

Frame is an advocate for Finnish contemporary art. We support international initiatives, facilitate professional partnerships, and encourage critical development of the field.

Vidha Saumya's artwork Readling List on the wall in a foyer with two chairs and a table.
Woman with dark hair and white shirt in from of a blue background.

Visitor Programme

Frame supports the networking of Finnish and Finland-based contemporary art professionals by inviting international art professionals to visit Finland. Our guests include curators, researchers and cultural producers.

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Rehearsing Hospitalities

Gathering for Rehearsing Hospitalities 2021 has now ended. Browse the programme for more details.

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Current

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26/11/2021

News

Reflecting on Gathering for Rehearsing Hospitalities 2021 with Irina Mutt and Mike Watson

15/11/2021

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Closing talk: Seven Recipients and Field Circulation by Laura Soisalon-Soininen
People queuing in to the Finnish Aalto Pavilion. Weather is sunny and atmosphere warm.

12/11/2021

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Apply now: Internship programme for Venice Biennale 2022
Screenshot from Alexandra Demina’s presentation

10/11/2021

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Meeting artists through the Finland-Russia Curatorial Exchange Programme

Videos

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29/09/2021

Videos

from apparitions / [9 x 9]. Reading performance by Nat Raha

28/09/2021

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A Cube Inside A Cube: Not too Close Not too Far, Somewhere Between Standing & Departure. A performance by Sepideh Rahaa.

28/09/2021

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Rest / Unrest: Notes on Loitering. A performance by Shubhangi Singh

Blogs

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Medium long-shot of a group of people hunching down together while a person throws a big

08/10/2021

Blogs

Blog: The challenges in caring for security and safeness

21/09/2021

Blogs

Blog: It is the responsibility of the funder to ask, “How did it go?”
Exhibition space with tile walls and four different installations.

Project grants: Apply now!

Project grants can be applied for by organisations planning international contemporary art projects with Finnish and Finland-based artists in 2022. In addition, project grants are available to artists and organisations for the purpose of producing international art publications.

The deadline for project grant applications is Tuesday, 30 November 2021 at 11.59 pm Finnish time (GMT +2).

How to apply