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.
Diana Campbell Betancourt, a light brown-skinned person with shoulder-length brown hair is standing in front of a colourful backdrop comprising of a patchwork of textiles and shirts. Framed from the waist up, Diana is wearing a shirt with white and green stripes. Diana is looking into the camera and smiling while holding her hands on her waist.

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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Three artists sitting next to each other and smiling at the camera. On the left is Vidha Saumya, a person with light brown skin and wavy, dark brown hair and a bright blue shirt. In the middle is Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen, white-skinned with blonde hair, wearing a blue, white and red patterned knitted shirt and a blue cardigan on top. An elbow crutch is resting on her lap. On the right is Pia Lindman, with white skin and grey-brown hair, wearing a red shirt underneath a black cardigan.

Venice Biennale

Commissioning and producing the exhibition to the Aalto Pavilion of Finland is Frame’s most extensive international project. The next edition of the Biennale will be held in 2024.

Venice Biennale 2024

Grants

Frame awards two types of grants: a travel grant that can be applied for at any time, and a project grant that has two application periods per year.

Grants
An exhibition view with a long wooden table in the front of the image and two smaller office tables on the left and right sides of the image. Colorful cardboard pieces are hung from the ceiling and the rest of the printed material on display is on the tables, on a display rack resting on a wall and installed to the walls directly.

Rehearsing Hospitalities 2023

⁠Rehearsing Hospitalities is Frame’s five-year public programme, which consists of different forms of offline and online events such as talks, performances, gatherings, readings, and podcasts.

Rehearsing Hospitalities 2023

Current

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08/03/2023

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New colleagues at Frame

07/03/2023

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Apply now: Internship at Frame funded by the Lärling grant
A closeup image of a palette with green, blue, grey and brown paint stains. Next to it is a colour wheel.

06/03/2023

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A new toolkit for more sustainable practices in contemporary art
Three artists sitting next to each other and smiling at the camera. On the left is Vidha Saumya, a person with light brown skin and wavy, dark brown hair and a bright blue shirt. In the middle is Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen, white-skinned with blonde hair, wearing a blue, white and red patterned knitted shirt and a blue cardigan on top. An elbow crutch is resting on her lap. On the right is Pia Lindman, with white skin and grey-brown hair, wearing a red shirt underneath a black cardigan.

02/03/2023

News

Pia Lindman, Vidha Saumya and Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen to exhibit in the Finnish pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale

Blogs

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08/03/2023

Blogs

Blog: Facing the climate emergency with creative climate action

19/05/2022

Blogs

Blog: The problem remains the same without redistribution beyond hospitality

Videos

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22/03/2023

Rehearsing Hospitalities, Videos

Conflicting Relations

21/03/2023

Rehearsing Hospitalities, Videos

No Niin and Mavelinadu Collective at Editorial Tables: Reciprocal Hospitalities

13/10/2022

Rehearsing Hospitalities, Videos

Recipes for Commoning
A girl-shaped sculpture, covered in green, moss-like material, standing amongst ancient pots and pillars.

Call for grant applications for 2023 is open!

Project grant call for international projects is open March 1-31, 2023.

Artists and contemporary art experts can apply for travel grants for 2023 continuously from November 1st 2022 onwards.

How to apply