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.

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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Venice Biennale

Commissioning and producing the exhibition to the Aalto Pavilion of Finland is Frame’s most extensive international project. The current edition of the Biennale is open April–November 2024.

Venice Biennale 2024
A sculpture installation consisting of four sculptures connected to each other with chains. The marble sculptures have soft shapes.

Grants

Frame’s grants support international projects of Finnish contemporary art. We award 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
A light pink book on a grey background. In the cover there is the word 'Falling' in dark green color.

Publications

Frame publishes various materials to accompany our international programme. Publications, reports, event documentation and other resources can be accessed through our website.

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Current

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11/11/2024

News

Visual arts organisations research possible merging

The artist group PHOSfate presents their work at the Helsinki Biennale in summer 2023 to the curators of the Luleå Biennale in 2024.

05/11/2024

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Insights into Frame’s Expert Visits: Interview with programme’s advisors

01/11/2024

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Call for grant applications for 2025 is open

Three new employees stand outdoors in an autumnal landscape with colorful fall foliage in the background.

17/10/2024

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New colleagues at Frame office

Finnish Pavilion in the 15th Gwangju Biennale

Finnish Pavilion exhibition Acts of Care presents works by four visual artists from Finland: Nayab Noor Ikram, Hertta Kiiski, Maija Tammi and Sampsa Virkajärvi.

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Blogs

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23/09/2024

Blogs

Blog: Reflections on An Argument by Louis Fratino at the Venice Biennale

23/09/2024

Blogs

Blog: Space transport – How an exhibition space moves beyond its boundaries

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