Kiasma

Tolles Museum für zeitgenössische finnische Kunst. Neben spannenden Installationen und durchaus kritischen Ausstellung zu Konsumkritik und Revolutionsbewegung ist auch das Gebäude sehr sehenswert und von beachtenswert schlichter und formloser Schönheit.
Das Publikum ist sehr gemischt. Vor allem junge Menschen kommen her. Aber auch ganze Familien sieht man hier.
Jeden ersten Freitag im Monat ist der Eintritt frei, aber auch sonst lohnen sich die 12 Euro.

1. Robert Mapplethorpe = sex and drugs and rock’n’roll from a different perspective, 2. Face to Face = too dispersed for me, 3. Elements = interesting. All in all: go and judge yourself! Art for art’s sake always pays off!

Comtemporary art Museum in the Heart of Helsinki !
Saw the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition and it was just outstanding.
They have a café and a shop which I didn’t have the chance to visit.
There is convenient access for handicapped people.
Premises have been taken really good care of.
Worth the money!

This is a great museum where you can easily spend two hours. It is easy to find as it is very centrally located in Helsinki. It is just opposite the Parliament House and very close to all the shopping centers (sokos, stockmann, kamppi, forum).
The building itself is very interesting. It makes the visitor follow a route without trying to figure out where to go next. The whole building makes a path of it’s own and it makes it easy to see everything without checking any maps.
This was my second time there and both times I really liked the exhibition. There was no part that was permanent so it was nice to go through the whole museum again. And both times it was very different and interesting! So I say it is worth going, if you don’t want to see something very typical Finnish, but something modern and different.

I’m not the biggest art expert, or even art admirer, but this place is just awesome. Unfortunately I came 2 days too late for one exhibition and 3 days too early for another so there were only 2 exhibits on offer, but wow what a place.
The way the exhibition spaces merge into one another is near effortless. And yes, there were a few interactive installations, all of which were really engaging.
The building itself is super cool, even the sinks in the toilets are unconventional. All the curves and ramps are almost hypnotic. I wasn’t actively trying to keep track of where I was, but by the time I reached the end of the exhibition I actually had to think about how to get out, not that I really wanted to.
There is free wifi, which is rad. And there’s also little bits for kids to do. but it’s still an art gallery. I’d imagine the attention of children won’t be held as long as yours might be.

Dieses Museum ist nicht nur von außen ein absoluter Hingucker, auch die Innenarchitektur ist beeindruckend. Gezeigt wird die zeitgenössische Abteilung der Finnischen Nationalgalerie, wobei die Ausstellung themenbezogen jährlich wechselt. Wer sich nur ansatzweise für moderne Kunst interessiert, sollte dieses sehr zentral gelegene Museum unbedingt in seinen Reiseplan aufnehmen.
Besonderer Tipp für Sparfüchse: Jeweils am ersten Freitag im Monat ist der Eintratt ab 17.00 Uhr frei!

I was on a tight budget while in Helsinki and had to make the hard decision about which museums to see and which to pass on. I choose Kiasma because it was a contemporary museum. I have nothing against older pieces of work but I like seeing what modern art has been created.
Kiasma’s building is a piece of art itself. Silver, full of windows, the building swooped and curved. As you walked through the building, up to different levels, you slightly wound around stark white walls. Sliding doors opened for you for each exhibit. Helsinki is such a wired city and the museum certainly didn’t disappoint with free WIFI.
Each exhibit flowed to the next. Lots of digital art installations and even installations requesting you to participate. I placed my hand on piece of metal along with thousands of others which was evident by the numerous hand shapes imprinted on the surface. I walked through hundreds of ribbons hanging from the ceiling. Although I didn’t do any work an artist encouraged people to rearrange a set of blocks. Finnish electronic composer Erkki Kurenniemi had an exhibit of his own. He not only created music but he painted, was a photographer, and amongst other things, built a talking head that moved around on wheels. It talked back to you when you spoke to it and apparently dismayed a party goer so much that he kicked it. It was restored for Kiasma. My favorite piece was from an artist that used contrasting materials to show beauty in opposites. Tires hung from the ceiling by thick silver chains and blond hair hung from the tires.
I was pleased with Kiasma and the art it housed.

Even if you are a lover of modern art, the Kiasma may not be for you. When I visited in mid-​September 2012, two floors were closed due to construction of a new exhibit, to be fair. What was on exhibit was mediocre as a whole, with only a couple of works that stood out in my mind. The 3D macramé police car in the lobby was very cool, as was a series if three photographs of elderly Norwegian farmers wearing crowns of twigs. Other than that, I would not come back.

sehr coole Architektur. und lustige Moderne Kunst. ein Muss wenn man nach Helsinki kommt.

This is a great modern art museum, and is not far from many other museums. It is a little pornographic I think, but that’s what sells. I like the comic book art that goes on forever. It took me all day to read all of it. And you really do have to go see the animal massacre on the top floor. Superb!

I really liked this museum. The entrance fee was covered with the Helsinki card. Right as I walked in, there was a parked police car; the exterior had been completely knitted, down to the tires! There was also a lot of fun art. Pictures are permitted

This is one of the most surprising, stunning and unusual Modern Art Venues in the Western World.
From the architecture to the selection of displayed art, nothing in the Kiasma is «Mainstream». Yet, it is also not «forcedly hip» either.
The art is fluid, quotable («Are you REALLY SERIOUS about African dance? I think you are not SERIOUS ENOUGH!») and even photographs well. The light and routing of visitor streams make sure that noone disturbs the art, yet interacts with it.
I’m in love with the Kiasma. it is quintessentially Finnish — both serious & sober, yet with a crazy and ironic streak that is reminiscent of a particularly unusual LSD trip.

Nous y sommes allés, il y a une dizaine d’années. Le musée venait d’être inauguré et il n’y avait pas beaucoup d’œuvres présentées.
Et pourtant, même vide, cette visite aurait été délicieuse car l’architecture du bâtiment peut, à elle seule, vous occuper des heures durant.
Le Kiasma a été conçu par l’architecte américain: Steven Holl qui a réussi un extra-​ordinaire pari esthétique !
A voir !

This is definitely Modern Art– don’t come here expecting any portraits in frames or old masters.
Even the building itself is bizarrely-​shaped, both outside and in– very spacious, very very white, and with extremely odd acoustics that mean you can hear people talking several rooms away.
It is split into lots of differently-​sized exhibition spaces, many of which are rearranged on a regular basis, so you could check in advance to see what you’re going to see.
There’s a lot of emphasis on video & sound in the art, and several rooms full of video art, as well as multimedia experiences that are a mixture of text, sound and projections.
Each exhibition is introduced in reasonable detail, in Finnish and English, and a lot of it is rather fun.
There’s also a very good, if expensive, shop, which will sell you a wide range of art books of course but which is also worth visiting for its novelties– postcards, badges, and little gifts, all art-​related but with a definite sense of humour.
If you’re in Helsinki it’s definitely worth a look.