Press Releases

Press release 23.5.2024   Marko Vuokola: Sense and Sensibility 8.6.-15.9.2024 Ars Nova, 2nd floor   Marko Vuokola's poetic conceptual art explores perception and experience. Our way of being here is about understanding the world from a human perspective. The viewer and the object cannot be…

Press release 27.11.2023     Alvar Gullichsen: COSMOS 8.12.2023–19.5.2024 Ars Nova, floors 1 and 2   Alvar Gullichsen (b. 1961, Helsinki) is an established artist, musician and producer. For the past ten years, he has focused on painting geometric spatial paintings. Gullichsen's art gradually started…

Press release 23.11.2023   Gallery Into Viljo Pertola: Bandura 8.12-2023–14.1.2024 Ars Nova, 2nd floor.   In his subjects, Viljo Pertola (b. 1997, Turku) dives into history, different cultures and the diverse imagery of our time. At the same time, he reaches out to the present.…

Press release 20.9.2023 Ristimäki in Ravattula 29.9.2023.–19.5.2024. Ars Nova, 2nd floor.   Ristimäki in Ravattula is Finland's oldest known church site. The archaeological studies of the site have provided a wealth of information about life at the turn of the Nordic Iron Age and the…

Press release 14.9.2023   Gallery Into Miia Ruohonen: FEATURES 29.9.–19.11.2023 Ars Nova, 2nd floor.   Turku-based Miia Ruohonen (b. 1987) primarily works with textile materials. She hand sews unique creatures that feature complex and expressive patterns adorned with beads, buttons, zippers and ribbons. To date,…

Press release 19.7.2023   Gallery Into Daniel Hahta: Itäharju 4.8.–17.9.2023 Ars Nova, 2nd floor   The Itäharju district, located close to downtown Turku, is a mix of residential areas, office towers, manufacture and supermarkets. Itäharju is traditionally organized around the Kalevantie road, which cuts through…

Press release 6.6.2023   Syteen / Cavén 16.6.–19.11.2023 Ars Nova, 1st floor   Kari Cavén (b. 1954 in Savonlinna) is a curious and open-minded artist. He has never lost his ability to play. The world provides him with endless stimuli and materials to work on.…

Press release 6.6.2023   Gallery Into Tiina Elina Nurminen: In Paradise Together 16.6.–26.7.2023 Ars Nova, 2nd floor   Tiina Elina Nurminen (b. 1960) discovered the joy of making art early on – at the age of nine. She says, “You can’t always get your thoughts…

Press release 12.4.2023   Gallery Into Miira Kangas 28.4.–7.6.2023 Ars Nova, 2nd floor Miira Kangas (b. 1989) from Naantali designs dresses. She focuses mostly on painting the designs with acrylic paints and creating the dresses. What is striking about Miira’s practice is her productivity: in…

Press release 5.4.2023 Rauha Mäkilä: Momo 21.4.-17.9.2023 Ars Nova, 2nd floor. Helsinki-based artist Rauha Mäkilä (b. 1980) explores her own life through art. Paintings are candid yet magical snapshots of everyday life, family, and the artist’s close circle of friends. They convey an intimate feeling…