
16/04/2025
Updated weekly, SHAPE introduces and highlights a variety of current public events and exhibitions throughout the city.
This week’s highlights include four exhibitions:
📅 The exhibition Steps in the City at explores the layering of cities. The exhibition examines how issues related to the physical, cultural and visual construction of cities have been dealt with in the visual arts. The works on display at the exhibition also approach the urban environment as a space that tells about power and a place where power is exercised. In addition to this, the exhibition discusses experiences related to the urban environment in terms of safety and insecurity.
📅 Arte Povera – A New Chapter at explores how especially women artists have worked in the spirit of the Arte Povera movement from the 1960s to the present. The term Arte Povera, literally meaning “poor art”, refers to a movement that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s, when artists began creating works from discarded and modest everyday materials.
📅 In her solo exhibition house like moon at , Eeva Lietonen explores the experience of being in the world, materiality, and the layers of time. The exhibition intertwines past and present, the visible and the invisible. Themes such as soil, release, touch, and the cycle of matter create encounters where growth and decay, understanding and hesitation coexist.
📅 is delighted to present the first Helsinki Affordable Art Fair 2025. This event provides a unique platform to showcase diverse artistic expressions in an inclusive and accessible environment. By prioritizing affordability, the fair aims to make original art accessible to both seasoned collectors and newcomers alike. Artworks will range anywhere from 50€ to 400€. The project is in partnership with and curated by Dahlia El Broul.