Tove Jansson's estate. Finnish artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) stands in a long line of under-recognized 20 th century female painters. Nothing unusual there. What makes Jansson’s circumstance ...

Finland's largest art museum, the Athenaeum, has changed the nationality of the artist Ilya Repin from Russian to Ukrainian following a campaign from Ukrainians for the institution to recognize ...

Tom of Finland, a moniker of Touko Laaksonen, was a Finnish illustrator best known for his distinctively stylized homoerotic drawings. An influential aesthetic force in late 20th-century gay culture, ...

Signatories include Finnish artists Olavi Uusivirta, Paleface and Axel Ehnström, who represented the country in the 2011 contest. They accuse Yle of double standards, saying the broadcaster was ...

Many important Finnish artists have taught at the Art Room. Nowadays the teacher is Vappu Rossi. VAPPU ROSSI (b. 1976) is a visual and media artist in Helsinki. Her works are often based on drawing, ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...