Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz is the son of Shalom Zabludowicz, a Polish-born Jew and Auschwitz survivor who made his fortune by connecting the Finnish and Israeli arms industries. (JTA) — Nearly ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The residencies enable to take a break from everyday life and help to gain ground internationally and to connect with artists from all over the world as well as with German organisations. The Finnish ...