Virka Gallery

Virka Gallery, which is open to all city residents and tourists, puts on exhibitions, events and films at Helsinki City Hall. The exhibitions focus on portraying Helsinki from different viewpoints: its history, architecture, people, current phenomena, and art.

Designers ’12
25 January - 25 March 2012

The Designers ’12 exhibition is the contribution of the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo and Grafia to the work of publicising modern Finnish design. The Designers 2012 touring exhibition and the accompanying publication illuminate the sector’s diversity and describe the daily work of designers.

Head and Heart - Helsinki as Capital City 200 Years
4 April -17 June 2012

The two-part exhibition comprises the experiential exhibition at Virka Gallery and the ‘Lion Block’ touring section, in which the city itself forms the exhibit. The transparent perspectives of the exhibition are its nature as capital city, multiculturalism, and ‘pulse’.

Woodism
29 June -2 September 2012

Virka Gallery in partnership with Lahti and Pro Puu produce an exhibition of timber architecture and the varied use of wood and its importance in Finnish design. The exhibition includes a fascinating section linked to Helsinki: the elms felled a few years ago in Kaivopuisto have been carved into furniture and other smaller objects for the exhibition.

Dreams in Helsinki
14 November 2012 – 13 January 2013

All Helsinki residents are invited to take part in the exhibition to be held in 2012 by sending their dreams to Virka Gallery. A working group to be selected later, comprising representatives from the worlds of design, architecture and fine arts, will use the dreams to create artworks, spaces and experiences – an exhibition where each of us can experience the effect of shared dreams.

Flush
23 March – 30 September 2012

The legendary washroom facilities of the City Hall acquire another dimension in the form of an exhibition, when Virka Gallery jointly with the Union of Artist Photographers puts on unique lavatory art exhibitions in the men’s and women’s toilets. A thought-provoking experience will be created for the visitors through the worlds of music, art elements and photography.

More information

Kirsi Hasu
Curator
Virka Gallery
Tel. +358 9 310 36 261
kirsi.hasu@hel.fi