Three temporary exhibitions per year of Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum offer top-quality Finnish fine art. The permanent exhibition The Long-distance Atelier focuses on the life and career of the sculptor Kimmo Pyykkö. During your visit to the museum, you can also explore the architecture of the award-winning Kangasala Arts Centre. You can find us in the heart of the beautiful town of Kangasala, 20 minutes from Tampere.
Nina Ruokonen: Maapallonhalaamisyrityksiä, osa I, (Hugging the Globe, part I) 2022. Pigment on aluminium, 55 x 37 cm.
Merja Palin, Nina Ruokonen and Helena Vaari: Forest Works 28.1.–21.5.2023
The Forest Works joint exhibition by designers Merja Palin, Nina Ruokonen and Helena Vaari is an excursion into the Finnish forest. The exhibition presents textile and surface designs, video and photographic works, and church textiles and textile art. Sound artist Kirsi Ihalainen and video producer Tuomas Ikonen feature as invited collaborators.
Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, 1st and 2nd floor
Erika Adamsson: Red Atmosphere (Petäjikkö) 2022. Oil on plexiglass), 100 x 113. Photo: Erika Adamsson
Erika Adamsson: DECADES 10.6. –27.8.2023
DECADES is an extensive solo exhibition featuring a hand-picked selection of Erika Adamsson’s works from across several decades, with an emphasis on her more recent paintings. Time, nostalgia and the moods of different decades are central to Adamsson’s art. Her most recent works were inspired by the history of the Kangasala organ factory.
Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, 1st and 2nd floor
Juhani Harri: Iltapäivä (Afternoon), 1971, mixed media, 70 x 62 cm, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Mikko Lehtimäki
Contemporaries – Art from the 1960’s and 70’s from the collection of the Kuntsi Foundation 16.9.2023–7.1.2024
Juhani Harri, Mauno Hartman, Kimmo Kaivanto, Ahti Lavonen, Kauko Lehtinen, Juhani Linnovaara, Gunnar Pohjola, Aarno Salosmaa, Jaakko Sievänen, Arvo Siikamäki and Kain Tapper among others – all colleagues of the sculptor Kimmo Pyykkö in the Finnish art scene of the 1960’s and 70’s. Young artists at the time and venerated masters of classical Finnish contemporary art today, they feature prominently in the art collection of consul Simo Kuntsi. The exhibition is curated by Anne-Maj Salin from the Kuntsi Foundation.
Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, 1st and 2nd floor
Photo: Jussi Koivunen
Kimmo Pyykkö: The Long-distance Atelier
The art museum’s permanent exhibition presents a journey through the sculptor and professor Kimmo Pyykkö’s atelier. From his childhood and adolescence in Kangasala, Pyykkö’s road took him to art education in Helsinki and a diverse career spanning six decades in the Finnish art scene.
Permanent Exhibition, 3rd floor
Opening hours
Tue-Wed 11–17, Thu 11–19, Fri-Sat 11–17, Sun 11–15, Mon closed
Groups also by arrangement
6.12.2023 closed
23.12. – 26.12.2023 closed
31.12.2023 closed
Closed during the change of exhibition 8.1.-26.1.2024
Entrance fees:
8/6€/ Museokortti / Finnish Museum card Alle 18-vuotiaat ilmaiseksi /
Under 18-year-old for free of charge
Guidances
Guided tour every Sunday at 1 pm;
included in the entrance fee.
Group reservations
040 773 0196
Guided tours for groups 50/70€ + entrance fees
Meetings and events 0400 304 530