Enabling change through arts and culture

Welcome to the Finnish Institute

For more than 30 years, we have been enriching cultural connections, empowering voices and building bridges between Finland, the UK, and Ireland. We identify signals of change in the fields of art, culture and society.

Through our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture

Open Call for a Helsinki – Dublin Residency Exchange 2027

Yes Person brings Finnish New Wave Circus to the UK

Invisible Flock and HEZEN at the Drifts Festival in Helsinki

Basic Forms (of Urban Life) brings Finnish design values and play culture to London’s Barbican

AUTOPSY features Finnish artists at Seventeen Gallery, London

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Latest media

Stay informed with the latest updates, insights, and podcasts from the Finnish Institute, showcasing arts and culture.

A model in a dark, eye-covering fringe hat, a white "MY CONCERNS ARE GLOBAL" tank top, grey vest, and dark jeans walks a dimly lit runway past an audience.

In Conversation: Tuuli Turunen on power, softness and her new collection Ain’t Nice

28th September 2026

A man with a shaved head and light beard, wearing thick brown-framed glasses and a black sweatshirt over a white shirt, looks at the viewer in front of a textured glass block wall.

Joel Karppanen selected for Scotland artist residency exploring contemporary Northern landscapes

13th August 2026

Exterior of arebyte Digital Art Centre with its name on the glass facade, people, and visible digital art.

Media Artists Gabriella Presnal and Chipo Mapondera selected for Recoding Realities Residency

13th August 2026

A smiling blonde woman in a black shirt with crossed arms, looking up against a grey wall.

Events

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Surreal image of a figure in a red floral dress holding glowing flowers, flanked by two rabbits in a sunlit field.

Through our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture exhibition

Overhead view of people on a brick plaza using colorful, modular circular and semi-circular tables and stools.

Basic Forms: Reimagining Public Space

Two people in sunglasses and casual clothes scream and pose dramatically on a blue-lit, smoky stage.

Yes Person at Jacksons Lane

Poster for "An Evening of Away Up North: Movie Mavericks from Finland" at The Cinema Museum London on 1/10/26, with a collage of film stills.

Away Up North – An Evening Of Movie Mavericks from Finland

Dozens of small, translucent, pale aquatic organisms with tentacles floating on a black background.

The Coming of Age at the Wellcome Collection

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