Art 15.01.2026 The first section of the Dialogues collection exhibition on view until 21 January 2026
Residencies 15.12.2025 Roy Boswell and Xiao Zhiyu Selected for Alumni Residencies in Scotland and New York
Society 10.12.2025 Syvänniemi Church to Be Dressed in Light for Its 100th Anniversary – Main Event on St. Lucia’s Day, 13 December 2025, 3–6 p.m.
Science 05.12.2025 €1.3 Million Grant to the Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki – Strengthening international networks and research programmes
Science 03.12.2025 University of Eastern Finland research delves into the root causes of the sustainability transition
ArtSociety 27.11.2025 OAF Conquers Japan! IMAGINE EVERYDAY! Outsider Art Finland in Tokyo 29 Nov–26 Dec 2025
Society 20.11.2025 The Finnish documentary The Secret Reading Club of Kabul sheds light on the everyday lives of women in Afghanistan
Science 18.11.2025 Professorship in Ownership Strengthens Finnish Expertise and Research on Ownership
NewsScience 05.11.2025 Saastamoinen Foundation supports epilepsy research at the University of Eastern Finland
Art 03.11.2025 Open call for Penthouse Collective’s experimental paper-based exhibition 1-30 November 2025
Society 10.10.2025 The Presidents of Iceland and Finland Visited JA Finland’s Yrityskylä Learning Environment
Art 23.09.2025 Antti Laitinen’s new installation at EMMA invites visitors into a forest of chiming trees
Art 15.09.2025 Chiara Bersani is the winner of the 11th ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art
ArtScience 13.09.2025 ”Improvisation is a way of finding meaning in the world”, says sound artist Tarek Atoui
Art 09.09.2025 EMMA and Saastamoinen Foundation Welcome Shohreh Shakoory to Finland as the First Curatorial Fellow of the New Programme
Art 04.09.2025 A striking new sculpture by Pekka Jylhä rises outside EMMA, sending a message of hope and courage in uncertain times
Residencies 03.09.2025 Call for alumni to the residency program in Scotland for Academy of Fine Arts graduates
ArtNews 08.08.2025 Drifts Festival 2025 Launches in Helsinki with Saastamoinen Foundation as key partner
NewsSociety 05.08.2025 Support for 4H’s Birdhouse Investors activity creating breeding environments for birds
Residencies 03.07.2025 Priss Niinikoski Selected for the 2026-2027 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Residency
Art 08.06.2025 The Silent People Arrive in Syvänniemi – A Summer Installation at the Old Spool Mill Invites You to Pause
ArtScience 02.06.2025 Internationally Acclaimed Artist and Composer Tarek Atoui Brings Sound Art to Helsinki
Society 09.05.2025 In the Spring Youth Idea Competition, young people develop world-changing ideas: the 2025 winners are BioLöBö, Fish Reflectors, and ThriftySwipe
NewsResidencies 07.05.2025 Anna Karima Wane and Lotta Hurnanen selected as grantees for Jan van Eyck Academie and LIFT alumni residencies
Art 14.04.2025 Saastamoinen Foundation to support Kiasma with EUR 100,000 for artwork production at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Society 24.03.2025 SILTA Programme Brings Silicon Valley Opportunities to Young Finnish Entrepreneurs
ArtResidencies 18.12.2024 Visual artist Jade Kallio selected for ISCP residency in New York in spring 2026
Science 20.11.2024 A Significant Grant from Saastamoinen Foundation for Research in Sustainability Law and Economics
Art 13.11.2024 Human Relationships and Visual Juxtapositions – A New Installation Opens in the Dialogues Exhibition
Art 11.11.2024 Open Call: New International Curatorial Fellowship Programme at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Science 11.10.2024 Dr Julie Goodwin of Yale University takes a closer look at the study of children’s blood pressure
Art 09.10.2024 Artist Diego Bruno in conversation with keynote lecturer artist Stan Douglas: “History is not over yet”
SocietyThe Foundation 01.10.2024 Recent report: Finnish foundations distributed over half a billion euros in grants in 2023
ScienceSociety 20.09.2024 Lars Rebien Sørensen’s Saastamoinen Foundation Keynote: A Nordic Form of Capitalism – The Novo Nordisk Story
ArtResidenciesScience 12.06.2024 Saastamoinen Foundation granted a one-million-euro funding for a residency programme for visual artists
Art 03.06.2024 Tschabalala Self’s first solo exhibition in Finland is part of the InCollection series co-produced by Saastamoinen Foundation and EMMA
ArtScience 24.05.2024 Internationally acclaimed Canadian artist Stan Douglas to deliver keynote lecture in Helsinki in September 2024
ArtResidencies 13.05.2024 Uniarts alumni Paola Guzmán and Xiao Zhiyu selected as grantees for international residencies in Toronto and Maastricht
ArtScience 21.04.2024 Saastamoinen Foundation strengthens research in analogue image together with Uniarts Helsinki
Art 09.10.2023 Tiziano Cruz announced as the 2023 winner of ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art
Society 20.04.2023 Saastamoinen Foundation supports Taimiteko – Seedling Action to increase carbon sinks by planting 30,000 saplings
ArtResidencies 05.04.2023 Saarinen, Kozieł-Kalliomäki and Gustafsson selected for alumni residencies in 2023
ArtResidencies 21.12.2022 Hans Rosenström and Santtu Laine selected for the alumni residencies in New York and Scotland
Art 19.09.2022 Latai Taumoepeau was announced as the winner of 2022 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art
ArtSociety 13.09.2022 Works from Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection on display at Espoo’s new Family Centre
Art 25.08.2022 In Search of the Present, a group show at the crossroads of art and science, will open EMMA’s autumn programme
Society 15.08.2022 In support of youth and peace building – Saastamoinen Foundation grants significant further funding for Gutsy Go
ArtResidencies 05.05.2022 Felipe de Ávila Franco selected for the alumni residency at ISCP in New York 2023
ArtResidencies 09.04.2022 Kristin Wiking, Matti Harju and Ristomatti Myllylahti selected for alumni residencies 2022
Science 08.04.2022 Keynote Lecture speaker Nicolai Tangen from the Norwegian Oil Fund: “The most defining moments are not personal”
Art 10.03.2022 Saastamoinen Foundation and Kone Foundation will be supporting IHME Helsinki’s work in 2023-25
Art 26.01.2022 Finland presents Close Watch by Pilvi Takala at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Society 02.06.2021 Saastamoinen Foundation provides significant funding for the 4H Association’s Taimiteko – Seedling Action project
ArtScience 06.05.2021 Uniarts Helsinki receives 1.5 million euros for broadening international connections in fine arts
ArtScience 21.10.2020 Resident Fellow Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey is interested in the political imagination of contemporary art institutions
ArtResidencies 14.05.2020 Alumni Britt Al-Busultan, Yassine Khaled, Anssi Pulkkinen and Tiina Pyykkinen selected for residency programmes
Society 20.03.2020 Finnish foundations and ministry provide millions in emergency aid for cultural sector in distress
Science 26.11.2019 Foundations strengthen leadership skills in the art and culture sector together with Aalto EE
Art 18.11.2019 The internationally acclaimed artist Chiharu Shiota will create a large spatial installation for EMMA in autumn 2021
ArtScience 04.11.2019 Leading expert on Latin American art Andrea Giunta to lecture in Helsinki 4.2.2020 – “What We Can or Cannot See in Latin American Art”
ArtScience 29.10.2019 Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki hosts CrossSections_notes exhibition
