Enabling change through arts and culture

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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.




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

Open Call: An International Retreat for Dance, Live Art and Performance Artists

HIAP Helsinki - Dublin Residency Exchange 2026

Beyond Survival – International Time Travel: Open Call for Artists

UK-based curators to visit the Helsinki Biennial 2025

Ali Akbar Mehta: “The residency at Delfina Foundation has been an intimate way to engage with the London art scene”

Aleksi Malmberg appointed Director of the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland
Events
Explore our events and programme.

Resonance Workshop Series: Intimate Motions
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

Resonance Workshop Series: Now That's What I Call Mash-Up
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

Resonance Workshop Series: Body Parts Reimagined
The Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

Artist Talk & Screening: Nastja Säde Rönkkö with curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley at LADA
Live Art Development Agency (LADA) The Garrett Centre, 117A Mansford Street, 117 Mansford St, London E2 6LX

Workshop and talk: Architecture in the More-Than-Human World
London Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High St, London W8 6AG

Eija-Liisa Ahtila: The Power of Trees exhibition at Kew Gardens
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens
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