Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art

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art museum contemporary art museum cultural institution

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art is a prominent contemporary art museum in Helsinki, Finland, known for its striking modern architecture and focus on Finnish and international contemporary art.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art canonical 2
Finnish National Gallery 1
House of Culture, Helsinki 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum ⓘ
contemporary art museum ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ
architect Mikko Summanen ⓘ
Steven Holl Architects ⓘ
surface form: Steven Holl
architecturalStyle contemporary architecture ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ
buildingMaterial concrete ⓘ
glass ⓘ
steel ⓘ
category Art museums and galleries in Finland ⓘ
Contemporary art galleries in Europe ⓘ
Museums in Helsinki ⓘ
city Helsinki ⓘ
collectionFocus Finnish contemporary art ⓘ
international contemporary art ⓘ
collectionType contemporary art ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
hasExhibitionType permanent collection displays ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasFacility auditorium ⓘ
café ⓘ
education spaces ⓘ
museum shop ⓘ
hasPurpose to present and collect contemporary art ⓘ
to promote contemporary art to the public ⓘ
hasWebsite https://kiasma.fi ⓘ
inception 1990s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Helsinki ⓘ
Helsinki city centre cultural area ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki city centre

Kamppi district ⓘ
locatedNear Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Mannerheimintie ⓘ
Parliament House, Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Parliament House of Finland
namedAfter kiasma (optical term “chiasma”) ⓘ
notableFeature curved, sculptural façade ⓘ
natural light–filled interior spaces ⓘ
openingDate 1998 ⓘ
operator Finnish National Gallery ⓘ
ownedBy Finnish National Gallery ⓘ
partOf Finnish National Gallery ⓘ
region Uusimaa ⓘ
roleInCity major cultural landmark of Helsinki ⓘ
roleInCountry key institution for contemporary art in Finland ⓘ
streetAddress Mannerheiminaukio 2 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steven Holl Architects → hasNotableProject → Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ
Akseli Gallen-Kallela → hasWorkInCollection → Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish National Gallery
Alvar Aalto → notableWork → Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Culture, Helsinki
Parliament House, Helsinki → near → Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ