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Media Invitation: Welcome to the press preview of the Exhibition A Dream in Four Colours at Kiasma on Thursday, 26 February 2026

5.2.2026 09:21:26 EET | KIASMA | Press invitation

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The exhibition can be experienced as one might observe a dream – through fragmentary, wondrous encounters. A Dream in Four Colours continues Kiasma’s series of collection exhibitions, which presents curated selections from the Finnish National Gallery's collection of approximately 43,000 works.

Elina Merenmies, A Snake Full of Sighs (2023–2024), Finnish National Gallery Collection. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen
Elina Merenmies, A Snake Full of Sighs (2023–2024), Finnish National Gallery Collection. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen

Media representatives are welcome to explore the exhibition A Dream in Four Colours on Thursday, 26 February 2026, between 10:00 and 12:00. The exhibition is located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Kiasma. Curator Satu Oksanen will be available on site. If you would like to interview the curator or the artists, please make contact in advance.

Registration and interview requests: Communications Officer Kiira Koskela, kiira.koskela@kiasma.fi, +358 50 4786 861

Arrival: The doors of the museum open at 10:00. The address is Mannerheiminaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki.

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Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Uzair Amjad, Riikka Anttonen, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Milla Aska, Dara Birnbaum, Dineo Seshee Bopape (Raisibe), Louise Bourgeois, Taru Happonen, Pakui Hardware, Åke Hellman, Ingela Ihrman, Appu Jasu, Alice Kaira, Antero Kare, Pentti Kaskipuro, Shoji Kato, Marjaana Kella, Minjee Hwang Kim, Jussi Kivi, Ville Laurinkoski, Iisa Lepistö, Leena Luostarinen, Olli Lyytikäinen, Kaari Martikainen, Elina Merenmies, Henry Moore, Pasi Myllymäki ja Risto Laakkonen, Marika Mäkelä, Bruce Nauman, Minh Ngọc Nguyễn, Frans Nybacka, Nam June Paik, Laila Pullinen, Sepideh Rahaa, Heli Rekula, Jani Ruscica, Oskari Ruuska, Hermanni Saarinen, Cindy Sherman, Marianna Simnett, Päivi Sirén, Frank Stella, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mari Sunna, Jenna Sutela, Jenni Toikka, Osmo Valtonen, Annu Vertanen

A Dream in Four Colours
Kiasma Collection Exhibition
27.2.2026–10.1.2027

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Kiira Koskela, Communications Officer, kiira.koskela@kiasma.fi, +358 294 500 631

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Elina Merenmies, A Snake Full of Sighs (2023–2024), Finnish National Gallery Collection. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen
Elina Merenmies, A Snake Full of Sighs (2023–2024), Finnish National Gallery Collection. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen
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Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2,
FIN-00100
Helsinki, Finland

The Finnish National Gallery is the national museum of fine arts. It operates three of Finland’s best-known museums: the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum. It also manages the national art collection and its archives, develops Finnish cultural heritage and promotes art to the wider public. www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en

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