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According to the Government’s 2026 budget proposal, government grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) would be cut by EUR 1.3 million. Taike’s appropriations for discretionary government grants would decrease for the third year in a row. The cut is targeted at discretionary non-statutory government grants, which would be cut by approximately 5 percent.

Each year the Arts Promotion Centre Finland awards about 45 million euros to approximately 3 500 artists and communities.

We actively provide statements and opinions on matters related to the arts and culture. On this page you can find our most recent and important statements. Opinions are for the most part in Finnish.

Taike’s arts councils are being restructured, and the current arts councils be discontinued as of 1 July 2026. The new structure will have a Council of Arts and Culture utilising a pool of experts and rotating grant assessment panels to assess applications. The principles of peer reviews and the autonomy of art will be maintained in decision-making. Stakeholders and the entire arts sector are being consulted extensively in the restructuring work.

These grants are intended for individual projects by arts professionals. These grants may be applied for by individuals and working groups. Applications can be submitted online using the Applyforgrants.fi service. The call for applications can be found on the service under the name of the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency.

Alexander Stubb, President of the Republic of Finland, has awarded the title of Art Academic to architect Mona Schalin. Schalin is an expert in building conservation, renovation and the protection of the built cultural environment. Her most notable restoration and renovation projects include the National Pensions Institute apartment building area, the Urho Kekkonen Museum Tamminiemi, the Serpentine House in Helsinki, and several of the buildings at the Suomenlinna Sea Fortress.

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Arts Promotion Centre Finland collects personal data for the processing of state grant applications, statistics and communication purposes.

The data contained in the customer register is used in the preparation and decision-making of cases registered in the Salama case management system. The data is also used for statistical and research purposes.

This document publicity description provides information about what documented information is held by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), what datasets are formed by this information, and which information systems are used to process the information.

Data protection policy for Taike’s contact register Gruppo.