Visual Arts
Finland is home to over 3000 active visual artists. Our task is to support the work of these artists and to make sure that their art is displayed publicly.
The National Council for Visual Arts supports, for example, galleries and other exhibition space maintained by artist groups and associations. The exhibitions held at these venues present topical and interesting art for members of the public to enjoy.
Admission to these art galleries is free of charge, and there is no purchase obligation. It is often possible to borrow works of art to decorate one's home. Private art galleries are not eligible for direct state support.
The majority of state grants and subsidies for the visual arts are allocated by the Ministry of Education and Culture. For example, most art museums receive statutory support from the ministry.
Last modified: 19.01.2012The national arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded state prizes to distinguished artists, artist groups and art communities.
Changes have been made to calls for applications for grants. Grants for mobility are being offered for the last time; in future, support for internationalisation and foreign travel can be applied...
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is providing emergency funding to professionals in the fields of the arts and culture whose livelihoods have been weakened due to the coronavirus pandemic....
The national arts councils have awarded state prizes in the fields of architecture, cinema, the performing arts, literature, the visual arts, children’s culture, media art, multidisciplinary art,...
The theme of this year’s Arts and Culture Barometer is the livelihood of artists. Data for the barometer is gathered by means of an online survey that is open to artists working in all fields of...
Ethnomusicologist Esa Vienamo (MA) has been appointed regional artist for outsider art. The role of the regional artist for outsider art is to promote the artistic work opportunities of outsider...
The national arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded state prizes in the fields of architecture, cinema, the performing arts, literature, the visual arts, media art,...
The Central Arts Council of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has appointed 74 art experts for the seven national arts councils for the 2019-20 term. In addition, 107 members have been...
Barometer to shed light on the mobility of art and artists and related needs.
Changes have been made to this autumn’s calls for applications. For the first time, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) will award three-year operational subsidies for the performing arts....
The arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded 304 artist grants. Most of these grants were allocated to professional artists in the fields of the visual arts,...
The Central Arts Council was awarded a 30,000-euro subsidy to RASMUS ry, which promotes “good speech” in social media and public spaces.
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland requests candidates for national and regional arts councils to be nominated by 31 May. The Central Arts Council shall appoint the members for the 2019-20 term in...
Taike’s online services continue to be affected by the disruption that we reported on 4 April. Our online services are operating, but at reduced capacity. If you are applying for an artist grant,...
Taike’s online services are currently unavailable due to a technical issue. The application period for state artist grants has been extended until 4:00pm on Monday 9 April.
The fault in our online services has been fixed. Our online services now function normally.
Taike’s online services are currently unavailable due to a technical issue. The cause of the problem will be clarified during the course of the day on Thursday 15 March.
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has awarded its #movingart theme year prize to the Artists at Risk residence programme. The amount awarded is 5000 euros. Taike Director Minna Sirnö...
This autumn’s calls for applications will begin at the end of September. Communities throughout Finland should apply for subsidies in the autumn, as there will not be a separate call for...
This autumn the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the Foundation for Cultural Policy Research (Cupore) are conducting research into the state of young artists in different fields of the...
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