You won’t want to miss these art exhibitions – see seven colourful and playful tips for a winter holiday

Colorful artwork in a compilation. — The spring-winter exhibitions are full of colour and light-heartedness. In the photo, you can see printmaking in Espoo, jewellery in Oulu and art that plays with food in Helsinki.

Energise your winter holidays with colourful and playful art.

Now let’s bathe in colour, marvel at the animal characters and dive into the world of gaming.

In these difficult times of global politics, the mind can yearn for something light.

We’ve put together the most enjoyable exhibitions of spring-winter for your winter break.

1. Food, drink and the joy of discovery

The old pan is made up of a mosaic floor and the colorful plastic mugs have a cheerful horn of abundance.

The picture shows a lot of red, orange and yellow mugs on the table. — Detail of Anu Tuominen’s work Kitchen 2.

Tuominen’s * sun -dried carrots * exhibition plays with food and museum farm and invites you to find a visitor to play: the works are located in places where you might not expect to find. There is also word play in the name of the works.

You will leave this exhibition with a smile on your lips.

2. The world inside the game

Two ducks on the lake. — The exhibition by Iranian-born Bita Razavi has attracted an audience of many ages, according to the Turku Art Museum.

Is a child, partner or friend’s nose caught in a video game? Take him to watch video game art!

The witty and storytelling video is an impressive entity that is not lacking in flamboyant music and dramatic scenes. The work explores different animals and their behavior and movement in the landscape, such as a bird’s perspective.

3. Printed on canvas

Colorful patterns in clothes and other fabrics. Hanging on the wall. — The curtain exhibition features printed canvases by Maija Isola, Howart Smith and Tapio Wirkkala, among others. The photo shows textile artist Nana Sun’s patterns from the 1960s and 1970s.

The exhibition, which is full of colors and patterns, is like a time -long journey back.

The familiar patterns in the Emma Emma Emma Emma have been approached from the point of view of art. There are printing fabrics from 31 designers from the 1930s to the present day.

Printing fabrics are an important part of Finnish design history. Classic patterns and more unknown pearls are hung on the walls.

5. Light in the dark

Shimmering light works in the showroom. — Maija Lavonen’s fascinating works use optical fibres.

* In the quiet monuments* exhibition, the colors and experiences of nature have been beautifully transferred to textile works.

The magical exhibition presents Lavonen’s life work in 2023. Lavonen was known as a reformer of textile art, especially rugs tradition.

6. From living rooms to showcases

Nighty forest landscape where blue wild boar eating food on snowy land .. Painting. — The works in the Art of Homes exhibition have been borrowed from ordinary people’s homes for the exhibition. The picture shows Kimmo Niikkonen’s Wild Boars in a Potato Field from 1991.

This exhibition is the hungry of the story.

The Jyväskylä Art Museum has a collection of art treasures of Central Finland homes.

A jury of volunteers selected paintings, sculptures, floral boards, animal images, textiles and landscapes from 240 homes for the exhibition.

The works that have passed through life are full of memories. They get aloud as the owners say.

4. Jewellery is about nature

Fluffy balls together. — Manami Aoki’s Hair of the WOOD brooch is made of wood, silver and steel. The soft fibres of the wood form a hair-like structure that can be stroked or combed like hair.

Fluffy, insects and wooden pearl strips.

In the * Jewelry 8 * exhibition on human nature, jewelry has taken over the exciting influences from nature: creations have been created, for example, from amber, wood and steel.

The International Triennial includes 47 artists and groups of artists from more than 20 different countries.

7. Delightful animal characters

Ceramic Dachshund on a wooden stand. — Hannele Kylänpää’s work Arkunvartija from 1997.

The Helsinki Art Hall has been conquered by dogs, birds, hare and other forest animals.