Featured Events in Helsinki in July, 2025 (May Updated)

The 3rd Helsinki Biennial will present works by around 35 artists and art collectives at three different venues: Vallisaari Island, Esplanade Park and the Helsinki Art Museum. This year's Biennale is co-curated by Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen. With the title "Refuge: Below and Beyond, Becoming and Belonging", the two main curators try to go beyond the human-centered perspective and focus on non-human roles such as plants, animals, fungi, chemical elements and minerals. And explore alternative ways of collecting and disseminating knowledge about the world. The theme of this Biennale is inspired by the natural habitat of the Rampart Island, whose rich ecosystem has been well preserved due to decades of inaccessibility. This undisturbed haven provides a rare opportunity for thinking - to imagine what happens when humans retreat behind the scenes and non-human actors take the lead.