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Kiasma

Field	Value
name	Kiasma
image	Kiasmamodernartmuseum.JPG
caption	The northern side of the Kiasma building
coordinates
map_type	Finland Helsinki (mainland)#Finland
map_caption	The location of the museum in Helsinki
former_name	Museum of Contemporary Art ()
established	(Museum of Contemporary Art)

{{Start date	1998	df	y}} (opening of Kiasma building)
location	Helsinki, Finland
type	Art museum
collections	Contemporary art
visitors	295,000 (2017)
director	Leevi Haapala
owner	Finnish National Gallery
website

(opening of Kiasma building)

Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. Kiasma is part of the Finnish National Gallery, and it is responsible for the gallery's contemporary art collection. Its mission is to showcase contemporary art and celebrate the art od our time.

History

The contemporary art collection began as the Museum of Contemporary Art () in 1990. In its earliest stages, the collection was housed in Ateneum.

An architectural design competition to design a building for the contemporary arts museum was held in 1992. The competition was open to architects from the Nordic and Baltic countries, in addition to which four architects or studios from elsewhere were invited to participate, though they were obliged to submit their proposals anonymously: Steven Holl from the US, Alvaro Siza from Portugal, Coop Himmelb(l)au from Austria, and Kazuo Shinohara from Japan. The competition results were announced in 1993, and the winning proposal, titled Chiasma by Steven Holl, was selected from the 516 submitted entries. The design of the building, Finnish-ized as "Kiasma", underwent slight modification during the design process, but nevertheless was regarded as controversial; for instance its close proximity to the equestrian statue of Finnish President Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. Construction work began in 1996, and the museum opened in May 1998.

The museum attracted 160,000–180,000 visitors per year in 2011–2013.

Kiasma was closed for repairs in September 2014 and reopened in March 2015. In 2016, Kiasma attracted over 310,000 visitors.

Collections

The collections include works by around 8,000 artists, including Reetta Ahonen, Martti Aiha, Jan van Andersson Aken, Anders Gustaf, Antonio Rotta, Bernard Baron, Stig Baumgartner, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Erik Snedsbøl, Nicolas Berchem, Honoré Daumier, Karel Dujardin, , , , , , Søren Dahlgaard and Risto Laakkonen.

Gallery

References

The Open Nordic/Baltic Design Competition for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki. ''Architectural Competitions in Finland'', 5/1993.
G. Griffiths, "Steven Holl and His Critics", ''Ptah'', 1/2006.
"Annual Report 2013". Finnish National Gallery.
"The story of Kiasma". Kiasma.
"Kiasma Archive: 2015". Kiasma.
"Annual Reports • Finnish National Gallery".
"Kiasma - Kiasma Collections".

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