Exhibitions at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in 2027: Marianna Uutinen and 21st-century art

Marianna Uutinen

The Sara Hildén Art Museum has invited Marianna Uutinen to present a comprehensive solo retrospective exhibition, showcasing works from the late 1980s to the present day.

The exhibition has been curated in collaboration with the artist. It is structured both chronologically and thematically, presenting key phases relating to the use of materials.

Marianna Uutinen (b. 1961) is a highly regarded contemporary artist, renowned for her pioneering work in painting. Her innovative approach has redefined painting, expanding its possibilities and deepening viewers' interaction with her works.

The artist's ethos of freedom is reflected in her desire to keep the meanings of her works open.  In her works, the organic and the artificial, splendour and fragility, the sublime and the banal, and abundance and minimalism are all possible simultaneously. This ambivalence creates a tension that sustains the openness of her work.

13 February–30 May 2027 Marianna Uutinen

Simple Yet Complex

The exhibition Simple Yet Complex showcases 21st-century art through works by international and Finnish artists from the Sara Hildén Foundation’s collection.

How is contemporary art represented in the Sara Hildén Foundation’s collection, and what themes and subjects does it encompass? The exhibition Simple Yet Complex seeks answers to these and other questions.

The exhibition introduces the visitor to the newest part of the collection. It showcases the diversity of contemporary art in terms of current trends and themes, as well as methods and techniques. A list of the artists featured in the exhibition will be published in early 2027.

The Sara Hildén Foundation is renowned for its high-calibre collection of international and Finnish modernist and contemporary art. The exhibition Simple Yet Complex follows on from the cross-collection exhibitions Red Birds in a Green Tree (2024) and From the Beginning (2025). These exhibitions explored 20th-century art movements within the Sara Hildén Foundation’s collection. The forthcoming exhibition delves into the post-Sara Hildén (1905–1993) era of the collection, focusing in particular on art from the 21st century. The exhibition series highlights the diversity of the collection and showcases its key themes, artists and works.

22–23 June – 26 September 2027 Simple Yet Complex – 21st-century art from the Sara Hildén Foundation’s collection