Emilija Škarnulytė from Lithuania has won the 2023 ARS FENNICA award. The winner was chosen from among five candidates by Anne Barlow, the international expert invited by the award panel for the year 2023
Watch Live Stream on 22.11. at 14:00 (GMT +2), from the announcement of the ARS FENNICA 2023 prize winner.
Get to know ARS FENNICA 2023 candidates. In addition to presenting the candidates, the artists talk about their work and artistic views.
The joint exhibition of the ARS FENNICA 2023 candidates opened at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art on September 8, 2023.
The 2023 ARS FENNICA catalog is out, offering an in-depth look at this year’s candidates and their works. It’s available for free download.
The opening of the ARS FENNICA 2023 candidate exhibition was celebrated on September 7, 2023
The exhibition was visited by about 8,300 guests, who had the opportunity to vote for their own favorite artist.
“Ahtila has always bridged disciplines and shows us alternate viewpoints on things. The artist has created a more balanced image of life on our planet. For example trees can be protagonists in her stories”, says Hans Ulrich Obrist, who chose the winner this year.
Watch a video from the announcement event 3.3.2022 at Hämeenlinna Art Museum.
How did Ars Fennica get its start? The film opens up the origin of why a fine art award was needed in Finland over 30 years ago.
ARS FENNICA 2021 candidate exhibition was opened on 15th October 2021 at Hämeenlinna Art Museum. See photos and from the opening.
ARS FENNICA, Finland’s most prestigious art award, is presented by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Foundation, established in 1990. Presented in recognition of an outstanding