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CURRENT EXHIBITION                                                                                                 UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS                                                                                               OCTOBER 8 – NOVEMBER 13, 2026 | OPENING: SEPTEMBER 10, 5-8 PM                                                        EVENTS

AUGUST 14 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 | OPENING: AUGUST 13, 5-8 PM                                                         SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 4, 2026 | OPENING: SEPTEMBER 10, 5-8 PM                                                                            DANIEL                                                                                        MA K A SIINI SUNDAY DIA LOG UES
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                       RAFA                                                                                                               TOMÁŠ                                                                                                                                                                                                            The walls are filled with art and the space with conversation during
                       MACARRÓN                                                                                                           JETELA                                                                                                                                                MAIN HALL & STUDIO II                                      Makasiini Sunday Dialogues. Every four weeks, three artists come togeth-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           er for an open discussion about their exhibitions, their practices, and the
                                                          MAIN HALL & STUDIO II                                                                                              MAIN HALL                                                                                                          Daniel Arsham creates interdisciplinary art firmly situ-   ideas shaping their work.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ated in the world. As the artist himself states, “I make   The conversation moves between the artworks, the artists’ perspectives,
                                                          Rafa Macarrón is a Spanish artist who displays ana-                                                                Tomáš Jetela, one of the most significant contempo-                                                                things I want to see exist in the world.” Arsham’s sculp-  and the wider questions surrounding contemporary art today.
                                                          tomical figures with their stretched forms and extend-                                                             rary Czech painters, combines figurative imagery with                                                              tures often resemble eroded artifacts or fragmented        After the discussion, the dialogue continues in the exhibition spaces.
                                                          ed proportions. The paintings are full of representa-                                                              abstract approach, which he explores through paint-                                                                monuments, blurring the boundaries between art, ar-
                                                          tions, which are peculiarly scaled. Macarrón’s visual                                                              ing, drawing and collage. His striking expressionism is                                                            chitecture and design.                                     SUNDAY AUGUST 23 AT 2 PM
                                                          anguage of human condition is based on reality, yet                                                                concentrated on the human inner life, revealing it as                                                                                                                         ANETTA LUKJANOVA
                                                          in a surreal way..                                                                                                 constantly evolving. Jetela’s works are personal in the                                                                                                                       SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 AT 2 PM
                                                                                                                                                                             manner he treats his subjects.                                                                                                                                                TOMÁŠ JETELA | RIIKO SAKKINEN | PERTTU MÄKELÄ
                       A N E T TA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SUNDAY OCTOBER 11 AT 2 PM
                       L U K J A N O VA                                                                            RIIKO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   DANIEL ARSHAM
                                                                                                                   SAKKINEN
                                                          STUDIO I
                                                                                                                   STUDIO I
                                                          Anetta Lukjanova works mainly in the medium of oil
                                                          paintings and public murals in a large scale. Her works  Riiko Sakkinen is known for his drawings and paintings
                                                          combine themes from mysticism, reality and pop cul-      highlighting the world’s economic and social problems.
                                                          ture, bringing forward almost magical version of con-    Sakkinen’s ‘turborealism’ challenges the traditional
                                                          temporary figurative realism.                            pictorial storytelling and uses characters and products
                                                                                                                   from popular culture, turning the product’s message on
                                                                                                                   its head.

                                                                                                                   PERTTU
                                                                                                                   MÄKELÄ

                                                                                                                   STUDIO II

                                                                                                                   Perttu Mäkelä’s works move between figurative and ab-
                                                                                                                   stract art. The nature seems to be ever-present, and the
                                                                                                                   inspiration comes from the meadows the artist himself
                                                                                                                   has planted and that are full of life during the Finnish
                                                                                                                   summer months. Mäkelä’s clear lines and seamlessly
                                                                                                                   blending colors bring out delicate and multidimensional
                                                                                                                   compositions.
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