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PAST EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                   CURRENT EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                 EVENTS

AUGUST 14 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 | OPENING: AUGUST 13, 5-8 PM                                                         SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 4, 2026 | OPENING: SEPTEMBER 10, 5-8 PM                                                     OCTOBER 9 – NOVEMBER 13, 2026 | OPENING: OCTOBER 8, 5-8 PM                                                           MA K A SIINI SUNDAY DIA LOG UES

                       RAFA                                                                                                               TOMÁŠ                                                                                                              DANIEL                                                                                        The walls are filled with art and the space with conversation during
                       MACARRÓN                                                                                                           JETELA                                                                                                             ARSHAM                                                                                        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                                                                                                          MAIN HALL & STUDIO II                                      ideas shaping their work.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           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-                                                                Daniel Arsham creates interdisciplinary art firmly situ-   and the wider questions surrounding contemporary art today.
                                                          tomical figures with their stretched forms and extend-                                                             rary Czech painters, combines figurative imagery with                                                              ated in the world. As the artist himself states, “I make   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-                                                                things I want to see exist in the world.” Arsham’s sculp-
                                                          tions, which are peculiarly scaled. Macarrón’s visual                                                              ing, drawing and collage. His striking expressionism is                                                            tures often resemble eroded artifacts or fragmented        SUNDAY AUGUST 23 AT 2 PM
                                                          anguage of human condition is based on reality, yet                                                                concentrated on the human inner life, revealing it as                                                              monuments, blurring the boundaries between art, ar-        ANETTA LUKJANOVA
                                                          in a surreal way..                                                                                                 constantly evolving. Jetela’s works are personal in the                                                            chitecture and design.                                     SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 AT 2 PM
                                                                                                                                                                             manner he treats his subjects.                                                                                                                                                TOMÁŠ JETELA | RIIKO SAKKINEN | PERTTU MÄKELÄ
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                       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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