Helsinki Biennial

Helsinki Biennial is an international art event that brings outstanding contemporary art to Helsinki’s archipelago nature.
The next biennial will take place from

8 June to 21 September 2025 on Vallisaari Island, in Esplanadi Park, and at HAM Helsinki Art Museum.

Preparations for the 2025 Helsinki Biennial are underway – Esplanadi Park to be included as a new venue

In Helsinki Biennial 2025, the curators focus on non-human subjects

Keiken: Ángel Yōkai Atā, 2023. © HAM/Helsinki Biennial/Perttu Saksa

“The Helsinki Biennial could be Europe’s coolest new arts festival”

Alma Heikkilä: coadapted with, 2023. © HAM/Helsinki Biennial/Perttu Saksa

“An international extravaganza which – two months in – has outstripped even the expectations of its organisers, and simultaneously brought life and meaning back to a forgotten island with a chequered past.”

– The Telegraph

Adrián Villar Rojas: From the Series The End of Imagination, 2023. © HAM/Helsinki Biennial/Perttu Saksa

“Long recognized as an environmental leader, Finland’s capital may soon be seen as a burgeoning art hot spot as well, propelled by projects like this summer’s inaugural Helsinki Biennial.”

– Time