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

12 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