Touch is the title of the new Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection Exhibition. The display comprises three sections with the overarching theme of humanity at its core. The exhibition will be updated for example with new acquisitions.

Help youngsters get more out of their museum visit on a participatory, story-crafting tour tailored for your group’s learning level.

The exhibition program of 2020 is opened by visual artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965), currently one of the world’s most significant contemporary artists. Dean is known, in particular, for her 16mm films and working to protect photochemical film, as well as her arresting, large-sized chalk drawings on blackboards.

In February 2020 a piece by Young Artist of the Year 2019 Nastja Säde Rönkköcalled for those yet to be (2016–2018) will be on display. The work is one person’s demonstration and a series of video performances on ecological destruction. The project features Rönkkö visiting fragile parts of the globe that are threatened or destroyed by human actions and sending messages to future generations.

Anni Puolakka's work is on display in the media space of Touch exhibition. Staged as a conversation with an artificial intelligence chatbot, Diamond Belly explores love and companionship between a human artist, the bot and mosquitoes. The human offers their body as a nourishing 'baguette' to the diamond-bellied mosquitoes, envisioning the flies' bio-chemistry in complementary with their own haematic cycle.