Wednesday 21 May 2008

"Suomalaisten Ranska-Kaunis tuntematon" in ELLE


The book Suomalaisten Ranska - Kaunis tuntematon published by Ajatus and edited by Louis Clerc and Kristina Ranki, which includes my article about Albert Edelfelt has been reviewed in the first Finnish edition of ELLE magazine.


Thursday 8 May 2008

Havis Amanda "Mon amour"



The exhibition "Havis Amanda, mon amour" is organised by Helsinki City Art Museum in honour of the centenary of the famous statue of Ville Vallgren, the maiden of Helsinki. An exhibition catalogue has been published in Finnish, Swedish and English in which I played a very small part. This beautiful book will introduce you to the history of this symbol of the Finnish capital.
The exhibition is held in Jugendsali from 30.4 to 31.8.2008, Pohjoisesplanadi 19. Free entrance.

Monday 5 May 2008

Helmi Biese


My latest article published in "Le Francofinn" is about the unfortunatly not so well known female Finnish painter, Helmi Biese: "la perle oubliée de la peinture finlandaise", "the forgotten pearl of Finnish painting".