Quotation from my article in Ajatus catalogue

A quotation in Finnish from my article about Edelfelt and the Finnish artists in France can be found in the catalogue of the publishing compagny Ajatus, page 15:

http://www.ajatuskirjat.fi/suomi/Ajatus_kevat2008.pdf

New articles-Eemu Myntti / The Helsinki natural science museum

Here are my latest articles published in the May issue of "Le francofinn":

"Eemu Myntti. Le van Gogh du Nord" (cf: Picture). "Eemu Myntti. The van Gogh of the North".

"Grande réouverture du musée d'histoire naturelle de Helsinki". "Grand reopening of the natural science museum of Helsinki".

http://www.lefrancofinn.com/

"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.

http://www.elle.fi/

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.

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".

Award

I will receive on Flora's Day (13th of May) a recognition award for my doctoral dissertation by the Foundation of the University of Joensuu.

"Au présent" magazine

The first issue of the new French language magazine "Au présent" has been released on April 1st:

http://www.aupresent.net/

Several of my texts can be found in the 'society' column dealing with issues of French society. These articles are concerned, for instance, with the smoking ban, the free entrance to public museums, the actuality of French political figures...