Between Soft Borders is an exhibition by photographic artist Emmi Minkkinen at Taipuu Gallery in Säynätsalo Town Hall. The exhibition explores growth, change and transitional states of being. The works move through landscapes of water, light, clouds and the body. In them, the border appears as a soft and shifting space, where the old is […]
At the beginning of autumn, Europe celebrates European Heritage Days, the continent’s largest shared programme of public events celebrating cultural heritage. The theme for 2026 is Heritage at Risk. For the second time, the Alvar Aalto Route is celebrating European Heritage Days with the Open Alvar Aalto Route Days programme. Throughout September, events organised by […]
Italy has a privileged space in the lives and careers of Aino, Alvar and Elissa Aalto. In October 1924, Aino and Alvar chose Italy for their honeymoon, largely following an itinerary that Aino had already experienced three years earlier after graduating in architecture. The young couple left Helsinki on their way to Italy on 8th […]