Events

Väre art tour 17.5.

Campus

Väre's art concept is Global Equality. Join the tour with senior specialist Outi Turpeinen and take a closer look at Väre's public art collection

A person walks from left to right on the second floor inside Väre, passing a metallic piece of art — Kirsi Kaulanen: Lumen. Image: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

When

17.5.2022 14:15 – 15:00

Where

Väre

Pääaula

Event language(s)

Finnish, English

During spring 2022, you have an opportunity to explore the university’s public art collections through art tours.

Senior specialist Outi Turpeinen presents the works in Väre's art collection (Global Equality) and shares more about the role of public art at the university.

The tour is arranged for Aalto students & personnel.

The vision of public art at Aalto University

In 2017, Aalto University decided to comply with a one per cent art principle in its building projects. The campus art competition is the university’s fifth project, where approximately one per cent of a building project's allocation is allocated to art purchases. The one per cent art principle was first applied to the Radical Nature art concept in Aalto University’s main building, Dipoli.

The vision of public art at Aalto University is to address and raise questions about what it is to be a university, what we do together in society, and what constitutes the public. Public art is site-specific and connects with the diversity of the university and its post-disciplinary communities. Public artworks reflect this diversity through different art forms, materials, techniques and traditions.