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Kiasma
Sign in to saveKiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. Kiasma is part of the Finnish National Gallery, and it is responsible for the gallery's contemporary art collection. Its mission is to showcase contemporary art and celebrate the art od our time.
Key facts
- Museum.name
- Kiasma
- Museum.image
- Kiasmamodernartmuseum.JPG
- Museum.caption
- The northern side of the Kiasma building
- Museum.map_type
- Finland Helsinki (mainland)#Finland
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- The location of the museum in Helsinki
- Museum.former_name
- Museum of Contemporary Art ()
- Museum.established
- (Museum of Contemporary Art) (opening of Kiasma building)
- Museum.location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Museum.type
- Art museum
- Museum.collections
- Contemporary art
- Museum.visitors
- 295,000 (2017)
- Museum.director
- Leevi Haapala
- Museum.owner
- Finnish National Gallery
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Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. Kiasma is part of the Finnish National Gallery, and it is responsible for the gallery's contemporary art collection. Its mission is to showcase contemporary art and celebrate the art od our time.
==History== thumb|150px|Under construction in Autumn 1996 thumb|150px|Nearly complete in Autumn 1997, with the now-demolished VR warehouses on the northern side The contemporary art collection began as the Museum of Contemporary Art () in 1990. In its earliest stages, the collection was housed in Ateneum.