Rauma Biennale Balticum
Since 1985, Rauma Biennale Balticum has presented every second year an overview of topical contemporary art of the Baltic Sea region at the Rauma Art Museum.
- Abstract / What is the main idea of the project? In the early years of the exhibition, artists' associations and cultural offices were invited to propose artists to the exhibition. From 1990 onwards, exhibitions regarding different themes have been curated by guest curators or curatorial teams of a museum. A catalogue with artist presentations and articles for each exhibition has been published and is available at the museum.
The serial of exhibitions arranged by the museum began in 1977, when the first Gulf of Bothnia Biennial was held, assembling artists from the coastal towns and cities of Finland and Sweden. In 1985, the exhibition was expanded to cover the whole Baltic Sea Region and was renamed Rauma Biennale Balticum. - Who is the target group?
People who are interested in visual arts, artists from the whole Baltic Sea Region and curators who are organising the biennial.
In 2010 there were 3272 visitors and twenty artists and artist groups participating in the exhibition. - Next edition of the project
The next Rauma Biennale Balticum will be held at Rauma Art Museum (Finland) in 2012.
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News archive
07.06.2010
Rauma Biennale Balticum – What's up Sea? (Finland)
The opening of the 13th Rauma Biennale Balticum takes place on 11 June at 6 pm. The exhibition will be shown at Rauma Art Museum until 19 September 2010.
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"ARS BALTICA is not a bureaucratic construction for political posturing, but a concept that stands for unconventional and committed collaboration in real cooperative projects." (Rainer Haarmann, former ARS BALTICA Coordinator, 1997)
Key Facts
- start of the project in 1985
- accredited with the ARS BALTICA logo since 2000
- located at Rauma (Finland)
- countries involved are: Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
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