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Amos Rex is an art museum named after the publisher and arts patron Amos Anderson and located in Lasipalatsi, on Mannerheimintie boulevard in Helsinki, Finland. It opened in 2018 and rapidly reached international popularity, attracting more than 10,000 visitors in a matter of weeks. It attracts about 250,000 visitors annually. Kieran Long has been the director since February 2024.

Amos Rex

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The museum emerges like bubbles from the underground
Established	2018 August 30 (30-08-2018)
Location	Lasipalatsi, Helsinki, Finland
Type	Art Museum
Director	Kai Kartio (2018–2024), Kieran Long (2024–)
Website	amosrex.fi/en/

History

In 2013, the museum announced plans to build a subterranean annex under the Lasipalatsi plaza, located near the museum's premises on Yrjönkatu. The annex was estimated to cost 50 million euros and to also use facilities above the ground in the Lasipalatsi building. The Helsinki City Board decided to reserve the plot for the museum in December 2013. The funding was provided by the Finnish-Swedish arts foundation Konstsamfundet. The museum plan was unanimously approved by the Helsinki City Council in May 2014 and the new annex was scheduled to open in 2017.

The new annex was designed by JKMM Architects, whose other works include the Turku Main Library and the Finnish pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

The construction of the new museum started in January 2016 and it opened to the public in August 2018.

Exhibitions

Massless, the first exhibition at the Amos Rex museum, was created by the Japanese collective teamLab. It consisted of a colourful, immersive interactive art exhibition. Viewers were encouraged to interact and explore with the surroundings, generating different visual results. Amos Rex holds approximately 3–4 exhibitions a year.

Amos Anderson Art Museum, 1965-2017

The Amos Anderson Art Museum (Finnish: Amos Andersonin taidemuseo, Swedish: Amos Andersons konstmuseum) is an art museum in Helsinki. It is the largest private art museum in Finland. The museum is currently situated on Yrjönkatu, with a subterranean annex, known as Amos Rex, built beneath Lasipalatsi.

History

The museum was founded by Amos Anderson, the owner of the Swedish-language Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper and a patron of the arts. In 1913, Anderson commissioned architects W. G. Palmqvist and Einar Sjöström to design a building on Yrjönkatu. The building would function as both Anderson's private living quarters and office space for his businesses. After Anderson's death in 1961, the building was converted into a museum, which opened in 1965. As of early 2019, Luckan, a Konstsamundet financed center for Finland Swedish culture, moved to the Yrjönkatu building previously used by the museum.

Amos Anderson Art Museum

Amos Andersonin taidemuseo Amos Andersons konstmuseum
Established	1965 (1965)
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates	60°10′06″N 24°56′14″E / 60.16833°N 24.93722°E / 60.16833; 24.93722
Type	Art museum
Director	Kai Kartio
Website	amosanderson.fi

Collections and exhibitions

The Amos Anderson Art Museum's collections include primarily 20th-century art, with some of the oldest works originally belonging to Amos Anderson's personal collection. The museum has paintings by Francesco Bassano (Adoration of the Magi), Paul Signac, Louis Valtat, Roger Fry, Alfred Finch (View of Fiesöle), Ragnar Ekelund, Magnus Enckell, Eero Nelimarkka, Tyko Sallinen, Tove Jansson (Fantasy), and the Swedish painter Palm. In its acquisitions, the museum concentrates on contemporary art.

The museum arranges 8–12 exhibitions a year.

See also

• Ateneum
• Helsinki Art Museum
• Kiasma

References

1. Siegal, Nina (5 September 2018). "Amos Rex Museum Is Helsinki's New Homegrown Star". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
2. https://www.museotilasto.fi/
3. "Kieran Long valittu Amos Rexin uudeksi museonjohtajaksi | Amos Rex".
4. "New Amos Anderson Art Museum confirmed". Yle Uutiset. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
5. "Green light for new Amos Anderson Art Museum". Yle Uutiset. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
6. "Amos Anderson museum plans unveiled". Yle Uutiset. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
7. Frilander, Aino (21 January 2015). "Arkkitehtitoimisto JKMM". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
8. Peltola, Satu-Lotta (12 January 2016). "Uudesta Amos Andersonin taidemuseosta Amos Rex". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
9. "Sneak a peek at Helsinki's new subterranean museum Amos Rex". Yle Uutiset. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
10. "Exhibition Proposals".
11. "Past Exhibitions". Amos Rex. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
12. "teamLab" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
13. "Magritte" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
14. "Studio Drift: Elemental" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
15. "Ars Fennica" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
16. "Birger Carlstedt: Kultainen kissa" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
17. "Generation 2020" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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19. "Egypt of Glory" (in Finnish). Amos Rex. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
20. "Generation 2023 at Amos Rex". Amos Rex. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
21. ^ "Museum introduction". Amos Anderson Art Museum. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
22. "Welcome to Luckan!". Luckan (in Swedish). 24 January 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
23. "Meet new people and help each other". www.helsinkitimes.fi. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
24. "Luckan vill vara mer än en biljettlucka – öppnar på nytt ställe i Helsingfors". www.hbl.fi. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

External links

• Official website

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