Open Call for Curators – Kirpilä Spring Salon 2027

The Kirpilä Art Collection is launching an open call for a curator or curatorial collective to plan and implement a spring salon of contemporary art, scheduled to open in May 2027. This Spring Salon will be an exhibition and/or performance project that engages with the museum’s permanent collection, salon-style hanging, and the cultural-historical context of the space. The theme for the 2027 salon is "On the Romantic," focusing on emotion, imagination, and subjective experience in contemporary art. The selected curator will receive a production budget of EUR 20,000, which includes their fee, and will be responsible for the artistic design, artist selection, and overall content in collaboration with the Kirpilä Art Collection staff. The Kirpilä Art Collection will cover basic production costs such as hanging, dismantling, communications, and marketing. Applicants are expected to consider the art scene across Finland in their artist choices and are encouraged to propose experimental curation that interacts with the intimate spatiality and permanent collection of the Kirpilä Art Collection. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF file by email, including a presentation and CV, an exhibition plan, a preliminary artist list, a description of working practices, a schedule, a cost structure, and a link to previous work. The call is open from April 13 to June 8, 2026, with the final selection made by August 31, 2026. The museum is located in Helsinki, Finland, and is not fully accessible.