The Museums of Lappeenranta organises various temporary exhibitions at the Lappeenranta Art Museum and the South Karelia Museum.

The temporary exhibitions of the South Karelia Museum feature Lappeenranta, everyday life in South Karelia and various topical culture and cultural history-related themes.

The Lappeenranta Art Museum’s exhibitions showcase visual art phenomena of diverse origins and nature. The main focus is on contemporary art and art from South-Eastern Finland. The museum’s own collections are on exhibit regularly.

Temporary exhibitions 2023-2024

South Karelia Museum

Kristiinankatu 15, The Fortress of Lappeenranta

12 October 2024 – 9 March 2025

The Railway Navvies

The Railway Navvies exhibition with its tipper wagons and work songs will arrive at the South Karelia Museum in the autumn of 2024. The exhibition tells about the relentless hard work of the railway builders and features historical photographs, tools, and stories from railway construction sites all over Finland. The exhibition’s activity areas offer both children and adults the opportunity to explore the fascinating history and technology of rail transport. Produced by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, the exhibition is based on the dissertation of Kalle Kallio, Director of the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, on Finnish railway builders.

Lappeenranta Art Museum

Kristiinankatu 8-10, The Fortress of Lappeenranta

PLEASE NOTE!

Lappeenranta Art Museum is closed until 14th December for renovation until December 14.

14 December 2024 – 16 February 2025

Katri Kuparinen

“I use older, woodcut-based illustrations and, for example, news and advertising images of the paper versions of Time and Der Spiegel published in recent years as my source material. Roughly put, I mix new and old, fact and fiction in different ways in my works.” The exhibition of visual artist Katri Kuparinen (b. 1972) consists of large papercut collages. In her collages, she has combined material from different sources into a new whole so that the components retain something of their origins.

14 December 2024 – 16 February 2025

Tiina Marjeta

“In my opinion, the material binds the works to their time and tells about the time in which it is used. Materials are created and lost over time. They tell about the time in which the works were made. Not everything is meant to be permanent in life either.” The mixed-media works of visual artist Tiina Marjeta (b. 1970) consist of materials that have been reused in the artistic process.

14 December 2024 – 16 February 2025

Juan Kasari – Absence III

Absence III (2022) by Juan Kasari (b. 1974), acquired for the Lappeenranta Art Museum’s collection, is a four-channel video installation that will be installed in one of the art museum’s galleries. In his more recent works, such as Absence III, Juan Kasari uses several overlapping video projections that are in a state of constant change.