A decade of temporary worlds
Exhibitions
Purkutaide is an ongoing story, not a single event. Here is what's on now, and where it comes from.
On now
Now showing
This Is What I Want to Say
Arabia 135, Helsinki · 16 May – 18 Oct 2026
90 artists55 rooms2,400 m²
From the archive
2025
Parempi maailma
“A Better World”
Arabia 135, Helsinki
Aug – Nov 2025
~75 artists · 2,400 m²
10 years. 9 buildings. Countless temporary worlds.
Since 2016, Purkutaide has transformed 9 condemned and vacant buildings across Finland into large-scale immersive exhibitions, each one singular, each one gone when the building came down.
Photo: Lari Järnefelt & Pia Maria Rautio · Ilkka Vuorinen & Kiia-Bettina Haikola