Book Archives - Serlachius

Universal Symphony

Publication related to Keith Tyson's exhibition

Six Glimpses into a Collection

Works from contemporary art collection of Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation The Serlachius industrialist family began collecting art over a century ago. Today the collection comprises thousands of works, its core consisting of Finnish Golden Age classics and European masterpieces from the 16th century onwards. In the early 2010s the Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation also […]

De Chirico and the Theatre

A book written in English, Italian, and Finnish, related to the De Chirico and the Theatre exhibition (Serlachius Headquarters, 15 March–17 August 2025). Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) was an Italian painter and founder of the art movement known as Metaphysical Art (Pittura Metafisica). This book tells the story of the artist’s intimate relationship with Rome, the city […]

Thank-you Letters

Thank-you Letters publication Artist-to Artist Acknowledgements Sometimes an artwork can affect us so powerfully that it leaves an indelible mark. An artwork can change our whole way of thinking, seeing and structuring the world. It can set in motion a process that stays alive within us. Kiitoskirjeitä (Thank-you Letters) is a catalogue accompanying the Serlachius’ […]

Devan Shimoyama

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Sculptor Jussi Mäntynen’s animal pieces

Sculptor Jussi Mäntynen’s animal pieces Gösta Serlachius became acquainted with Jussi Mäntynen during his successful exhibition in Stockholm in 1934. Mäntynen was already then a renowned sculptor. He had created public pieces and a publication of his oeuvre was published at an exceptionally early stage of his career. At that time, Gösta Serlachius on the […]

Takeshi Moro

Ichi-go ichi-e

SuperPop!

Timo Valjakka

In the Woods There is a Bird

Eija-Liisa Ahtila

MuNA

MuNA Museum of No Art (MuNA) is a museum that artist Riiko Sakkinen created for the Serlachius Museums. First of all, it had its initial opening in the Art Museum Gösta summer 2014. Its catalogue implies to new openings around the world, however. MuNA represents the dystopic museum of the future where the position of […]