Spirit of Paimio Conference 2024 embraces community and togetherness

Spirit of Paimio is thrilled to announce the theme of this year’s conference, and the first keynote speakers, internationally known profiles from different creative and scientific fields.
Josefina Nelimarkka’s forest installation Atmospheric Un/knowing

Josefina Nelimarkka’s forest installation Atmospheric Un/knowing invites viewers to a meditative walk and performative reading in the forest – to stop and experience nature again.
Contemporary Art Exhibition AIR spreads over the sanatorium area in intriguing way

Paimio Sanatorium hosts AIR exhibition featuring front-row contemporary artists from Finland as part of the Paimio Summer programme. The exhibition brings a breath of fresh artistic innovation to the unique site and its grounds.
Paimio Sanatorium Joins Iconic Houses Network

The Paimio Sanatorium is pleased to announce its status as new member Iconic Houses network. Iconic Houses is an international membership-supported non profit network connecting architecturally significant houses and artists’ homes and studios.
Paimio Sanatorium Foundation welcomes the first artists for the residence programme in May

Paimio Sanatorium’s first Summer Residency Program’s mission is to foster the creativity in the fields of architecture, design, visual arts, performing arts, music, literature, writing, filmmaking, and curation.
Paimio Sanatorium’s Summer Season

The summer season at Paimio Sanatorium is open. The summer season invites visitors to experience the sanatorium and the surrounding nature, and to encounter the delights of art and culture.
Elna Nykänen Andersson joins Paimio Sanatorium team

Paimio Sanatorium welcomes Elna Nykänen Andersson as an informal ambassador to the Paimio team.
Open Call for International Artist Residence at the Paimio Sanatorium

This summer, the Paimio Sanatorium Foundation offers a unique experience for cultural practitioners of all creative disciplines and nationalities to immerse themselves and their work into the context of Paimio Sanatorium.
Alvar Aalto in MoMA

“If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere.”
Aalto’s firs exhibition at MoMA was manifestation of modern movement on it’s pre-war peak.
Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Juhani Pallasmaa

Two titans from the world of art and architecture talk about the urgency of animal architecture and rootedness in architecture and for humans, and choreography and cinematic features in Alvar Aalto’s work. Conversation was held in first Spirit of Paimio Conference in 2023.