PUBLICS

PUBLICS is a curatorial and contemporary art commissioning agency with a dedicated library, exhibition and event space and reading room in Vallila, Helsinki. The organisation explores an institutional ‘work together’ model with multiple overlapping objectives, thematic strands and collaborations. The space functions as a public event space, with a library of 8000+ publications.

PUBLICS hosts talks, events, exhibitions and performances in collaboration with other partners in the city, nationally and internationally. PUBLICS is a peer-to-peer educational platform and a critical agency where artists, curators, researchers, students, communities and professionals are invited to engage with social issues, as well as gain and share knowledge through various discourses. These initiatives develop in parallel with longer-term curatorial projects and new contemporary art commissions.

PUBLICS is an educational resource where critical learning, knowledge production and discursive programming are integral to its curatorial approach. At PUBLICS, contemporary art production and discursive practices are in constant dialogue through multiple strands. Taking the form of PUBLICS Library; PUBLICS Talks; PUBLICS Events and Performances; PUBLICS YOUTH; The Centre For Curatorial Thinking; and SHAPE Helsinki Art Map. These initiatives will evolve in time and in parallel with the project’s longer-term curatorial programmes, PUBLICS Pxublic Art Commissions.