Support your local artist – lend unique art

General information

Art can be acquired from the Art Lending services either with a single payment or with a monthly rent. The rent is determined by the selling price of the work, and the first instalment is paid when renting the work. Once the full price of the piece has been paid, the ownership of the work is transferred from the artist to the purchaser. The work can be returned to the Art Lending services at any time.

The diverse selection of the Art Lending services can be browsed online at taidelainaamo.fi. Works can be browsed using different search criteria, such as the artist’s surname, the piece’s colour, size, or theme etc.

Additionally, the Art Lending services have a broad selection of pieces stored by the artists that the customers can order to be viewed at the Art Lending services.

As for large pieces, visits at the artists’ studios or warehouses are arranged. The diverse selection and ease of conduct encourage our customers to explore different types of art and make surprising and bold choices.

The Helsinki Artists’ Association Art Lending services were founded in 1995 in co-operation with the Helsinki City Library. The Art Lending services operate on the ground floor of the architectorally stunning Rikhardinkatu Library and in close collaboration with the Library personnel organising e.g. joint exhibitions and events. The two gallery spaces operating at the premises of the Library and the Art Lending services, Gallery Rikhard and Gallery Arthur, present exhibitions of HAA members with a monthly rotation.

Also welcome to visit our mini office at HAA Gallery in Suomenlinna!

The Helsinki Artists’ Association has a mini Art Lending office at the Association’s HAA Gallery in Suomenlinna. The gallery is located in the pink-plastered Jetty Barracks building right next to the main quay. The office includes a limited curated selection of work by the familiar member artists including various styles and techniques, i.a. paintings, sculptures, graphic art, and photographs. The work can be found in the online gallery with the location information (in Finnish only).

The office can be visited during the opening hours of HAA Gallery Tue–Thu at 12am–6pm and Fri–Sat at 12am–4pm (Sun at 12am–4pm). NB: During the opening week of every new exhibition the gallery is closed due to set-up on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the opening hours on Sunday vary according to the exhibition in question. For more information, please check the ongoing exhibitions on the gallery’s webpage.

The mini Art Lending office of the Helsinki Artists' Association at HAA Gallery in Suomenlinna

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Exhibitions

Current exhibitions

The diverse exhibitions presented by the Helsinki Artists’ Association (HAA) display interesting and current contemporary art extensively.