The Ateneum Art Museum anniversary (120 years) exhibition presents one of the major artists of the Finnish Golden Age, Pekka Halonen (1865–1933). The exhibition features almost 300 works from Halonen's diverse and eventful career that spanned over 40 years.

Halonen's artistic career took him abroad, first to Paris and later Italy. In Paris he studied under the artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) who inspired him to discover his own personal style of depicting nature. Gauguin encouraged Halonen to find his own roots. Halonen's art is indeed built on depictions of the Finnish nature and people. However, although Halonen chose his motifs among the people and landscapes of his home country, his art was closely tied to the international movements of the time.

Dutch photographer and director Anton Corbijn (1955) earned his fame in the 1970s with photographs of rock and jazz musicians, and has directed some 80 music videos and photographed more than 100 album covers in his career. His models include David Bowie, U2, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash and Björk. His first film Control premiered in 2007.

The show presents four of his photographic series from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Tennis Palace, 2nd floor
Salomonkatu 15
Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8
Helsinki