The Amos Rex collection is one of the largest private art collections in Finland. It covers 7,000 artworks, mostly paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphics and photographs. The collection also consists of furniture and other items from Amos Anderson’s (1878-1961) home. Amos Anderson’s own collection included a total of 250 paintings and sculptures.

In 1940, Amos Anderson, who was a lifelong bachelor, founded an association, Föreningen Konstsamfundet, which was to be the beneficiary of his will. Thanks to the association his work still has a visible impact on both the economic and cultural sectors of Finnish society. It distributes grants in art, journalism and vocational education. In addition, the association carries out museum work in line with its founder’s wishes. The art museum that bore his name occupied Helsinki’s Yrjönkatu Street from 1965–2017, and Söderlångvik museum is open on Kimito in the summer. The Konstsamfundet’s major investment, the new Amos Rex art museum, opened in August 2018. Learn more about Amos Rex…

Our the next few months we have WAF Members virtual events covering fundraising with Leslie Ramos, Head of International Relations at Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, mediation and education programmes with Inês Brandão, Head of Cultural Mediation and Digital Strategy at Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and as well as marketing and communications with Leonie Merkl, Communications Manager at Kunstnernes Hus. View our full programme here…