Abstract
The cultural Cold War was a global phenomenon, but how was it fought in Finland, on the periphery of Northern Europe? The essay brings a previously insufficiently known Finnish perspective into the study of cultural Cold War by introducing a research project, Mission Finland – Cold War cultural diplomacy at the cross roads of East and West, 1945–1991. The essay discusses study methods of international art exhibitions as soft power and introduces – with concrete Finnish examples – the concept of “state- run exhibition” as a means to comprehend the role of circulating art exhibitions as Cold War cultural diplomacy.
Recommended Citation
Koskinen, Maija. "Artistic Novelties or Political Tools? Circulating Cold War Art Exhibitions in Finland." Artl@s Bulletin 11, no. 2 (2022): Article 12.
