Lux Helsinki light festival will be held 05 to 09 Jan 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. Lux Helsinki light festival inspires with magnificent light art during the darkest time of the year. The Lux Helsinki light festival will feature a number of artistic highlights from European light festivals and several commissioned works specially created by artists for the event. More than 15 of the light artworks will be created by some of the most fascinating light and media artists from Finland, France, Belgium and Canada. It’s not the aurora borealis, nevertheless these northern lights have received glowing notices from a great many people who have made the trip up to Helsinki to see them. Finland’s capital is brilliant anyway, but during Lux all manner of luminous artworks in the city centre and the Cable Factory cultural centre add to the enlightened Nordic vibe. You’ll need a coat to enjoy this alfresco culture though – evening are freezing here in January. Lux Helsinki is suitable for the whole family and entry is free of charge. Lux Helsinki light festival is an event and I like events...
The festival and side programme are free of charge. An exception is the Lux Helsinki Symposium event for professionals, which is by invitation only.
The Ateneum Art Museum will be the venue for three installations that can be seen without paying the museum’s entrance free: Candy House, Frontiers and 11,5 Hz. The exhibitions of the museum, including the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition, are open during the festival from 10 am to 8 pm (tickets 13/11 €). Also the Ateneum Shop and the Restaurant Tablo will be open every day during the festival until 10 pm.