EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland’s largest museum of art, has appointed Krist Gruijthuijsen as museum director and CEO. Gruijthuijsen joins from a position as curator at large at Kunsthaus Zurich, while from 2016 to 2024 he served as director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.
Founded in 2006 and located in Tapiola, Espoo, EMMA hosts six exhibitions annually, alongside permanent displays of art and design. The museum’s vast building, designed by architect Aarno Ruusuvuori in the 1960s, was formerly an industrial printing house.
‘I am excited by EMMA’s ambitious, flexible and forward-thinking attitude,’ Gruijthuijsen said. ‘With its international multi-disciplinary program and striking architecture, the museum has become an established institution in the region. EMMA’s location at the crossroads of Scandinavia and the Baltic States offers a strong geopolitical context, full of potential and opportunities.’
