From 29 June 2025, the Philara Collection in Düsseldorf will present the group exhibition “Where are we now” with 150 works by over 80 artists. The exhibition offers a unique overview of the Miettinen collection and presents it in this comprehensive form for the first time.
The exhibition spans all rooms of the Philara collection and begins in the large atrium with one of the central themes of the Miettinen collection: landscape and nature. This theme characterises the origins of the collection, which was founded by Timo Miettinen and his mother with a focus on 19th and 20th century Finnish landscape painting. Since 2004, Timo Miettinen has systematically expanded the collection to include works of international contemporary art, which are at the centre of the exhibition. The works on display cover a period from the 1980s to the present day and offer a comprehensive and varied insight into …
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Image above: Alexander Basil, untitled, 2023, oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm © the artist Courtesy Miettinen Collection.