Signe Tandefelt Grant

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APPLICATION PERIOD 1 AUGUST–30 SEPTEMBER 2026

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The grant named after Signe Tandefelt is targeted at visual art critics and individuals who write about art. The purpose of the grant is to offer the applicant an opportunity to write a review or to engage in a project that increases their expertise as a critic. All successful applicants will receive their grants in December.

 

Applicants will need to include the intended use of the grant and the amount applied for in their application. The grant is awarded for projects carried out in 2027. Finnish Art Society requires that grant recipients submit a report on the use of the grant.

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Apply by filling in the online form.

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A link to the form will be available HERE as of 1 August.

 

Further information: info (at) suomentaideyhdistys.fi.

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2025

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The Signe Tandefelt Grant is awarded to art critics and art writers. It is designed for the purpose promoting art writing and enlivening Finnish art criticism. A total of 37 applications were received this year. Six applicants were awarded grants amounting to 7 500 euros in total.

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Aino Sutinen

Nyyh ry

Kari Yli-Annala

Petra Lukkari

Milja Laurila

Joonas Pulkkinen

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SIGNE TANDEFELT (1879–1943) was an artist and a critic who worked as an art critic for the Nya Pressen newspaper since 1912. She was a critic for Hufvudstadsbladet from 1917 until her death in 1943. Tandefelt studied visual arts at the Finnish Art Society’s drawing school and painted reproductions of prominent individuals’ portraits for the Helsinki City Museum.