Contemporary art from Sápmi 

Johan Turi, Elle Hansa, Hans Ragnar Mathisen, Anders Sunna, Britta Marakatt -Labba, Tilde-Ristin Kuoljok, Nils-Johan Labba, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Katarina Spik Skum, Inga-Wiktoria Påve, Søssa Jörgensen and Geir Tore Holm

The permanent collection of Kin Museum of Contemporary Art comprises just over 200 works of art. It includes painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, installation, video, and performance. The museum expands its collection through acquisitions and donations of works that have been presented as part of its programme or created by artists with whom Kin has worked—or will work—in the future. The aim is to build a collection that refl ects and documents the museum’s activities and their associated aspects. This means that the collection includes works by local, regional, national, and international artists.

The fifth collection presentation since 2024 consists of thirty works by Sámi artists. The three works by Johan Turi have been borrowed from the Kiruna municipal art collection, both as an important historical reference and as a preview of the autumn exhibition On the Ugly and the Beautiful: Johan Turi, Outi Pieski, and Johanna Minde. Kin consistently presents Sámi art on one or more floors of its premises in Kristallen, the City Hall of Giron/Kiruna. During the spring of 2026, the collection presentation will constitute the museum’s primary Sámi focus.