Stefanie Hessler

Bravo @kitekitekitekitekite ! A beautiful start to @friezeofficial , open now. Kite’s “Wíhaŋyablapi (of St. Louis)” is on view at @theshedny for Frieze New York, May 13-17. The next performance is tomorrow, May 14 at 1pm. Counterpublic is co-presenting Kite’s work “Wíhaŋyablapi (of St. Louis)” in a series of wall-based works that act as a musical score for two performances spread throughout The Shed. The works were developed through an intensive dream workshop in St. Louis led by Kite with musicians, artists, and cultural leaders. Participants’ dreams were translated and arranged into Lakȟóta geometric symbols that reference the infinitely repeating patterns of Lakȟóta cosmology. The piece will expand into public sites in St. Louis this fall as a part of #counterpublic2026 #coyotetime Curator: @steffihessler Designer: @jessejohanning

Last Thursday, SI and Frame Contemporary Art Finland celebrated the opening of Jenna Sutela’s Aeolian Suite at Finland’s Aalto Pavilion. Thank you to everyone who joined us ! 🤍 Aeolian Suite is now open at the 61st International Art Exhibition — la Biennale di Venezia through November 22. Curator: Stefanie Hessler, SI Director @steffihessler Assistant curator: Alison Coplan, SI Chief Curator @alicopes Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
 Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson Photos: Ginevra Formentini. Courtesy of Frame Contemporary Art Finland The exhibition at Finland’s Aalto Pavilion @labiennale is commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland. Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supporters and partners: Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York. #swissinstitute #jennasutela #venicebiennale #labiennaledivenezia #pavilionoffinland

In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, realized by her team - Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo, Marie Hélène Pereira, Rasha Salti, Siddhartha Mitter, and Rory Tsapayi. Some of my Giardini central pavilion highlights 1 Otobong Nkanga 2 Big Chief Demond Melancon 3-4 Beverly Buchanan 5 Wangechi Mutu 6 Bonnie Devine 7 Edouard Duval-Carrié 9 Sohrab Hura 10 Marcia Kure 11 Buhlebezwe Siwani and BuBu de la Madeleine 12 Adebunmi Gbadebo 13 Godfried Donkor 14 Zoe Leonard 15 Seyni Awa Camara 16 Daniel Lind-Ramos 17 Célia Vásquez Yui 18 Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamaal Malak 19 Sabian Baumann 20 Ebony Patterson @gabefeijoo @neneperei @rashasalti @siddharthamitter @westvirginiababy #inminorkeys #labiennale #koyokouoh

Which one of these tempestuous characters are you channeling today: Tramontana, Scirocco, Garbin, Bora Scura or Bora Chiara? 🌬️🌪️ Jenna Sutela’s 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 and the Pavilion of Finland opens today for the public at the 61st Venice Biennale. The Biennale runs until 22 November 2026. Thank you everyone who joined the Biennale preview week! We definitely feel a bit like Garbin now 🤍 Special thanks to Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson for the fantastic custom wigs. 
Jenna Sutela: 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 @jennasutela 
Curator: Stefanie Hessler @steffihessler 

Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
Assistant curator: Alison Coplan @alicopes 

Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina 
Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson
Graphic design: Enver Hadzijaj @neverenver 

Commissioned and Produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland

The 61st Venice Biennale runs 9 May – 22 November 2026. 
Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Support by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS @futuarts and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners include Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York @swissinstitute . Photos 1, 3 & 5: Clelia Cadamuro Photos 2 & 4 Ugo Carmeni

„The exhibition is about wind“. Aeolian Suite by @jennasutela , curated by @steffihessler at the Finnish Pavilion of @labiennale . Dress (left): @yoox #venicebiennale #aeoliansuite #sleek Commissioner: Juha Huuskonen (@frame_finland ) Venue: Giardini

The current issue of KUNSTFORUM International features a conversation I had with Jenna Sutela on her artistic practice and her project “Aeolian Suite” for the Finnish Pavilion at the 61st La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Steffi Hessler. We talked about compost wisdom, Martian life forms in our guts, and atmospheric wind sounds… Thank you so much for the inspiring exchange, Jenna! @jennasutela #inconversationwith @juliakatharinathiemann @kunstforum_international @annkatrin_guenzel @steffihessler @labiennale @okmfi @emmamuseum @saastamoinenfoundation @finnlandinst @oceanspaceorg @scheringstiftung #artcriticism

The Venetian winds were blowing through Giardini della Biennale yesterday as we celebrated the official inauguration of Jenna Sutela’s 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦! A warm thank you to everyone who attended the opening ceremony and have visited the Pavilion – we are blown away by your feedback! 🤍 Jenna Sutela’s 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦, curated by Stefanie Hessler, is now open at the 61st International Art Exhibition — la Biennale di Venezia. 🌬️ The Venice Biennale runs 9 May – 22 November, with preview days from 5–8 May. Photos: Ginevra Formentini. Courtesy of Frame Contemporary Art Finland The exhibition at Finland’s Aalto Pavilion @labiennale is commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland. Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supporters and partners: Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York @swissinstitute .

Congratulations to artist, Jenna Sutela @jennasutela , curator and SI Director, Stefanie Hessler @steffihessler , and assistant curator and SI Chief Curator Alison Coplan @alicopes on the incredible Aeolian Suite at the Pavilion of Finland as part of the 61st Biennale di Venezia @labiennale . 🌬️✨ “Aeolian Suite by Jenna Sutela, curated by Stefanie Hessler, transforms the Pavilion of Finland into an immersive soundscape that animates the elemental forces of Venetian winds to explore their environmental, cultural, and emotional dimensions. The exhibition features five sonic-kinetic sculptures installed in a circle, like a medieval wind rose diagram. The sculptures are covered in soft, fuzzy wigs that reference the wind muffs used on microphones. Here, instead of blocking out wind sounds, they become vessels for it, channeling the whispers and songs of wind while inviting us to reflect on what we consider noise and how we relate to our natural and cultural environment.” The 61st Biennale di Venezia runs from May 9–November 22, 2026, with preview days May 5–8. Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina 
Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson Graphic design: Enver Hadzijaj @neverenver 
 
Commissioned and Produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland @frame_finland . Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute. Photos: Ugo Carmeni Courtesy of Frame Contemporary Art Finland #swissinstitute #jennasutela #venicebiennale #labiennaledivenezia #pavilionoffinland

On the day of the 61st Biennale preview, discover director of @swissinstitute Stefanie Hessler (@steffihessler ) most anticipated moments in Venice. In the lead-up to this year’s edition, we invited friends and recent collaborators to highlight the exhibitions, places, and moments they are most looking forward to, offering a way to navigate the laguna through their eyes. Stefanie Hessler (@steffihessler ) is the curator of Jenna Sutela’s (@jennasutela ) “Aeolian Suite,” the Pavilion of Finland at the 61st Venice Biennale. Get your copy of the booklet and vinyl accompanying it at the link in bio. Photo: Nadine Fraczkowski (@nad_1n3 )

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Pavilion of Finland, commissioner Frame Contemporary Art Finland presents 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 by Jenna Sutela, premiering at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition is curated by Stefanie Hessler, Director of Swiss Institute in New York. 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 transforms the Pavilion of Finland into an immersive soundscape that animates the elemental forces of Venetian winds to explore their environmental, cultural, and emotional dimensions. The exhibition features five sonic-kinetic sculptures installed in a circle, like a medieval wind rose diagram. The sculptures are covered in soft, fuzzy wigs that reference the wind muffs used on microphones. Here, instead of blocking out wind sounds, they become vessels for it, channeling the whispers and songs of wind while inviting us to reflect on what we consider noise and how we relate to our natural and cultural environment. The 61st Venice Biennale runs 9 May – 22 November 2026, with preview days 5–8 May. Jenna Sutela @jennasutela : Aeolian Suite
Curator: Stefanie Hessler @steffihessler 

Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
Assistant curator: Alison Coplan @alicopes 

Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina 
Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson 
Graphic design: Enver Hadzijaj @neverenver 
 The exhibition at Finland’s Aalto Pavilion @labiennale is commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland. Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supporters and partners: Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS @futuarts and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York @swissinstitute . Photos: Ugo Carmeni. Courtesy of Frame Contemporary Art Finland

Final touches (and brush strokes) for ‘Aeolian Suite’ ahead of the Biennale preview week! Jenna Sutela’s ‘Aeolian Suite’, curated by Stefanie Hessler, opens tomorrow for the preview audience at the Pavilion of Finland at the 61st Venice Biennale! The official opening of the Pavilion is on Wednesday 6th of May. The 61st Venice Biennale runs 9 May – 22 November 2026, with preview days 5–8 May. Jenna Sutela: Aeolian Suite
Curator: Stefanie Hessler @steffihessler 

Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
Assistant curator: Alison Coplan @alicopes 

Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina 
Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson 
Graphic design: Enver Hadzijaj @neverenver 

Commissioned and Produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland
 The exhibition at Finland’s Aalto Pavilion @labiennale is commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland. Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supporters and partners: Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York @swissinstitute . Photos 1–3: Clelia Cadamuro Photo 4: Ugo Carmeni

A two-year journey culminates next week, when Jenna Sutela’s 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦, curated by Stefanie Hessler, opens at the Pavilion of Finland at the 61st Venice Biennale! 🌬️🤍 “It’s been a whirlwind – quite literally. We can’t wait to share the strange theatre of 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 in Venice,” artist Jenna Sutela says. “The pavilion whisks us into an expanded conversation with the atmosphere – one that moves between scientific measurement and poetic intuition, between control and surrender. 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 sensitizes us to forces that exceed human scale while simultaneously summoning us to sound the whispers and roars of the winds with our full sensorium, wit, and languages beyond those known to us as of yet,” curator Stefanie Hessler adds. The 61st Venice Biennale @labiennale runs 9 May – 22 November 2026, with preview days 6–8 May. Portrait: Nadine Fraczkowski @nad_1n3 Jenna Sutela @jennasutela : 𝘈𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦
Curator: Stefanie Hessler @steffihessler 

Studio: Vanda Skácalová & Beth von Undall @vandaska_ @spleeding 
Assistant curator: Alison Coplan @alicopes 

Scenography: Celeste Burlina @celesteburlina 
Custom wigs: Sara Mathiasson @sara_mathiasson 
Graphic design: Enver Hadzijaj @neverenver 

Commissioned and Produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland
 Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture @oulu2026official is the main partner of the exhibition. Supporters and partners: Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture @okmfi , Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Genelec @genelec_oy , Kvadrat @kvadrattextiles , Saastamoinen Foundation @saastamoinenfoundation , EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art @emmamuseum , Schering Stiftung @scheringstiftung , Finnish Embassy in Rome, FUTUARTS @futuarts and Pavilion of Finland Patrons. Event partners: Finnland-Institut in Berlin @finnlandinst , TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space @tba21academy @oceanspaceorg , and Swiss Institute (SI) New York @swissinstitute .