L: The Finlandia sign being installed during the pavilion’s construction in 1956. Photo Isa Andrenius, Courtesy of The National Archives of Finland. R: Daniele Canato from Vita Restauri painting ...

A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French ‘fleuriste’ Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze ...

44 x 72 cm. (17.3 x 28.3 in.) ...

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto’s 1971 masterpiece Finlandia Hall has reopened after a three-year renovation by local practice Architects NRT, creating new spaces that open up the building to the public ...