Riikka Kuittinen
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Riikka Kuittinen is a Findland-based writer on art and curator at the Hämeenlinna Art Museum. She earned her Master's degree in art history from the University of London. She has writen extensively about art and design, curated the Victoria & Albert Museum Print Collections, and worked on major exhibitions. Her books include Street Craft and Street Art. Her work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium, stadium in Helsinki that was designed by architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. It was constructed between 1934 and 1938. The stadium is a landmark piece of Finnish Functionalist architecture. Lindegren and Jäntti won a competition to design the stadium in the 1930s.…
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Street Art: Contemporary Prints (February 2011)
Graffiti has evolved into a rich and democratic form of visual expression that is now most often labeled "street art." Although the work is frequently location-specific, the genre has become a global phenomenon as the Web transmits the latest works around the world in an instant. As it matures, street art is moving indoors; galleries now exhibit and sell limited-edition prints by established artists with recognizable self-created brands, including Banksy, Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Eine, and...
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