Jani Leinonen will be visiting Showroom Helsinki’s exhibition Teaser at Salon Dahlmann in Berlin this weekend. Artists Talk with Leinonen and Jiri Geller will take place on Saturday 2nd February 2013 from 14.00 to 16.00. Also the Minister of Culture and Sports in Finland, Mr Paavo Arhinmäki will attend the Artists Talk. In addition to Leinonen and Geller, the exhibition features works from Aurora Reinhard and Mari Keto. It will be open at Salon Dahlmann (Marburger Straße 3, 10789 Berlin) until February 17, 2013. www.marburger3.de www.showroomhelsinki.com

Superstar Beyoncé visited Art Basel Miami Beach with her husband Jay-Z in December. The singer posted pictures of some of her favorite artworks on her blog on Tumblr. Jani Leinonen’s work was one of the pieces that caught Beyoncé’s eye along with a painting from Picasso and a sculpture by Vito Acconci. Photo: Screen capture from Iam.beyonce.com

Showroom Helsinki presents works from Jani Leinonen, Jiri Geller, Mari Keto and Aurora Reinhard at Salon Dahlmann in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition shows a fine selection of works  from private collections internationally and will be open from January 20 to February 17, 2013.www.marburger3.de

Jani Leinonen is presented by Galerie Gmurzynska at the 11th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the most prestigious art show in the Americas, taking place in Florida from December 6 through 9, 2012. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2 000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. miamibeach.artbasel.com Photo: Galerie Gmurzynska

Jani Leinonen’s new works will be shown together with some pieces from Mari Keto in an exhibition called Time Is A Luxury We Don’t Have at the Showroom Helsinki gallery in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition is open from December 1 – 22.2012 and the opening hours are: Wed-Fri 4-7pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm. www.showroomhelsinki.com

The activist group Food Liberation Army (FLA), best known for kidnapping Ronald McDonald, will release their manifesto on food politics at theLens Politica festival and demonstrate how the modern food production chain is one of the most important factors behind climate change, diseases and economic and social inequality. The event hosted by Jani Leinonen will also reveal video material of the trial between FLA and McDonald’s and of the kidnapping of Ronald McDonald. The event will take place on Thurday, November 29 at Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby in Helsinki, starting at 6 pm. www.lenspolitica.net  

Hanna Klimpe has written an article about Jani Leinonen for the German Tush Magazine.

Jani Leinonen’s works are shown at gallery Himmelblau in Tampere, Finland from 20th of October until the 25th of November. The gallery is open Wednesday – Friday 11am – 5pm and Saturday – Sunday 12 pm – 4pm. www.himmelblau.fi  

Jani Leinonen is presented by Galerie Gmurzynska at PAD London, London’s leading fair for 20th Century art, design and decorative arts. You can find Galerie Gmurzynska’s booth at the Pavilion of Art and Design on Berkeley Square, October 10-14, 2012. www.pad-fairs.com/london You can find Artinfo.com’s article about PAD London here.