Throwback: Sámi evening at Tate Modern
On 27 March, Tate Modern Museum hosted a special evening marking the closing of Máret Ánne Sara’s exhibition Goavve-Geabbil. The event celebrated Sámi art, culture, and resistance through a varied public program.
Máret Ánne Sara shows how her art installation resembles the nose of a reindeer.
Photo: Knut Åserud
Sámi filmmakers check each others shawls when participating in the reception at Tate Corner Bar.
Photo: Knut Åserud
As part of Tate Modern Lates, the museum collaborated with the International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) and NANU – Sámi Arts International to bring together Sámi artists and London‑based creatives, creating a space for exchange across artistic practices and geographies.
The Norwegian Embassy also supported the event as part of its commitment to creating meeting points between Sámi and British artists, with the aim of encouraging dialogue, and potential new artistic productions in the future.
The duodji workshop was popular
Photo: Knut Åserud/DD
The evening included a guided tour of the exhibition led by Máret Ánne Sara herself, offering insight into her artistic practice and the themes explored in the work.
Visitors could also take part in a Sámi duodji (traditional craft) workshop led by Elle Márjá Eira.
Filmmakers Marja Helander and Liselotte Wajstedt talk about their film In my hand(2025).
Photo: Knut Åserud
Film was a central element of the program, presented by the International Sámi Film Institute under the title Arctic Futures: Sámi Voices of Resistance. Screenings included In My Hand (2025) by Marja Helander and Liselotte Wajstedt, The Past and the Future of the Arctic (2023) by Hans Pieski, and The Sámi Have Rights (2019) by Elle Márjá Eira and Mai‑Lis Eira Buljo, followed by conversations with the filmmakers.
DJ Radio-JusSunná @ Tate Corner Bar
Photo: Knut Åserud
Sámi music also had an important role in the Sámi evening, which concluded with a live concert by Katarina Barruk at the bridge in Turbine Hall.
At Corner Bar, DJ Radio-JusSunná played Sámi music till late evening.
The organizers were pleased that the sámi event attracted so many people to this evening where Sámi perspectives, creativity and visions for the future were at the heart.
