Since
1997, the Finnish Society for Aesthetics has been awarding the Aesthetic Deed
of the Year (in Finland). We have thus highlighted important aesthetic work
made in art, city planning, architectural renovation, the media and other
fields where aesthetics can make a difference. With the award, we aspire to
foster discussion about aesthetics and its role in society.
The award is
given to a person or community which has through its acts, products, or
thoughts raised discussion about art, beauty, and aesthetic value. The
recipient of the award is announced in the autumn seminar of the Society, in
the beginning of December.
Starting from
2015, the Finnish Society for Aesthetics also awards a global version of the
same prize. The recipient of the award in 2015 has been chosen by the secretary
of the society, Harri Mäcklin. The award of the Global Aesthetic Deed of the
Year 2015 is granted to
for their “Protocols for Safe Havens for
Works of Cultural Significance from Countries in Crisis.” The protocols provide
guidelines for the preservation of museum collections under threat of
destruction due to terrorism, conflict, or other threat in “safe havens” of
other museums. The protocols are a significant contribution to the prevention
of such atrocities we are witnessing in Syria and Iraq today. With these
protocols the Association of Art Museum Directors also sends an important
message of solidarity in the name of preserving our cultural and artistic
heritage in troubling times.
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