1968 is still burnt bright into our collective memory, as the year when workers and students united in France against capitalism and outdated institutions and through strikes and occupations brought the spirit of revolution back to life. Färgfabriken’s new exhibition has the events of that year on its mind, fifty years later, as it brings […]
Artist and musician Per Svensson has close connections to Färgfabriken, having worked with other artists in the rusty silos of the nearby Kolsyrefabriken for a number of years. Now he’s bringing his energies to Färgfabriken, and his new exhibition aims to create an alchemic laboratory right in the gallery. With light and sound installations, architectural […]
The Bloomsbury Group was a loose collective of artists, writers and thinkers in early 20th century Britain who had gone to the same universities and socialised together in the same groups. What made them different to most upper class social circles of the time was that many of them went on to be the famous […]
Since their first joint exhibition 53 years ago at Röhsska Museum, Ulla and Gustav Kraitz have made their mark on the ceramics world. They’ve arranged over 100 exhibitions, and their work can be found in many Swedish museums. They have gone in deep in their pursuit of excellence in their craft, using Chinese ceramic techniques […]
Artipelag’s autumn exhibition Margiela/ Hermès takes a look back at a notable time in fashion history, and the collaboration between Belgian designer Martin Margiela and the historic fashion house Hermès. Between the years 1997 and 2003, Margiela was given the task of creating women’s collections for the 200-year-old brand. This collaboration created fashion that went […]
After a brief closure for renovations between March and May, ArkDes returns in June with the exhibition Public Luxury. Featuring the work of architects and designers, the exhibition focuses on experimental work that asks how architecture interacts with and makes possible our society. The goal here is to spark debate and search for solutions to […]
Anton Vidokle is an artist with an impressive CV, having founded the digital publishing platform e-flux way back in the early days of the internet in 1998. This new exhibition at Tensta Konsthall features three of his films that investigate the concept of Russian Cosmism, an early 20th century philosophical movement that took in a […]
Design continues to bubble and develop into 2019, and as usual Sweden is at the forefront of everything new in the field. And the best place to get a preview of new developments in the field and the rising stars is to check out Young Swedish Design exhibition at ArkDes. The annual exhibition, which curates […]
The Norwegian artist Anja Niemi specialises in what are dubbed “tableaux-vivants”, photos that relyi on the painstaking construction of a landscape of detail that creates the impression of a whole story or event wrapped in one photo. Niemi says: “When I was younger I always had many ideas, but no coherent way to express them. […]
Kulturhuset’s exhibition for everyone is back again for 2019. The Fria fotografers filial is open for entry for all photographers, taking submissions from anyone and everyone who has something within the year’s selected categories and themes. The best entries are then put on display in Kulturhuset’s Studion, which means this is a great chance to […]
French TV, 1978 – Jacques Lacan is asked a question and responds: “I always tell the truth, but not all of the truth”. That quote provides the title for the artist Dora Garcia’s new exhibition (I Always Tell The Truth) at Bonniers Konsthall, and also for a text which will be included in the exhibition. […]
Theatre and dramatic art, and the delicate, intricate costumes and stage set-ups at its heart, were an important part of historical Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan culture, used to explain founding myths and tell stories of history. This exhibition, Ghosts, Generals and Goddesses at Dansmuseet, displays a number of these precious items from the collections of the […]
Theatre and dramatic art, and the delicate, intricate costumes and stage set-ups at its heart, were an important part of historical Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan culture, used to explain founding myths and tell stories of history. This exhibition, Ghosts, Generals and Goddesses at Dansmuseet, displays a number of these precious items from the collections of the […]
Early twentieth-century Germany was the home of expressionism, and this exhibition at Millesgården brings a sample of that output to Stockholm, courtesy of a loan from the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Swittzerland and the Osthaus-Museum Hagen collection in Germany. It features over 150 works produced between 1905 and 1938 from artists including Emil Nolde, Otto Mueller and […]
Here’s an exhibition that’s obligatory for the photographer nerds. The Hasselblad Foundation’s collection provides the source material for Sven Harry’s new exhibition Here’s Looking At You, curated by the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (known for his work on films like Her, Interstellar, Spectre). The exhibition’s main obsession is the intimacy of eye contact, as the […]
The American activist and artist Sharon Hayes made her breakthrough back in the 90s with her performance tour ‘Lesbian Love Tour’, where she visited 45 lesbian living rooms across the US. Since then she’s made a career from her dynamic and innovative works, taking the intimate and performing it on improvised and public stages, like […]
In this exhibition at ArkDes, imported from the V&A in London, the idea is to look towards the future without the sense of doom we usually do. It features 80 innovations of the far and near future, looking at how technology might respond to the challenges and voids of our time. Examples include cryo-preservation, wearable […]
If you’ve been to Nationalmuseet recently, you’ve probably seen their collection of art from the Swedish and international achieves dating back from the 1500s. But what if you could get a little deeper what’s going on in the photos? That’s the aim of the museum’s collaboration with Stadsteatern, Transformationer, where actors will help assist in […]
The artist Anna Daučíková has led a career that’s gone from glass-blowing to founding radical journals to being professor of art at the Prague Academy, as well as being a former member of the Soviet Artists’ Union and spokesperson for LGBT rights in Slovakia. This exhibition, On Allomorphing, is an exploration about psychological and physical […]
The Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti was known for the many arrows in his quiver – his career took him everywhere from paintings to furniture design. After spending the Second World War in exile in Switzerland, he returned to Milan and started his collaboration with Giò Pontis, where Pontis’ designed furniture which Fornasetti decorated. […]
