By the piano – Lena Philipsson Backed by a six man band Lena perfoms a show 30 years after her breakthrough. Cirkus, opens on Feb 3 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 LIVE Melissa Horn Sweden’s indie-folk favourite starts a monster tour after the release of her new album Jag Går Nu. Södra Teatern, 1930 Tame Impala Aussie pysch […]

FRIDAY JANUARY 29 LIVE Seinabo Sey One of Sweden’s most exciting neo-popstars plays a pair of shows at Cirkus. Cirkus, 1930 The View  The chippy, cheeky Scottish indie-crew hit Stockholm. Kägelbanan, Södra Teatern, 2100   Parker Lewis  The popper plays Debaser in support of his new album Sorti. Debaser Strand, 1900 People – Earth Wind & […]

Magnus Wennman, “Där barnen sover” Gynoides An über-modern circus about how we look at women. Playing Jan 6-24 http://www.orionteatern.se FRIDAY JANUARY 22  Art Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery Cajsa Von Zeipel On display Jan 14-Feb 20 Fotografiska Magnus Wennman / Aftonbladet – Där barnen sover Photography that examines the conditions facing the children fleeing the war in Syria. On […]

Gynoides An über-modern circus about how we look at women. Playing Jan 6-24 Start ABBA The Museum Home to the permanent exhibition of the pop legends. ABBA The Museum also offers extraordinary events for groups of minimum 10 people that can be booked online at www.abbathemuseum.com. FRIDAY JANUARY 15  Art Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery Cajsa Von Zeipel On […]

ISABELLA IDBERG Is for all the strong and independent women out there! The Beckmans College of design graduate makes pieces with bold design and silhouettes. Get anything by Isabella for the strong stylish woman in your life. We recommend the DIKE Bomber Jacket for that stylish punch. L:A BRUKET Literally anything form L:A BRUKET will make […]

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 Art Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery Xavier Veilhan Opens Nov 12 Fotografiska Up Close- Martin Schoeller A display of the German photographer’s intimate celebrity portraits On display until Feb 2016 Live Chad Valley English producer Hugh Manuel’s pop project Scandic Grand Central, TBA Christian Scott Sharp, sparky jazz Fasching, 1800 Yelawolf Half Cherokee rapper signed by […]

  ART: UP CLOSE-MARTIN SCHOELLER The work of German photographer Martin Schoeller is remarkable for just how close it gets to some of the most well-known faces of our time. He has captured some of the biggest names in film, from Barack Obama to Zlatan Ibrahimović, and manages to do so in such a way […]

The Museum of Spirits, situated on the Stockholm island of Djurgården, is full of surprises. Our main focus is alcoholic beverages: from drinks at the bar to beer on our pier, and on to entertaining exhibitions about everything from distilling spirits to how tastes and drinks affect us. Even our art exhibit, which showcases works […]

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Arts FOTOGRAFISKA Nygårds Karin Bengtsson – Untold Stories Scaled down imagery covering questions such as humanity’s relationship with time and space in this show at the borderline between fiction and reality. Opens Sep 4 Live Steve Hackett Wildy experimental guitar from former Genesis member Debaser Medis, 1900 Immanuel Gospel Stockholm Gospel Choir […]

FRIDAY AUGUST 28 Art ARKITEKTUR OCH DESIGNCENTRUM Reprogramming the City Reprogramming the City is a global concept created by the American urban development strategist Scott Burnham. The aim is to find ways to re-program the city, to show how design and architecture can contribute to solving urban problems – using what already exists in our environment. On […]

Lights, Camera, Art! Words: Micha van Dinther and Magnus Wittbjer With Sweden going gaga over photo art, the opening of Lumas, a store that sells hand-signed original photographs for the home, is a timely one. The gallery, Scandinavia’s first, is located on Sturegatan 16 and offers around 2,000 pieces, ranging from iconic Horst P Horst […]

Weekender May 29, 30 & 31 It’s the last weekend of May. Can you believe it’s already June? The warmer it gets in Stockholm, the better. Below is our quick guide to what is happening this weekend in Stockholm. FRIDAY 29   Live Music   Måns Zelmerlöv Eurovision winner Gröna Lund, 2000   Kite Hyped […]

WEEKENDER: May 15 / 16 / 17   Maybe you’ll get lucky this week and take Friday off- since Thursday is a red day and most of the country has the day off. If so, long weekend for you! Sunday is also a red day- double time. For the rest of us, it’s business as […]

Martin Parr  Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside Ahead of his spring exhibition at Fotografiska, photographer, hoarder, and collector of Albanian propaganda books Martin Parr talks habits and hypocrisy. If there’s a man who knows a thing or two about scuzzy seaside resorts it’s Martin Parr. His omniscient lens rose to fame […]

Theatre. Utvandrarna Vilhelm Molberg’s series of novels, Utvandrarna, is regarded as one of the definitive artistic accounts of the Swedish migration to America. The four books, focussing on the story of Karl Oskar Nilsson, his wife Kristina Johansdotter and their migration to the US to escape rural poverty in Sweden were voted (as a collection) the […]

The standard length of a miracle Tensta Konsthall is currently running a retrospective of Stockholm-based duo Goldin and Senneby. Entitled Standardlängden av ett mirakel they have co-operated with Behnaz Aram, the designer-in- chief of fashion brand &Other Stories that is a part of the exhibition. Writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri has written a short story for the show which […]

FRIDAY MARCH 4 LIVE Bernhoft. Grammy-nominated Norwegian soul singer.. Fasching, 1800 Yasiin Bey. The hip-hop artist fomerly known as Mos Def.. Debaser Medis, 1800 Magnus Uggla. A career-retrospective stage show from the veteran performer.. Orionteatern, 2000 Årabrot/ Ocean Chief. Norwegian noise-rock band.. Nalen, 2100 Country To Country 2016. Touring country festival with Carrie Underwood and Jill Johnson. […]

WEEKENDER 2021222.02 The sun has been coming out and teasing us here in Stockholm a bit… with Stockholmers already busting the ‘face-completely-toward-the-sunlight-basking’ move already being seen around town. The closer we come to spring, the more we will see and do that Swedish move, I am sure. And although the weather forecasts shows no sun […]

WEEKENDER 232425.1 Friday 23 Herb Ritts at Fotografiska If you haven’t caught the exhibition of fashion photographer Herb Ritts then you should take a look before it’s too late. With their restaurant/bar on the top floor, Fotografiska is the perfect place to begin your weekend. Fotografiska  Saturday 24 Art’s Birthday Party Music Festival P2 and […]

Artdesk:  A Way of Life There has been a recent surge of photographic art in Stockholm the last few years, especially with Fotografiska opening up. Now, Moderna is showing ”A Way Of Life – Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today” with a range of pictures spanning from the 1940s until the 21st century. In […]

Herb Ritts If you are into classy, graphic-looking fashion photography, you should invest some time in visiting the Herb Ritts exhibition at Fotografiska. *In Full Light* is his retrospective exhibition that sees celebrities, advertising and portraits all mixed together in photos that resemble vector art. We also get a hint of gay culture with questions […]

Bitesize: 3 x ‘Julbord’  Artipelag With many Swedes attending several *julbord* sittings in the run-up to Christmas, the search is on for a truly unique experience. A stunning location to ingest this Christmas feast, containing a myriad of national and regional dishes, is at the Artipelag art museum. Artipelagstigen 1, Gustavsberg artipelag.se   Fotografiska For […]

The highly-anticipated à la carte restaurant at Fotografiska – the photographic museum – is set to open in later this October, while the new café has been open since August. Swedish chef Paul Svensson, previously at Bon Lloc and Fredsgatan 12, will take charge of the kitchen, focusing on the organic and local produce. Space […]

Roger Ballen’s exhibition Theater of the Absurd has been inhabiting Fotografiska for the spring season. Ballen is an American photographer who has been living in South Africa for over 30 years. His black and white images (he only shoots in black and white) are known to be powerful, thought provoking and at some points disturbing. His body of work […]

The Market Art Fair is part of Stockholm Art Week, a platform for Stockholm’s art scene. And in another step to stay on top as the leading fair for contemporary art within the Nordic countries, the Market Art Fair is moving to Liljevalchs on Djurgården, also home to the well-known spring exhibition. It also got shifted slightly in the […]

After Stockholm Art Week’s successful debut in 2013, it won’t come as a surprise that a yearly tradition has begun, but this time in the event takes place in the wake of the spring season. Collaborating with established Market Art Fair and Photomarket, the week sees many of the city’s standout museums and institutions participating with special events throughout […]

Stockholm is not exactly spoiled with exhibitions showcasing work from Africa, but this fall things have turned around. Three major institutions are simultaneously putting up large shows featuring African art, creating a diverse story of the continent – with the historical past, recent past and present all available depending on where you decide to visit. For […]

World-renowned photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale gives us an insight into the life of a smallholder farmer in developing countries. In the emotive exhibition ”Farming out of poverty” he shows both the beauty and the misery of the victim’s life.   1.2 billion people suffer from severe poverty and hunger. Marcus spent a month in Africa and […]

During 4 days from October 31 to November 3, Stockholm will transform into a pulsating and musical concoction of electronica, techno, jazz, rock and much more, where artists from all the corners of the world will gather up to sparkle magic over our soon to be winter wonderland Stockholm. We turn the last chapter of […]

F1-6 is back for another run in the beautiful building of Fotografiska! The famous photograph museum will change its style for six nights until April into a colossal dance floor housing the best of house and electronic music. For those of you who didn’t have a chance to check out F1-6 last year you’re in […]

Maya Lourenço is a DJ and techno/house producer who loves dancing and clubbing, and appreciates the finer points of great sound system. Tell us more about yourself and what you do! Right now I’m back to school after the summer and trying to find time for making music. At weekends you see me DJing around […]

How does Södermalm score on the hipster scale? Hipster (n): a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion) Origin of Hipster First Known Use: 1940 Rhymes with Hipster Quipster, tipster      The passage above is from the Merriam-Webster encyclopaedia and among the comments […]

Shelley Mulshine has been working with the outdoor summer club Sommar! as a promoter, booker and permanent DJ since the start in 2010. She also does some marketing-related stuff like promotional videos. What can we expect from your nights? Since it’s such a big place with a capacity of 3,000-4,000 guests per night and half […]

Professor Johan Bring has just released a music video for his first single called Universum. (Music below) If his name sounds familiar its because Bring is one half of the collective Punx Sthlm which we wrote about last year. They have created music and film projects for several years in bands like STYGG and The State […]

Last month, the Femtastic collective stepped up their profile with a critically-acclaimed performance at the hip-hop award ceremony Kingsizegalan. Femtastic is not just a group, but a whole lot of other things besides. We had a few words with Vanessa Marko Goldberg, one of the girls behind the crew who DJ’s under the name Neyney. […]

The weekend has finally arrived. Here is our list of activities we recommend you consider checking out over the coming few days. Friday The Spring Salon has been a proud tradition at Liljevalchs since 1921. The exhibitions at Djurgårdsvägen 60, offers art lovers an opportunity to discover and buy works from both established artists and exciting newcomers. […]

For the last two and a half years, Leo Forssell has been in charge of music, booking and promoting at Under Bron. Before that he studied art and interior design. He confesses to being fascinated by the internet and scared of sharks. Plus he’s been DJing for a third of his life. We spoke to […]

  Burning Beauty – David LaChapelle David LaChapelle is a photographer renowned for his hyper-realistic aesthetic and socially critical eye.  He takes his influence from a range of sources; pornography, amateur photography, and movies and fits them into his artistic vision. Four years ago Jan and Per Broman organised a successful exhibition of David LaChapelle’s […]

SANDRA BERGMAN/COCO TRANSISTOR Sandra Elisabet Rosa Bergman, has lived her whole life on Södermalm. Right now she lives near Zinkensdamm with her husband Daniel Bellqvist and pharaoh hound Dahlia. She used to be a bartender but for the last four or five years she has been making her living solely from booking bands and DJ:ing. Tell […]

The weekend has finally arrived. Here’s a list of activities we recommend you check out over the coming few days.     Thursday Where: Hornstull Strand Time: 21:00 Date: 1/11-2012 Tonight Strand will have two floors filled with rnb, dubstep, hip hop and dance. Performing live will be Cooly G, Bella Bo  and Julia Spade. Check out […]

Speak Truth to Power began as a book written by human rights activist Kerry Kennedy which included portraits of human rights defenders by Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams. Now a photography exhibition, Speak Truth to Power presents these portraits as a way of examining human rights issues around the world: from nuclear disarmament and sex […]

After a successful premiere last month, Fotografiska is holding another clubnight called F2-6 on October 27 a.k.a. tomorrow. Just like last time the museum will be transformed into a club with numerous dance floors accompanied by audio/visual art. Miss Kittin (FRA), Tale Of Us (ITA), Horse Meat Disco (UK), Genius Of Time (SE), Disco Sh!t […]

A retrospective exhibition of the Swedish photographer Kenneth Gustavsson’s work has just opened at Fotografiska.  Gustavsson’s images depict the vulnerability and beauty of everyday life and turn the mundane and ordinary into something magical. From the starkly contrasted images of the 1960s to the muted prints of the 1990s, The Magic Bar presents a huge […]

It used to be a customs house. The former industrial Art Nouveau building from 1906 transformed into Stockholm’s most important building for photography two years ago. Now, for six much anticipated sweaty nights over the coming eight months, the beautiful brick building will be swaying on the bank of Saltsjön to prominent disco and house […]

Second installment of Fotografiska’s new music club, with six nights, a huge dance floor and world renowned DJ’s, such as Kerri Chandler, Solomun, Dixon, Jacques Renault, Miss Kittin, Tale of us, Subb-an, Todd Terje and Metro Area. See website for details on DJ’s for this particular night.

The premiere of Fotografiska’s new music club, with six nights, a huge dance floor and world renowned DJ’s.  Playing at the premiere is Solomun (DE), Subb-an (UK), Jacques Renault (US), Jon DaSilva, HNNY, Noah Gibson, La Petit Putain and Dj Cuttis.

Sally Mann at Fotografiska Sally Mann’s magical black and white photos of her children were once held by the FBI for 20 years, and now you have a last chance to see them at photography museum Fotografiska. The exhibition – A matter of time – covers Sally Mann’s work over five decades. A Canadian writer […]