Winter Art Exhibitions 2019-2020

Sri Lanka, from the "Power of Hands" exhibition at Fotografiska.
Photogrpaher: Malin Fezehai. 

When temperatures start dropping below the freezing point, it is good to have some indoor activities planned when visiting Stockholm. There is only so much playing in the snow that you can do! One good option is to visit one of Stockholm's 80+ museums. There are many great museums looking at history and royalty in Stockholm. But, if art is your interest, then we have a wonderful variety of art museums... classic, moderna, Swedish, international, sculpture, photography, paintings and more. Here is a list of art museums in Stockholm and their planned exhibitions for this coming season:

Fotografiska (photography)- They have three ongoing exhibitions this season: "Power of Hands" by Malin Fezehai (until Feb 9th), "Welcome Home" by Alex Prager (until March 8th) and "Places Beyond" by Erik Johansson (Dec 6th to March 1st). 

National (calssic art and design)- Several exhibitions, of special note are "1989- Culture & Politics" (until Jan 12th) and "Hella Jongerius - Breathing Color" (until Feb 9th). 

National Museum
Photo by: Linn Ahlgren/Nationalmuseum

Moderna (modern art)- don't miss their permanent collection of modern art and photography, otherwise they have several temporary exhibitions... including "Mad Muses" (until Jan 12th), Aris Fioretos "Atlas" (until Feb 2nd) and Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd "Alias: CFR" (until Feb 16th). 

ArkDes (architecture and design)- besides their permanent collection on architecture in Sweden, this season they will also have their annual Gingerbread House competition/exhibition (until Jan 5th) and "Flying Panels" (until March 1st). 

Millesgården (sculpture and mixed art)- most people come to visit the beautiful sculpture gardens featuring the work of Carl Milles, but they also have a gallery where, this season, they are showing "Painting and Spirituality" (until Feb 9th) and "Polish Gingerbread Houses" (until Jan 12th). 

Polish Gingerbread Houses  at Millesgården.

Kulturhuset (mixed art)- besides theatre, dance, film and literature, Kulturhuset offers art exhibits as well.

Thielska Galleriet (Scandinavian fine art)- One of the highlights of this museum is their permanent collection of Scandinavian masters like Eugene Jansson, Edvard Munch, Carl Larsson and more. But they also have temporary exhibitions like Hjalmar Söderberg (until Sep, 2020) and Karin Frostenson (until Jan 26th). 

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Scandinavian fine art)- besides Prince Eugene's art collection, park and garden, you will find temporary exhibitions like Edward Burne-Jones "The Pre-Raphaelites and the North" (until Jan 26th) and Meta Isaeus-Berlin "Nocturnal Logic" (until Feb 16th). 

Artipelag (art in archipelago setting)- Besides their permanent "Sculpture in Nature" exhibition, they are also showing Fornasetti "Inside Out Outside In" for a few more weeks (until Jan 26th). 

Liljevalchs (contemporary art)- The exhibition "Spring Salon 2020" will be going on between Jan 10th and March 22nd. 

Linnéa Sjöberg (MBF grant recipient) at Bonniers Konsthall
Photo by Jean-Baptiste Beranger

Bonniers Konsthall (contemporary art)- They are currently showing the Maria Bonnier Foundation Grant Recipients 2019 (until Jan 26th). One upcoming exhibition this season is "The Trees, Light Green: Landscape Paintings - Past and Present" (Jan 22nd to March 29th). 

Sven-Harry's Konstmuseum (mixed art)- There are a few more weeks left of "Nordic Contemporary by Ars Fennica" (until Jan 19th), after which they will be exhibiting "Art in Fashion" (Feb 15th to May 31st).