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Plensa sculpture in Vanadisplan.
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Stockholm is a great city for art lovers. Not only do we have many wonderful art museums (like
Moderna,
National,
Fotografiska,
Waldemarsudde and many more), there are also many smaller art galleries throughout the city. Thankfully for visitors, many of them are concentrated in a couple of neighborhoods/streets, so there is no need to do much traveling in order to visit a few galleries while you are in Stockholm.
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Berg Gallery
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One such area is actually just around the corner from the
Hotel Rival, on small stretch of the street Hornsgatan, called
Hornsgatspuckeln. I have blogged about this before and will do an update in the coming weeks... but, for this article, I visited another area that I actually hadn't been to before. Located in the
Vasastan neighborhood, this collection of 5-6 art galleries have creatively dubbed themselves the
Stockholm Gallery District. Good idea!
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Berg Gallery
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The galleries, for the most part, are located on a small street called
Hudiksvallsgatan, just off the square
Vandisplan (a roundabout actually, with park in the center). This neighborhood is a little off the beaten path for visitors which gives it an authentic Stockholm vibe. The street itself is short with an industrial feel (interspersed loading docks and such).
The map found on their website helps you locate the galleries much easier. They also have links to the different galleries so you can see what artist/artwork each one is currently displaying.
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Berg Gallery
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I visited two galleries this time:
Berg Gallery and
Galleri Andersson/Sandström. At the Berg Gallery, they had a few exhibitions... one with the work of
Raha Rastifard (interesting, colorful, 3D abstract images) as well as some interesting photography, reliefs and sculptures by various artists. A nice mix of art in different mediums. The Rastifard exhibition will be showing until September 25th.
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Galleri Andersson/Sandström (G.A.S.)
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At G.A.S. (Gallerie Andersson/Sandström) they had an exhibition that I found very interesting: the sculpture of
Jaume Plensa (also showing until Sept 25th). The exhibition contains large, elongated, elliptical busts of young women, typical work from the Spanish sculptor. What especially piqued my interest was the fact that I have stumbled upon his work a few times recently... including
a recent visit to Artipelag, a walk on Djurgården and a summer trip to the Swedish west coast where I visited
a fantastic sculpture park. which had an enormous bust by Plensa on a hilltop.
One of Plensa's large busts has also recently been installed at Vanadisplan, just a block from the Gallery District. A nice "welcome" as you arrive at the Stockholm Gallery District. The neighborhood has a lot of interesting architecture as well as small cafes and restaurants... so you can make a nice afternoon of your visit.
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The easiest way to get to the Gallery District from the
Hotel Rival is actually by commuter train. You can catch the train at nearby Stockholm Södra Station and then take the train two stations north to Stockholm Odenplan. Exit the station following the signs for Vanadisvägen. You will exit just a block from Vanadisplan, shown clearly
on their map. Otherwise, the closest subway stations are Odenplan or St Eriksplan on the green line... the district is about a 10-15 minute walk from either station.
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Part of light installation at Odenplan station
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By the way, this commuter train station at Odenplan is very new and the exit, like many of Stockholm's underground subway and train stations are art galleries themselves... in this case a lovely light installation.
Click here for more information about Stockholm subway artwork and follow the links on
the district's website for opening hours and more information from the individual galleries.
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