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  • Belkis Ayón, La cena, 1991. Courtesy of the Belkis Ayón Estate.

    Press Invitation: Belkis Ayón / Mythologies

    Belkis Ayón (1967–1999) is one of Cuba’s most prominent artists. In the first Nordic presentation of the artist’s work, Bildmuseet presents creative highlights from her brief but intense career, from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. The exhibition opens on Art Friday, 23 March, and will be previewed to the media by arrangement from Monday, 19 May. Welcome!

  • Anders Holmer, from the book Utflykt [The Excursion] (2025). Courtesy of the artist.

    Press invitation: Swedish Picture Book of the Year / The Excursion

    Anders Holmer’s Utflykt [The Excursion] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2024. On March 14, in conjunction with the award ceremony at Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of the original illustrations from the winning book.

  • Shubigi Rao, Shadowstitch (still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

    Press invitation: Shubigi Rao / Pulp I–IV

    "Shubigi Rao / Pulp I–IV," opening at Bildmuseet on March 14, is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s decade-long project so far about censorship, destruction of books, assaults on literacy and libraries, erasure of women’s voices, and loss of languages.

  • Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's Machine Auguries, Bildmuseet 2024–2025. © Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Ltd. Photo: Malin Grönborg

    Northern dawn chorus in Machine Auguries by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

    Bildmuseet unveils a new site-specific iteration of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s sound and light installation Machine Auguries, this time set in Umeå in northern Sweden. Premiere on 12 January! Presented alongside the previous iterations from London and Toledo, these three artificial dawn choruses from different parts of the world invite us to reflect on our relationship with nature.

  • Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Machine Auguries: London. © Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg LCC. Courtesy of Bildmuseet. Photo: Malin Grönborg

    Press invitation: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg / Machine Auguries

    With AI-generated birdsong under an artificial dawn sky, Machine Auguries warns of our infatuation with technology at the expense of nature. In Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s immersive sound and light installation, which opens at Bildmuseet on 18 October, the dawn chorus is slowly taken over by synthetic birdsong.

  • Aseel AlYaqoub, detail from The New Kuwait, Cultural Fair, 2018

    Press invitation: Aseel AlYaqoub / The View from Above

    Military ceremonies, postage imagery, maps, and heritage sites that shape national identity and imbue it with meaning are the subject of Aseel AlYaqoub’s solo exhibition The View from Above, opening at Bildmuseet on 18 October.

  • Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena wants to spark transformational processes in design museums. Photo: Jens Persson

    Feminist design strategies for transforming design museums

    In a world where design is often celebrated for its role in advancing humanity, it is important to also question this narrative through a critical lens. In her doctoral thesis, Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena investigates the role design has played in sustaining discriminatory and patriarchal systems.

  • National school for cancer research to be started in Umeå

    With support from Cancerfonden, the Swedish Cancer Society, Umeå University will start a new cancer research school in the spring of 2025. The programme, which is unique in Sweden, is aimed at doctoral students throughout the country.

  • Heinrich Zaunschirm’s design project explores low-cost DIY technologies for a new generation of accessible and functional prosthetics. Photo: Heinrich Zaunschirm

    Democratised AI and low-cost prosthetics at UID24

    On 28 May, a new crop of young designers reveal their 40-plus design concepts to the world. At UID24 | Design Talks & Degree Show, an intriguing collection of innovations – ranging from farming tools in the age of climate change, to youth activism in the digital realm, to tactile music listening – will be unveiled.

  • The master's degree show runs at Bildmuseet 24 May – 18 August, 2024.

    After Tomorrow at Sunrise / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts

    This year's master's degree exhibition from the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University opens at Bildmuseet on 24 May. After Tomorrow at Sunrise features paintings, sculptures, installations, performance, photography, and film by eleven artists. Press preview on Wednesday, 22 May at 10:00 am (RSVP). Welcome!

  • © Aron Landahl, from the picture book Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], 2023. Courtesy of the artist.

    Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Everybody Eats Everybody

    On 15 March, an exhibition opens with Aron Landahl’s original paintings for Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], selected as the year’s best Swedish picture book. The opening will take place during Bildmuseet’s Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.

  • © Elias Crespin, Circualineados 248, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.

    Elias Crespin / Chronomorphosis

    Elias Crespin's mobile sculptures move slowly and gracefully in intricate, precise formations, seemingly floating freely in the air in a mesmerising exhibition on Bildmuseet’s top floor. Chronomorphosis opens at Bildmuseet on 15 March during Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.

  • © Matti Aikio, Peurakaira (still from the video), 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

    Eight Degrees / Contemporary Art on the Forest

    Featuring photography, film, sculpture, drawing, textiles, sound and installations, including new commissions, the group show Eight Degrees opens on 15 March at Bildmuseet's Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.

  • Bildmuseet in Umeå is one of three nominees to the Swedish Museum of the Year award. Photo: Erik Hillbom.

    Bildmuseet nominated to Swedish Museum of the Year

    Every year, the prestigious award Swedish Museum of the Year is presented. This year the prize could go to Bildmuseet, which is one of three nominated finalists. The award is given to the museum that has demonstrated courage, creativity, and excellence. The purpose of the award is to highlight exemplary museum work and to inspire other museums to innovative activities of the highest quality.

  • Loulou Cherinet, State Design, 2023. Utställningsvy från Bildmuseet. © Loulou Cherinet / Bildupphovsrätt 2023

    Loulou Cherinet / State Design

    On Friday, October 13th, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition by the artist Loulou Cherinet. For Bildmuseet, she has created a site-specific room installation inspired by early panorama painting and 19th-century cycloramas. Around forty, four-meter-high paintings come together to envelop the museum visitor in the illusion of an urban environment.

  • Cecilia Cissi Hultman, L_I_N_J_E_N, 2023. © Cecilia Cissi Hultman / Bildupphovsrätt 2023

    Performance Autumn at Bildmuseet

    From September 30 to November 19, a series of brand-new performance works by artists from the North of Sweden will be premiered at Bildmuseet, Umeå University.

  • Anca Rujoiu. Photo: Dinu Bodiciu.

    Anca Rujoiu appointed Curator at Bildmuseet

    Bildmuseet expands its team and welcomes Anca Rujoiu as Curator of Exhibitions from March 2024. –With more than fourteen years of experience working in the field of contemporary art in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, she will be strengthening Bildmuseet’s position as one of Sweden’s foremost venues for international contemporary art, says director Katarina Pierre.

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