From 19 April, visitors will be able to see Nationalmuseum’s extensive collection of French 19th-century art presented in a new way. The exhibition charts the modern way of living that emerged during that period and how it influenced art. It forms part of a project to test out future ways of presenting the museum’s collections in the refurbished building.
Next year Nationalmuseum presents emotions, slow art and female artists in pursuit. With this program Solfrid Söderlind leaves after nine years as Director General. After New Year Berndt Arell will take over the government’s appointment as Director General for Nationalmuseum. A major collaboration with Jamtli in Östersund will also be carried out during the year.
Next spring and summer, Nationalmuseum will be showing The Art of Exaggeration – Caricature in Sweden. The exhibition follows the development of Swedish caricature art through the ages, from the private sphere to a public position that echoes around the world. Recently caricature and cartoons have once again become the burning issue that they were two hundred years ago.
This spring’s big exhibition at Nationalmuseum, Passions, is all about emotion in art. Starting on 8 March, over 100 works depicting emotions such as sorrow, fear and joy will go on show. The artists represented include Dürer, Munch, Rembrandt, Tony Oursler, Rineke Dijkstra and Bill Viola.
This autumn’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum, The Peredvizhniki – Pioneers of Russian Painting, opens on 29 September. Sweden’s first ever exhibition dedicated to this group of artists features over 100 pieces on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg.
This autumn’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum, The Peredvizhniki – Pioneers of Russian Painting, opens on 29 September 2011. With around 100 pieces on loan from the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg, this will be Sweden’s largest ever exhibition of works by this group of artists.
The Four Seasons, a thematic exhibition of works from Nationalmuseum’s own collections, opens on 21 June. The exhibition focuses on depictions of the seasons in paintings of the fin de siècle period and on artists’ attempts to capture the essence of the changing seasons.
There’s plenty going on at Nationalmuseum this summer! Take your pick from exhibitions focused on eroticism in art, depictions of the seasons in fin de siècle Scandinavian painting, and shimmering silverware. Meanwhile, children can have fun learning about the gods and goddesses of antiquity.
Museum in a new light: Shimmering Silver 27 January 2011 – March 2012The exhibition presents silverware from the 1550s to the present day and the variety in silver as a material. The items are on show in both daylight as well as artificial light to show the specific qualities that silver has. The exhibition is part of the project Museum in a new light, which considers how Nationalmuseum’s co
On 24 March 2011, Nationalmuseum opens the doors to Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasures from the museum’s own collection, will illustrate how views of sexuality, virtue and morality have changed over the centuries.
On 30 September, Nationalmuseum opens its autumn exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. The exhibition presents 410 artifacts in their historical context, all of which have some connection with one or other of the protagonists. The lives of the three rulers are interwoven with art in an unprecedented exhibition on the art of governing through art.
This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents the magnificent exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. On show will be some 420 items - a collection of portraits, costumes, jewellery and other art wares – all telling a story of honour and power. The exhibition is about the art of governing through art.
