European Silver 1500-1850
European Silver 1500-1850 is the second volume in the series of catalogues of the Nationalmuseum’s extensive collections of applied art, design and industrial design.
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Peredvizhniki exhibition opens 29 September at Nationalmuseum
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.
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New acquisition: Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard
The collection of portrait miniatures at Nationalmuseum has been enriched with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The artist behind the portrait was the official court painter and the first grand name in English miniature painting, Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619).
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Pioneers of Russian painting at Nationalmuseum this autumn
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.
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The Four Seasons opens 21 June
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.
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Summer at Nationalmuseum
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.
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Exhibitions 2011
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
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Coming this spring: Lust & Vice
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.
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Nationalmuseum launches new online bookshop
Nationalmuseum’s new bookshop is a way to meet the increasing demand from customers who wants to buy books online. The bookshop makes it possible for both private persons and distributors, national as well as international, to order Nationalmuseum’s art books through the Internet.
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Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander opens 30 September
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.
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Publications from Nationalmuseum this autumn
Staging Power. Napoleon, Charles John, Alexander This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents a majestic exhibition about the art of governing through art. The three protagonists Napoleon, Charles John and Alexander were all skilled at using art to demonstrate legitimacy and to strengthen their position. This magnificent work published in conjunction with the exhibition presents new research abou
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Staging Power – 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.
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