The exhibitions Christer Strömholm and Giorgio Vasari’s Drawings open at Nationalmuseum 6 October
This autumn brings the exhibitions Christer Strömholm – Portraits in Paris and Giorgio Vasari’s Drawings – A Mythical Collection.
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The Tessin Lecture 2022 and 2021: Melissa Hyde and Penny Sparke
This year the Tessin Lecture for both 2022 and 2021 will be held since last year’s lecture was postponed due to the pandemic. 15 September Melissa Hyde will talk about why, in the eighteenth-century, to wear pink was to make a statement – a statement made all the more emphatic and enduring when memorialized in portraiture. 28 September Penny Sparke gives a lecture on the changing roles and meaning
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Nationalmuseum acquires sculpture by Carl Richard Söderström
Nationalmuseum has acquired a ceramic sculpture of a bear by Carl Richard Söderström. The sculpture follows in a long tradition of animal portraits in Swedish ceramic art.
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Isaac Grünewald self-portrait donated to Nationalmuseum
An expressive self-portrait by Isaac Grünewald, dating from 1915, has been donated to Nationalmuseum. The painting, depicting the artist in profile, is a significant addition to the Swedish National Portrait Gallery, which is managed by Nationalmuseum.
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Rörstrand exhibition urn donated to Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum has been gifted a large exhibition urn made at the Rörstrand porcelain works in Stockholm. Produced in 1884, the urn is decorated with delicate motifs by Anton Vogel.
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Portrait of Honour 2021: Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden
The model of the 2021 Portrait of Honour is Carl Bildt, a politician and former prime minister of Sweden. The portrait has been painted by Bo Larsson in an illusionistic style that reflects in detail the subject’s wide-ranging interests.
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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm
A new edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is now available. It is the second part of Volume 27, which contains scientific articles and information about the museum’s acquisitions in 2020.
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New acquisition: French figurative table clocks
Nationalmuseum has recently acquired several significant French figurative table clocks dating from the early 19th century. These were an obligatory feature of the interior decoration style that developed during the Empire period, adorning many a mantelpiece and console table
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Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature opens 1 June at Nationalmuseum Jamtli
This summer, Nationalmuseum Jamtli presents Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature, an exhibition showing how nature has been depicted in art and applied art through the ages. The exhibition features some 130 works, paintings, drawings, photographs and applied art, all drawn from Nationalmuseum’s collections.
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Exhibitions – Summer 2022
During the summer you can see exhibitions produced by Nationalmuseum at tourist destinations throughout Sweden.
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Oehme landscape acquired by Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum has acquired a painting by the German artist Ernst Ferdinand Oehme. Tyrolean Landscape with Naudersberg Castle, dating from 1847, represents an aspect of German Romanticism that was previously absent in the museum’s collection.
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Nationalmuseum acquires works by women sculptors
Over the past few years, Nationalmuseum has made a concerted effort to acquire more works by women sculptors. This acquisition drive was part of a wider project to gather knowledge and shed light on the Swedish women sculptors who were active at the turn of the 20th century.
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