Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum 2023
The 2023 exhibition programme at Nationalmuseum offers a mix of garden art, miniatures and American crafts.
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Saint Bartholomew by Luca Giordano – now part of Nationalmuseum’s collections
The painting of Bartholomew the Apostle by the Italian painter Luca Giordano has been donated to Nationalmuseum, the first painting in the collections by this famous Baroque artist from Naples whose final years were spent as painter at the Spanish court.
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Still Life – An Exhibition by Lars Norén and Bobo Ericzén opens at Nationalmuseum 20 October
On 20 October opens Still Life, an exhibition based on the play with the same name written by Lars Norén. The exhibition is a wordless journey through Sweden for 125 years, consisting of images, videos, texts and objects.
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New book about the Swedish National Portrait Gallery
The Swedish National Portrait Gallery comprises over 5 300 works of art and is the world’s oldest national portrait gallery. To mark the gallery’s bicentenary, a book that traces the history of the collection will be released.
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Nationalmuseum acquires pastel portraits by de La Tour, Danloux and Boze
Nationalmuseum has acquired pastel portraits by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Henry-Pierre Danloux and Joseph Boze, three artists active during the golden age of pastel in 18th-century France. In recent years Nationalmuseum has acquired several works exemplifying this major trend in 18th-century European painting.
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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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