Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum summer 2023

During the summer you can see a number of exhibitions produced by Nationalmuseum throughout Sweden. At Nationalmuseum in Stockholm you can see The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature, Beauty and the Unexpected and The Joy of Giving – silver donations. At The Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum Bathrooms for everyone! is on show, at Nationalmuseum Jamtli Ideal and Reality and at Läckö Castle Animals in Art.

Nationalmuseum
At Nationalmuseum paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and applied art and design up to the present day are on show. Approximately 5,000 objects are presented chronologically and follow an imaginary timeline through the building. Arts, crafts, and design are displayed side by side and each era has its own exhibition hall.

The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature
23 February–7 January 2023
The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature is a grand tour showing how gardens have been portrayed in art. The exhibition includes some 300 paintings, drawings, applied art and sculpture, most of them from Nationalmuseum’s collections. Artists on display include Watteau, Boucher, Oudry, Le Nôtre, Monet and Carl Larsson and, from contemporary times, Peter Frie and Emma Helle.

Beauty and the Unexpected – Modern and Contemporary American Crafts
30 March 2023–21 January 2024
Beauty and the Unexpected features modern and contemporary American crafts selected by former gallerist and craft educator Helen W. Drutt English. The exhibition displays 81 objects including jewelry, chairs, ceramics, wall pieces and textiles from the 1950s until today. They are made by prominent American artists such as Art Smith, Nancy Carman, George Nakashima, Lenore Tawney, Toshiko Takaezu, Jere Osgood, Rudolf Staffel, Jamie Bennett, Albert Paley and Wayne Higby.

The Joy of Giving – silver donations
5 July 2023–23 June 2024 
Nationalmuseum’s collections include many exquisite, representative examples of Swedish and European silver from the 16th century to the present day. The unique collection has come about partly as a result of many generous donations and financial contributions received over the years. The exhibition presents some 80 gifts received by the museum in recent decades, ranging from magnificent baroque and gracious rococo pieces to modern silver from the decades around the turn of the millennium. There are tankards, bowls, jewellery, candlesticks, vases and goblets – all of them silver.

The Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum
The museum displays objects from the collection that trace the 170-year history of the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory - the items that were created, the people who were active, and the role that the factory came to play in Swedish society. More than 3,000 objects are presented in colourfully staged exhibits based on various themes, everything from studio-created objets d’art and splendid urns to well-known porcelain services and older sanitary products, as well as enamel and plastic objects.

Bathrooms for everyone! – Industrial design from Gustavsberg
3 June 2023–28 April 2024
Bathrooms for everyone! takes you through the history of bathrooms, from the privy to an obvious clean and fresh feature in our homes. Follow the bathroom development during the 20th century and the growth of industrial design in one of the Nordic countries' most prominent porcelain factories. The exhibition provides a look at the steps in the design process from idea to realisation, where ergonomics and knowledge of material are key components.

Nationalmuseum Jamtli
Nationalmuseum Jamtli in Östersund is an art and design venue providing access to Nationalmuseum’s unique collections and expertise. Jamtli is responsible for managing the space as a visitor attraction, while Nationalmuseum takes care of producing the annual exhibitions with artworks from the collections.

Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature
1 June 2022–3 September 2023
Nationalmuseum Jamtli presents an exhibition featuring depictions of Nordic nature in art and applied art from the 17th century onward. At different times, nature has been seen as a source of beauty, an economic resource, an object of research and a symbol of identity. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photographs and applied art, all drawn from Nationalmuseum’s collections. The artists represented include Anna Boberg, Otto Hesselbom, Pehr Hilleström, Elias Martin, Bruno Liljefors and Helmer Osslund, along with more recent names such as Frida Fjellman, Kerstin Hörnlund, Ingalena Klenell, Märta Mattsson and Per B Sundberg.

Läckö Castle
In the halls of the baroque castle Läckö on the shores of Lake Vänern, 17th and 18th century furniture, woven tapestries, silver objects and paintings from Nationalmuseum’s collections are on display. The Treasury displays magnificent luxury items from the golden age of Swedish power, including silver, parts of Queen Kristina’s Urbino dinnerware set, and a Nautilus trophy. Every summer an exhibition is produced where the artworks are drawn from Nationalmuseum’s collections.

Animals in Art
10 June–3 September 2023
In this summer’s exhibition you can see over 150 works from the Nationalmuseum’s collections, dating from the early 18th century to the present day. In one way or another, they embrace everything about animals: animals as our friends, exotic animals from distant lands and little animals close to us that perhaps we don’t even see. There is everything from figurines and other porcelain to textiles, sculptures and paintings. The artists represented include well-known names such as Carl Frisendahl, Lisa Larson, Stig Lindberg, Carl Milles, Frida Fjellman and Per B Sundberg.

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