Huge oil molecules meet kitschy deep-sea drills and poetic pan shots over refineries. The Gothenburg Museum of Art presents the celebrated Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri’s first solo exhibition in Sweden. In the media of sculpture, video and installation, she explores links between the oil industry, identity and cultural heritage.
Ruined cities, violent volcanic eruptions and melting glaciers. Throughout history, artists have been fascinated by catastrophes, from biblical accounts of the Last Judgement to the present era’s anxiety over war, climate change and AI. Apocalypse: From Last Judgement to Climate Threat presents the art history of doom from the 16th century until today.
With her illustrations for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, The Brothers Lionheart and Mardie as well as many picture books of her own, Ilon Wikland have made a deep impression on several generations of children and adults. The exhibition Ilon Wikland’s visual worlds. Fairytales, adventures and everyday life is the most comprehensive presentation in Sweden to date, featuring around 400 original works.
Bright colours, sweeping brushstrokes, personal subject matter and emotional visions characterize the painting of the Gothenburg Colourists. The exhibition Wonderful Colour: Gothenburg Colourism in a New Light presents the colourists at the Gothenburg Museum of Art in a comprehensive exhibition with new perspectives.
Fragments of mother-of-pearl, a hovering, glassy polished zeppelin and sculptures made from military scrap metal from the border between North and South Korea. The Gothenburg Museum of Art starts 2023 by presenting the celebrated South Korean artist Lee Bul’s first solo exhibition in the Nordic countries.
With her consistent and single-minded style of painting, Barbro Östlihn attained a position in the New York art scene in the 1960's. Now her monumental paintings are shown for the first time in Gothenburg.
Monumental architecture, seismic waves and building blocks from imaginary worlds. The Gothenburg Museum of Art finishes the year with a large-format installation by Emanuel Röhss, in which moving images, audio and stage design transform the room. Welcome to the press preview on 2 December.
On 30th October, the Gothenburg Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring cutting edge artists in Sweden at the turn of the millennium. The anniversary exhibition Towards another world celebrates the power of art to conceive and create other worlds.
Three-meter-tall guardians in hoodies and a hologram levitating in a darkened room. Camouflage, bodily presence and surveillance are major themes for the Congolese-Norwegian artist Sandra Mujinga, who now presents her first solo exhibition at a museum in Sweden. The presentation at the Gothenburg Museum of Art opens on July 10.
For the first time in Sweden, the Gothenburg Museum of Art presents a big international exhibition of New Objectivity paintings from the interwar period. The exhibition Focus on Europe: New Objectivities 1919–1939 has been realized through a donation from the Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture on the occasion of Gothenburg’s quatercentenary.
