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Here are Malmö Konsthall’s exhibitions for the jubilee year 2025
Malmö Konsthall celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. In addition to an exhibition programme featuring three major shows, the jubilee year will be recognised with a timeline showcasing Malmö Konsthall’s history, a presentation of Klas Anshelm’s architecture, and a birthday celebration on the 22nd of March. The 2025 exhibition programme will include Drain the Öresund, featuring fourteen artists from the Öresund region, the first major presentation of the Swedish-French artist Lars Fredrikson in Sweden, and a unique group exhibition showcasing works by norm-breaking artists.
Drain the Öresund
8.2–4.5.2025
Drain the Öresund brings together artists from both sides of the Öresund bridge and examines the region as a site for socio-cultural, ecological, technological, economic and political entanglements at local and global levels. Key to the exhibition is a critical view of infrastructure, the production of interrelated systems and ‘bridges’ that facilitate exchanges over space, and the transfer of information between different domains. The exhibition explores the hopes and failures of modern, massive societal transformation. It delves into the relationships between the public and private and examines how human labour shapes and alters our surroundings, and the impact this, in turn, has on our identities and relationships.
In 1953, the Scanian industrialist Ruben Rausing made a preposterous proposal: drain the Öresund, thereby providing new space for Malmö and Copenhagen to expand and meet in the middle. This idea has served as the starting point for the curator of the exhibition, Post Brothers (Matthew Post), living and working in Bialystok, Poland. Participating artists: Hannibal Andersen, Kalle Brolin, Kåre Frang, Sebastian Hedevang & Andreas Rønholt Schmidt, Henriette Heise, Silas Inoue, Hanni Kamaly, Dag Kewenter, Aleksandra Kucharska, Ina Nian, Jessica Olausson, Vibe Overgaard, Matilda Tjäder.
Malmö Konsthall – 50 Years
8.2.2025–18.1.2026
The presentation Malmö Konsthall – 50 Years offers a visual retrospective of past exhibitions and an introduction to the building’s architecture. Since 1975, Malmö Konsthall has brought renowned international artists to Malmö while fostering a platform for regional artists to grow and establish international recognition. Through a timeline, key moments in Malmö Konsthall’s history and its most beloved exhibitions over the years will be highlighted. Part of the presentation is dedicated to the architecture of Klas Anshelm, who designed a timeless exhibition space with a unique ability to adapt and transform for each new exhibition. The presentation Malmö Konsthall – 50 Years will be shown in a smaller part of the exhibition hall and will run parallel to other exhibitions throughout 2025. Malmö Konsthall’s birthday on the 22nd of March will mark the official opening of the presentation, offering a fully packed programme of events including a birthday party!
Lars Fredrikson
24.5–24.8.2025
The summer will be dedicated to the French-Swedish artist Lars Fredrikson (1926–1997), marking his first major presentation in Sweden. Malmö Konsthall will showcase Fredrikson’s multifaceted body of work, which includes paintings, engravings, collages, kinetic sculptures, sound works, and collaborative projects with contemporary French poets.
Lars Fredrikson was born in Stockholm and moved to France in 1960. His work was deeply influenced by the spirit of the time, encompassing early experiments with electronics and television. He was particularly interested in our perception of the spatial and created new relationships between artworks and their environments. As a trained radio engineer, Fredrikson constructed pieces that captured the invisible waves and frequencies of space in various ways. His artistic practice explored the boundaries between the visible and invisible, between absence and presence, movement and sculpture.
Fredrikson founded France’s first sound studio at the Villa Arson Art School in Nice, which influenced several generations of sound artists. The exhibition is produced in collaboration with Sara Arrhenius, Director of the Institut Suédois in Paris, Léa Dreyer from the University of Paris, and Jonas (J) Magnusson from the publishing house OEI Editör.
Speaking Volumes
13.9.2025–18.1.2026
The group exhibition with the working title Speaking Volumes brings to light six unique artistic practices from the USA, UK and Sweden. The artists work at supported studios, where artists with disabilities are provided with opportunities to develop their professional practice. The exhibition examines the communicative power of visual language, emphasising the critical value of processes that are strongly rooted in the present moment. Through their work, each artist offers an insight into their world. Here, oversimplified categorisation can be challenged, and plurality, nuance and difference can be celebrated. The artworks speak to their viewers through various forms: painting, sculpture, textile, installation, drawing and ceramics. Bearing visible traces of the individual artists’ methods, experiences and perspectives, the works also provide tangible expression for the collective experience of being human.
With Speaking Volumes, Malmö Konsthall aims to not only showcase the work of six compelling artists but also to provide space for critical conversations surrounding access and inclusion within contemporary art. The exhibition is a continuation of Malmö Konsthall’s history of working with artists with disabilities and is produced with the intention to forge a path towards a more representative art scene. Participating artists: Nicole Storm (Creative Growth, USA), Monica Valentine (Creative Growth, USA), Alan Faulds (Artlink, UK), Mawuena Kattah (Intoart, UK), Mattias Johansson (Inuti, Sweden) & David Cheung (Malmö, Sweden).
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Malmö Konsthall opened in 1975 and is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the Nordic countries. It is also a space for literature, film, music and talks. Together with restaurant SMAK and the art bookshop, Malmö Konsthall forms a lively cultural centre in the heart of the city. The konsthall has 200,000 visitors annually, and always offers free entry to all exhibitions and programs. Malmö Konsthall can be reached by direct train from Copenhagen in 30 minutes.
