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  • Shubigi Rao, Shadowstitch (still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

    Press invitation: Shubigi Rao / Pulp I–IV

    "Shubigi Rao / Pulp I–IV," opening at Bildmuseet on March 14, is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s decade-long project so far about censorship, destruction of books, assaults on literacy and libraries, erasure of women’s voices, and loss of languages.

  • Mandana Moghaddam, Works from the series Underlandet [Wonderland], 2013–ongoing. © Mandana Moghaddam / Bildupphovsrätt 2023

    Mandana Moghaddam / Woman Life Freedom

    The autumn's first opening at Bildmuseet features a solo exhibition by the Swedish-Iranian artist Mandana Moghaddam. The exhibition showcases mirror mosaic, sculpture, and installation, and will be inaugurated with an artist talk on Saturday, 16th September, the anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini's death in Tehran. Press preview on Wednesday, 13th September, at 10:00 (RSVP).

  • Zanele Muholi's exhibition at Bildmuseet, Sweden, contains over one hundred photographs and series from the early 2000s until today. Exhibition photo: Mikael Lundgren.

    Bildmuseet presents Zanele Muholi

    Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. The extensive exhibition at Bildmuseet presents their career as a photographer and visual activist from the early 2000s until today. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 25 November at 10:00 (RSVP).

  • One of the new exhibtion is a Faith Ringgold retrospective with works from the 1960s to the 2000s. Photo: Mikael Lundgren.

    Bildmuseet reopens with Ringgold, Sansour and Cyrén

    Three new exhibitions are installed when Bildmuseet opens its doors: The first retrospective in the Nordics of the acclaimed artist and civil rights activist Faith Ringgold; Larissa Sansours evocative and thought-provoking Heirloom, Denmark's contribution to the Venice Biennale in 2019; and Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Marathon by Karin Cyrén.

  • Amar Kanwar, The Scene of Crime (Installation view from The Sovereign Forest). Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

    Opening at Bildmuseet: Amar Kanwar / The Sovereign Forest

    ​On Friday 20 October at 19:00 Bildmuseet opens a large exhibition by recognised artist and filmmaker Amar Kanwar. The Sovereign Forest is a poetic response to the conflict over land and the resistance of local communities in the Indian state of Odisha. Press preview on Thursday 19 October at 10:00 – Welcome! The artist will participate.

  •  Nisrine Boukhari / Wanderism is a State of Mind

    Nisrine Boukhari / Wanderism is a State of Mind

    Wanderism is a State of Mind by Syrian born artist Nisrine Boukhari is one of the three exhibition that opens at Bildmuseet on Sunday 22 November. Behind the ambiguous title of the exhibition lies the fact that the artist left her homeland, is constantly on the move and sees her own mind as her nation.