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  • Belkis Ayón, La cena, 1991. Courtesy of the Belkis Ayón Estate.

    Press Invitation: Belkis Ayón / Mythologies

    Belkis Ayón (1967–1999) is one of Cuba’s most prominent artists. In the first Nordic presentation of the artist’s work, Bildmuseet presents creative highlights from her brief but intense career, from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. The exhibition opens on Art Friday, 23 March, and will be previewed to the media by arrangement from Monday, 19 May. Welcome!

  • Anders Holmer, from the book Utflykt [The Excursion] (2025). Courtesy of the artist.

    Press invitation: Swedish Picture Book of the Year / The Excursion

    Anders Holmer’s Utflykt [The Excursion] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2024. On March 14, in conjunction with the award ceremony at Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of the original illustrations from the winning book.

  • 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.

  • Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena wants to spark transformational processes in design museums. Photo: Jens Persson

    Feminist design strategies for transforming design museums

    In a world where design is often celebrated for its role in advancing humanity, it is important to also question this narrative through a critical lens. In her doctoral thesis, Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena investigates the role design has played in sustaining discriminatory and patriarchal systems.

  • © Aron Landahl, from the picture book Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], 2023. Courtesy of the artist.

    Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Everybody Eats Everybody

    On 15 March, an exhibition opens with Aron Landahl’s original paintings for Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], selected as the year’s best Swedish picture book. The opening will take place during Bildmuseet’s Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.

  • © Elias Crespin, Circualineados 248, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.

    Elias Crespin / Chronomorphosis

    Elias Crespin's mobile sculptures move slowly and gracefully in intricate, precise formations, seemingly floating freely in the air in a mesmerising exhibition on Bildmuseet’s top floor. Chronomorphosis opens at Bildmuseet on 15 March during Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.

  • Bildmuseet in Umeå is one of three nominees to the Swedish Museum of the Year award. Photo: Erik Hillbom.

    Bildmuseet nominated to Swedish Museum of the Year

    Every year, the prestigious award Swedish Museum of the Year is presented. This year the prize could go to Bildmuseet, which is one of three nominated finalists. The award is given to the museum that has demonstrated courage, creativity, and excellence. The purpose of the award is to highlight exemplary museum work and to inspire other museums to innovative activities of the highest quality.

  • Loulou Cherinet, State Design, 2023. Utställningsvy från Bildmuseet. © Loulou Cherinet / Bildupphovsrätt 2023

    Loulou Cherinet / State Design

    On Friday, October 13th, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition by the artist Loulou Cherinet. For Bildmuseet, she has created a site-specific room installation inspired by early panorama painting and 19th-century cycloramas. Around forty, four-meter-high paintings come together to envelop the museum visitor in the illusion of an urban environment.

  • Anca Rujoiu. Photo: Dinu Bodiciu.

    Anca Rujoiu appointed Curator at Bildmuseet

    Bildmuseet expands its team and welcomes Anca Rujoiu as Curator of Exhibitions from March 2024. –With more than fourteen years of experience working in the field of contemporary art in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, she will be strengthening Bildmuseet’s position as one of Sweden’s foremost venues for international contemporary art, says director Katarina Pierre.

  • 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).

  • © Emma AdBåge, from her picture book Såret [The Wound]

    Bildmuseet: Swedish Picture Book of the Year / The Wound

    Emma AdBåges’s Såret [The Wound] has been awarded the Snöbollen [Snowball] prize for Swedish Picture Book of the Year. Bildmuseet’s exhibition of original illustrations from the winning book will open on Friday 26 May, and journalists are welcome to contact us for a preview and presentation.

  • The master's degree show from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts will run at Bildmuseet from 26 May – 20 August, 2023.

    Bildmuseet: I Cut across the Stream / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts

    I Cut across the Stream is the title of this year’s master's degree show from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden. It will open at Bildmuseet on 26 May with an Art Friday event. Welcome to the press preview on Wednesday, 24 May from 10:00–11:00 (R.S.V.P). The artists will be there to present their works.

  • Pija Lindenbaum’s Vitvivan och Gullsippan [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021.

    Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Lilybell and Bluevalley

    Pija Lindenbaum’s "Vitvivan och Gullsippan" [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been awarded the Snöbollen [Snowball] prize for Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021. March 19, in conjunction with the award ceremony during Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of original illustrations and sketches from the winning book.

  • 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).

  • Iwo Myrin, The Forest by the Brook Kolbäcken / Moss, 1996-97/2021. © Iwo Myrin / Bildupphovsrätt 2021

    Iwo Myrin / Memories from the Taiga

    Iwo Myrin’s motifs are drawn from the taiga, the geographical zone of the northern hemisphere dominated by coniferous forest. In bronze casts and pinhole photographs of mushrooms, pine needles and moss, the taiga makes a direct impression in his exhibition at Bildmuseet. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 25 November at 10:00 (RSVP).

  • Zineb Sedira, Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go, 2019. Courtesy of Jeu de Paume, Paris. Photo: Raphaël Chipault.

    Solo exhibition by Zineb Sedira at Bildmuseet

    Zineb Sedira will represent France at the Venice Biennale next year. However, those who want to experience her art already this Summer should go to Bildmuseet, Sweden. Sedira’s solo exhibition Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go opens on Saturday, June 19.

  • Framlab, Glasir urban farming project, 2018–ongoing

    Opening at Bildmuseet: Architectures of Transition

    An upcoming exhibition brings together Nordic architects and projects that, in various ways, reveal a shift in contemporary architecture. Architectures of Transition opens at Bildmuseet, Sweden, on Saturday, June 19. Welcome to join a digital press preview on Thursday, June 17 at 10am and to experience the exhibition on-site from 11am the same day (RSVP).

  • From the picture book Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke.

    New Exhibition at Bildmuseet – Swedish Picture Book of the Year

    Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke is named the best Swedish picture book in 2020 and honoured with the national award Snöbollen. In conjunction with the prize ceremony at Umeå International Literature Festival, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition presenting the awarded book.

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