When Jan Håfström, 89, exhibits new works, they engage in a dialogue with his past and contemporary humanitarian disasters. “The Holocaust is still going on, and I think painters have to deal with these things. You can’t ignore it.”
EntertainmentSweden invests less in culture than Norway. That doesn't stop Tone Hansen from leaving the Munch Museum in Oslo to become the director of a new Swedish art colossus. I will work to ensure that Moderna is a generous, open and hospitable place, she says.
EntertainmentSwastikas glimmer in the house windows – the beautiful becomes scary when Sven-Harry's in Stockholm exhibits Dick Bengtsson's paintings. He puts his finger on something unpleasant in contemporary times, says museum director Dragana Kusoffsky Maksimovic.
EntertainmentThe plans to merge the Modern Museum, Arkdes and the State Art Council have met with harsh criticism – but several of the critics are not included when the proposal is now sent out for consultation.
EntertainmentThe artist and publisher Oscar Guermouche has passed away, 47 years old, writes Dagens Nyheter.
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