The latest local news from Moderna Museet, in English.
In the art world, he is a giant – but hand on heart, do you know Mike Kelley? Here are five reasons to see the Modern Museum's large exhibition with the American artist's works.
EntertainmentInstead of a brush, she used a rifle – through a donation of approximately 600,000 kronor from Bank of America, Niki de Saint Phalle's shooting art piece will now be analyzed and conserved at the Modern Museum in Stockholm.
EntertainmentGitte Ørskou gets an extended employment as superintendent and head of Modern Museum.
EntertainmentA warmed bronze blanket draped over the stairs at Sergels Square in Stockholm – this is what the new memorial after the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan looks like. We wanted to create something that was close and familiar, says artist Ann-Sofi Sidén.
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 Modern Museum's position risks being rapidly dismantled. This is the opinion of the Academy of Fine Arts, which is wrestling with biblical quotes in its response to the proposal to incorporate ArkDes and the State Art Council into the Modern Museum.
EntertainmentThe Sami artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's 24-meter long panoramic embroidery "Historjá" is, according to critics on Artnews.com, one of the best artworks of the 2000s, reports Kulturnytt on Swedish Radio.
EntertainmentThe Modern Museum expanded its collection with 140 works by 53 artists last year – including those by Maurizio Cattelan, Rashid Johnson and Monica Sjöö.
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