Beth Laurin, Nr 1, 1995/1996 Drawing, graphite .73 × 79,5 cm (approx.) © Beth Laurin/Bildupphovsrätt 2025.

Yet Another Morning

Drawing in the Moderna Museet Collection

Stockholm, 22.2 2025 – 10.5 2026

In the exhibition, the audience will encounter about a hundred works by Swedish and international artists with drawing as the lowest common denominator. Exhibited here is art that we recognise as “pen on paper”, but also drawings that are expressed in completely different materials and dimensions. Ninety percent of the material has never before been presented by the museum.

“Yet Another Morning – Drawing in the Moderna Museet Collection” spans more than 100 years and consists of art from the museum’s collection and a handful of older works on loan. The exhibition presents how artists observe and draw their surroundings, themselves and their everyday lives, but also how they express what cannot be seen or “depicted”, such as emotions, thoughts and social criticism.

Annika Gunnarsson is curator of Drawing and Prints at Moderna Museet and curator of the exhibition.

What drawing is and can be

“Yet Another Morning – Drawing in the Moderna Museet Collection” invites us to think about what drawing is and can be. Drawings and illustrations with different themes and techniques are exhibited here together with sculpture, moving images and photographic art.

Common to all of them is the core of drawing – the work with lines, shadows, contours, surfaces and contrasts between blackness and light:

A few strokes capture an entire story, as in works by Jean Fautrier and Alexander Rodchenko, and many others. The painstaking work with thousands of thin marks from the tip of the pen can be seen, for example, in works by Ann Böttcher and Johanna Karlsson.

Others observe themselves, such as Egon Schiele, Helene Schjerfbeck and Bjarne Melgaard, as well as Alberto Giacometti when he lifts his own shadow from the ground into an upright elongated figure. The joy of colour is found in works by Jane Bark, Peter Köhler and Nellie Mae Row, among others.

The monumental scale is represented by Robert Smithson’s spiral drawing of 6,500 tons of stone and clay in Salt Lake City, while the exhibition’s smallest work, by Joakim Pirinen, measures 6.6 x 5.7 centimetres.

“Timeless and immediate”

– Most artists draw and sketch. It is a timeless and often immediate way of expressing yourself. Drawing also has the ability to move freely across cultural and language barriers since almost anyone can achieve something with a pen and paper, says Annika Gunnarsson, curator of Drawing and Prints at Moderna Museet and curator of the exhibition.

“Yet Another Morning” also aims to awaken the visitor’s own desire to draw. The exhibition includes events and programs for the audience, as well as tables to sit down at and grab a pen and paper yourself.

Note. More pressimages (installation views) will be added here for you to access on Thursday 20 February 2025.

Exhibition view. From left to right: Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Institutet, 2005, © Gunnel Wåhlstrand/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Gunilla Blomqvist; Jörgen Hammarberg, A Strong, Vibrant and Pleasantly Realistic Image, 1971, © Gunilla Blomqvist/Bildupphovsrätt 2025. © Jörgen Hammarberg/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Klara Kristalova, Where We Last Saw Them, 2007, © Klara Kristalova/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Klara Kristalova will participate in the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026 together with Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes.
Exhibition view Klara Kristalova, att klippa, n.d. Pencil on paper, 26,6 × 21,5 cm. Moderna Museet Collection. © Klara Kristalova/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Klara Kristalova will participate in the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026 together with Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes.
Roj Friberg, Spirits (Andar), 1977 © Roj Friberg/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Anders Fredriksén/Moderna Museet
Exhibition view Alberto Giacometti, Grande figure, 1949, © Succession Alberto Giacometti/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Alberto Giacometti, Grande figure, 1949, © Succession Alberto Giacometti/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Bjarne Melgaard, Beyond Death, 2011, © Bjarne Melgaard/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait in Crouching Position, 1913, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Afrang Nordlöf Malekian, My dear dad said, 2016, © Afrang Nordlöf Malekian/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Oskar Kokoschka, Heavenly and Earthly Love, 1910, © Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Otto G. Carlsund, L’Adieu, 1933, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Pablo Picasso, Acrobate, approx. 1904, © Succession Picasso/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Cecilia Germain, Visiting Calm Waters, 2021, © Cecilia Germain 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Lena Cronqvist, The Stone IV, 1973, © Lena Cronqvist/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Detail. J. O. Mallander, Wang, 1986, © J. O. Mallander 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Katarina Pirak Sikku, Gállok – Kallak, 2013, © Katarina Pirak Sikku/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view J. O. Mallander, Wang, 1986, © J. O. Mallander 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Hilma af Klint, The Swan, No. 22, SUW/UW series, 1914-1915, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Louise Bourgeois, Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes, 2008, © The Easton Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt, Stockholm 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Hilma af Klint, The Swan, No. 22, SUW/UW series, 1914-1915, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Katarina Pirak Sikku, Gállok – Kallak, 2013, © Katarina Pirak Sikku/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

J. O. Mallander, Wang, 1986, © J. O. Mallander 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Sophie Tottie, Written Language (line drawings XV), Written Language (line drawings XVI), 2009, © Sophie Tottie/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Ragnar Persson, Night Life Wakes Up and Takes Over, 2019, © Ragnar Persson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Robert Crumb, OOPS! FORGOT TO GET DRESSED!, 1986, © Robert Crumb 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Jockum Nordström, The Billiard Palace, 2002, © Jockum Nordström/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Karin Frostenson, Real Ltd, 1978, © Karin Frostenson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Jockum Nordström, The Billiard Palace, 2002, © Jockum Nordström/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Lena Gustavsson, Porridge list, 2004, © Lena Gustavsson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Oscar Cleve, 1. My Boy, when You Turn 18 You Get to Watch Daddy's Video Films Too. 2. Natural Attrition Leaves No Void, 1984. 3. Art. 4. If You Can't Accept the Employers Terms, How the Hell Can I Help You! © Oscar Cleve 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Lilian Lindblad Domec, Untitled, approx. 1940, © Lilian Domec/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Lena Svedberg, The Sow, 1965-1972, © Lena Svedberg/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Allan Friis, To the Shopping Mall, 1976, © Allan Friis/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Peter Köhler, Svartbok/Black Book”, 2019, Peter Köhler/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Gittan Jönsson, Amina, 2020, © Gittan Jönsson / Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Ragnar Persson, Night Life Wakes Up and Takes Over, 2019, © Ragnar Persson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view. From left to right: Karin Frostenson, Real Ltd, 1978, © Karin Frostenson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025.
Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.

Ragnar Persson, Night Life Wakes Up and Takes Over, 2019, © Ragnar Persson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Exhibition view Touch Poem, 1960/2012, © Yoko Ono 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Bildupphovsrätt
Exhibition view. From left to right: Beth Laurin, No. 1, 1995-96, 1995-96, © Beth Laurin/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet

Eva Hesse, Untitled, 1965, © The Estate of Eva Hesse 2025, Photo: My Matson/Moderna Museet.
Sven Jonson, Yet Another Morning, 1936 Graphite on paper, 14,5 × 18 cm.
© Sven Jonson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet
Beth Laurin, Nr 1, 1995/1996 Drawing, graphite .73 × 79,5 cm (approx.) © Beth Laurin/Bildupphovsrätt 2025.
Joakim Pirinen, The Thirteenth Bear n.d., marker on paper, 9,3 × 7,5 cm.
© Joakim Pirinen 2025
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet
Jane Bark, Am I Bothering You, Mademoiselle?, 1971 Watercolor on card, 31 × 32,1 cm.
© Jane Bark 2025
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet
Hilma af Klint, On the Viewing of Flowers and Trees, 1922 Watercolor on paper, 18 x 25 cm.
Photo: Albin Dahlström © Stiftelsen Hilma af Klints Verk. Courtesy Moderna Museet.
Kjartan Slettemark, Untitled, 1975 Xerox copy, 29,7 × 42,1 cm.
© Kjartan Slettemark/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet
Johanna Karlsson, Untitled, 2005 Graphite on paper, 64,8 × 50 cm.
© Johanna Karlsson/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet
Joanna Hellgren, The Cover for Frances Part 2, 2009 Graphite on paper, 67 × 29,7 cm.
© Joanna Hellgren 2025
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet
Matti Kallioinen, A Lot of the Curly , 2024 Graphite on paper, 28,4 × 29,8 cm.
© Matti Kallioinen/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet
Martin Lamm, Black Power’s Fist over Watts n.d., ink and charcoal on paper, transparent paper overlay with ink and white gouache, 40 x 30 cm.
© Martin Lamm 2025
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet
Lena Cronqvist, The Stone IV, 1973 Graphite on paper, 44 × 62,4 cm.
© Lena Cronqvist/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet
Lee Lozano, No title, ca 1963 Crayon, pencil and collage on paper, 44,5 × 57 cm.
© The Estate of Lee Lozano 2025. Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet
Egon Schiele, Self Portrait in Crouching Position, 1913 Graphite and gouache on paper, 32,3 × 47,5 cm.
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet.
Nellie Mae Rowe, Nellie Mae Rowe's House, 1981 Wax crayon on paper, 40,9 × 31 cm.
© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet
Roj Friberg, Spirits (Andar), 1977 © Roj Friberg/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Photo: Anders Fredriksén/Moderna Museet
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970 16 mm film transferred to video, color, sound, 35:00 min.
© Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Robert Crumb, OOPS! FORGOT TO GET DRESSED!, 1986 Oil on canvas, 89 × 116 cm.
© Robert Crumb 2025
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Self-portrait n.d., etching on paper, 5,1 x 4,5 cm.
Photo: Erik Cornelius/Nationalmuseum
Paul Strand, Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Twin Lakes, Connecticut, 1916/1976 Gelatin silver photograph, 33,3 × 22,9 cm.
© Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Inc. 2025