Mohammed Sami, Framed Liberty, 2025 © Mohammed Sami 2026. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and Modern Art. Photo: Modern Art.
House of Nisaba
New Stories of Painting
14.5 – 30.8 2026
Stockholm
“House of Nisaba” presents a return to allegory in contemporary figurative painting. Over twenty artists present new works in a site-specific environment created by the architects Formafantasma.
Allegory – long tied to shared iconographies from myth, religion and history – is today resurfacing in areas such as autofiction, mysticism, astrology, esotericism and science fiction. Invoking the Mesopotamian goddess of writing, “House of Nisaba” transforms the gallery into an immersive space where newly produced paintings make allegory a vital form for our divided contemporary world.
Among the participating artists are Nicole Eisenman, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Jill Mulleady, Mohammed Sami, Selma Selman, Salman Toor, and Evelyn T. Wang.
Curator: Hendrik Folkerts, Moderna Museet
