From restaurant to museum
17.3 2020
Mark Bengtsson has probably walked halfway around the world by now – if you add up his steps inside the museum. From the New York restaurant to …
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We secure the art on Svalbard
11.3 2020
Moderna Museet has one of the world’s finest collections of modern art, with several key works from many of the greatest 20th and 21st century …
Lens-based art
11.2 2020
The Moderna Museet collection has more than 100,000 photographs dating from the 1840s to today, and Anna Tellgren is the one who knows the most about …
Now accepting applications for Moderna Museet’s youth council
17.1 2020
Are you or someone you know in high school and would like to participate in developing future art museums? We are now accepting applications for …
To be responsible for the Prime Minister’s art
15.1 2020
In the offices of our elected officials, in diplomatic residences and certain royal representative spaces, as well as, in other public offices there …
A new Museum Director in town
12.12 2019
What is actually most important: to create an exhibition that ten people absolutely love or one that a hundred thousand fin just alright? In the …
Mother’s Tongue
2.12 2019
In the collection you are able to view the work “Mother’s Tongue” by Lap-See Lam and Wingyee Wu. In this video work you will come along on a …
Layers of Time
29.11 2019
An art collection that both builds on history and reflects the contemporary will inevitably spark new links. Each work holds a narrative that runs …
The Society of the Spectacle
27.11 2019
In the collection presentation, which has lent its title from the french philosopher Guy Debord, you will encounter works by Gunvor Nelson, Joan …
Hannah Wilke – body and representation
25.11 2019
View two of Hanna Wilke’s video works in the collection. Self-portraits and body language are essential themes in Hannah Wilke’s practice. She …
Eccentric Abstraction
14.11 2019
Discover artworks made from materials which traditionally haven’t been used to create sculptures; soft, organic or in other ways tactile. The …
War and Peace – Photography and Sculpture
29.10 2019
The wars that came head to tail in the first half of the 20th century impacted deeply on people’s lives and the course of history. Photojournalism …
Collage and assemblage
29.10 2019
Collage in modern art is an approach that goes back to the early 1900s, when artists combined found materials into new entities. Some artists used …
Runo Lagomarsino awarded the 2019 Friends of Moderna Museet Sculpture Prize
25.9 2019
The Friends of Moderna Museet Sculpture Prize 2019 is awarded to the artist Runo Lagomarsino, who will be featured with an exhibition opening in …
The Moderna Museet podcast: Karin Hermerén
23.7 2019
Before a work of art is installed at Moderna Museet or leaves the Museum, it has to be examined by a conservator with a magnifying glass. Should …
The Moderna Museet podcast on how to rehang a collection
8.7 2019
In 2019, Moderna Museet is rearranging The Collection, and the art will change in 19 rooms. But how do you choose which of the Museum’s 140,000 …
The Moderna Museet podcast: Fredrik Andresson
20.6 2019
In this podcast, Fredrik Andersson, technician and carpenter at Moderna Museet, talks about what it’s like to be the person who literally handles …
Spheres of Abstraction & Realism and Pure-Hearted Poetry – Re-hangings in the Collection
18.6 2019
Hilma af Klint, Aleksandra Ekster and Kazimir Malevitj are three artists on display in the re-hung room ”Spheres of Abstraction”. Next door you …
Gitte Ørskou will be the new Director of Moderna Museet
13.6 2019
We welcome Gitte Ørskou as the new Director of Moderna Museet. Amanda Lind, Minister for Culture and Democracy, announced the museum’s new director …
The Moderna Museet podcast: We need to talk about video art
3.6 2019
All art forms can be challenging, but isn’t this especially true of video art? Kind of the art scene’s version of free jazz? Lena Essling is a …