The Museum as Medium
26.1 2015
History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain said, but it does rhyme. Recently, when we combined 1920s dance machines (mechanical dance and new …
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History
4.1 2015
When Moderna Museet opened in the drill hall on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, on 9 May 1958, discussions about starting a new museum for 20th century art …
The art in a Larger World
1.10 2014
In the current political climate, it feels vital to promote the awareness that cultural impulses from other countries are what make us grow. The art …
Lina Selander at the Venice Biennale in 2015
9.9 2014
Lina Selander at Venice Biennale in 2015, Selander will be representing Sweden with a solo exhibition in the Arsenale. …
Historic donation to the Moderna Museet
31.5 2014
The Moderna Museet has the great pleasure in announcing that the collection has received a magnificent donation of modern classics. The gift was made …
Collecting Geographies
28.2 2014
Moderna Museet is co-organiser of a three-day international conference in Amsterdam in spring 2014 on collection acquisition and exhibition …
200 works added to the Collection in 2013
30.12 2013
Moderna Museet has had an unusually successful year. During 2013, thanks to acquisitions and generous donations, its collection grew explosively. It …
With Ulf Linde an entire era comes to an end
1.11 2013
Last weekend, the art critic, musician, professor and former museum director Ulf Linde died. But for him, the Swedish art scene would have been very …
The literary museum
26.9 2013
This autumn, literature and art are brought together at the Museum. Word and image, language and object. Yes, at Moderna Museet we bridge the arts. …
Casting four performer
11.9 2013
Marcus Lindeen’s is casting four native English speakers to perform in theatrical piece Wild Minds. Wild Minds will be a 35 minute long text and …
Obama in town – Moderna Museet is open!
30.8 2013
Free admission to Moderna Museet when the US President Barack Obama is visiting Stockholm on 4–5 September, 2013. …
Hilma af Klint going to Venice Biennale 2013
23.5 2013
In association with Moderna Museet, the Venice Biennale 2013 is presenting Hilma af Klint in the Central Pavilion. In conjunction with this event, …
The collection as a laboratory
10.2 2013
An open, dynamic museum must be a laboratory, according to Daniel Birnbaum and Ann-Sofi Noring. Over the past two years, Moderna Museet has looked at …
Le jardin by Henri Matisse back at Moderna Museet!
22.1 2013
After more than 25 years, Henri Matisse’s painting Le jardin is back at Moderna Museet in Stockholm at last. Le jardin will be on show 26 …
Salon: Marcel Duchamp by Arturo Schwarz
4.12 2012
Arturo Schwarz (born 1924 in Egypt) is an art historian, poet, writer and curator. He wrote and edited the catalogue raisonné of Marcel Duchamp’s …
Rewriting history: Women pioneers
28.10 2012
We are rewriting art history. Yes, that may sound presumptuous, but if we manage to reach a wide public with our exhibition Hilma af Klint – A …
Search for the Fountain
13.6 2012
For the exhibition at Moderna Museet, Yoko Ono has written a new instruction, Search for the Fountain. The text has been sent to some 20 artists who …
Wish Tree for Stockholm
7.6 2012
SHanre your wish in Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree outside the main entrance! …
Fullmoon night with Yoko Ono
5.6 2012
Yoko Ono’s works Evening till Dawn (1964) and Secret Piece (1953) took place on Djurgården in Stockholm on the night between 4 and 5 June 2012. …
Gärdet Party Revival (at Skeppsholmen)
5.6 2012
A music and art festival for the people, by the people. …