22 Dec 2024
Art
Art Culture Uncategorized What's on: Stockholm

Summer Pleasures of Art

  Summer! Time to luxuriate outdoors…  … contemplating the numerous art displayed in parks dotting Stockholm city central in their relations to nature and surrounding architecture personifying Sweden’s iconic modernist age as one golden era. …watching Swedes sunbathe on lush green lawns at lunch break and bathe in the glory of how far feminism has […]

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KvadrArt 2018 – The biggest street art exhibition in Scandinavia

Once again Wallery has created the biggest street art exhibition in Scandinavia – KvadrArt! On the 13th of June KvadrArt opened its doors with a huge celebration open to the public, artists, and art lovers alike. All gathered to admire and of course purchase the almost 90 artworks from artists from all over the world. All […]

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Art Culture What's on: Stockholm

The Art Of Public Spaces

  As we step forth into the streets and parklands of Stockholm as the wonderment of summer takes flight from the cusps of spring, lets joyfully muse upon these in relation to our surroundings: Who decides on what goes into a public space? What within it is embraced by the community that uses it? How […]

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Art Therapist Emma Ehrenthal explains Art Therapy

What exactly is art therapy and who is it for? We asked Stockholm-based art therapist Emma Ehrenthal to explain to our readers what it is that she really does. As an artist, I am not great with words, I am a visual learner and I love teaching through experiences. But I quickly learned that it was […]

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Art Culture What's on: Stockholm

What Art Reveals You?

As no two persons ever have the exact same experiences in their journey through life, our world has people who see what happens before them in their own uniquely contemplative way. Will you idolize the nakedness of an unborn child? …of young men unconscious of being exposed to the gaze of others? …of walls bearing […]

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Art Culture What's on: Stockholm

An Easter Treat of Art

At Easter, we are drawn to dwell on the impact Christianity has had on the world since Jesus was crucified and seen risen from the dead by his very first disciples. And on the reality that diverse influences have shaped and continue to define the course of global history… Take Japonism’s tenacious footprint on Swedish art […]

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Art Culture What's on: Stockholm

Art Energizing 2018

There is no better way to begin 2018 than by drawing inspiration from creative artists and designers who make out-of-the-box experimentation their motto; innovatively extending beyond their existing artistic boundaries to crest new horizons and shoot for the furthest stars; engaging in constructive dialogues on the possibilities of breaching impossibilities…  …the very essence of humanity’s […]

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Art Culture

Exhibit: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Renowned Italian architect Giorgio Palù is right now working on the design of a new concert hall for the Stockholm music school Lilla Akademien. At the same time, a large exhibition of his sculptural works has opened at the Italian Cultural Institute at Gärdet in Stockholm.  It is the first time he is exhibiting his sculptures outside of Italy, and […]

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Art Creative Arts Culture Theatre Videos What's on: Stockholm

Satan’s Dead marking the end of an unprecedented series of performances

An era is coming to an end… The four year adventure of the Satans Demokrati (Satan’s Democracy) trilogy of unprecedented multidisciplinary art happenings are soon to cease to exist together with site that has hosted it all, the scrapped office complex in Sickla, which is soon to be demolished. Perhaps those who expected the theatrical elements to have a bigger […]

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Exhibit: Siblinghood explored in photo and video

In their “Shared” exhibition at the Finnish Institute in Stockholm, Finnish artists Nelli Palomäki and Juhana Moisander explore siblinghood through video installation and photographs. We went to the opening night of the exhibit on the 16th of November.   Nelli Palomäki is known for her timeless portraits of children and young people. Her work focuses […]

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