Exhibitions

From the Golden Age to Hammershøi. Danish art from Ordrupgaard Museum and the Gothenburg Museum of Art

12 October 2019–22 March 2020

Intimate and peaceful pictures from a hundred years of Danish art create an aura of solemnity at the Gothenburg Museum of Art. Thanks to a collaboration with the art museum Ordrupgaard in Copenhagen, we offer a unique opportunity to see some of the foremost works in Danish art history.

A Close Study of The Acrobat Family – Perspectives on Picasso

26 October 2019–27 September 2020

Pablo Picasso’s Acrobat Family is back in Gothenburg after having been seen by close to a million visitors in Paris and Basel. The work is now shown in a new presentation at the Gothenburg Museum of Art.

Sten A Olsson Culture Scholarship 2019

7 December 2019–23 February 2020

Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture plays an important role in the cultural life of Gothenburg, providing a unique opportunity for artists to be seen and to produce new works. During the past twentytwo years, the foundation has awarded a large number of educational scholarships to talented practitioners in art, music, theatre, dance, literature, design and scenography.

Printed

Prints as collector’s items, mass media and showpieces
14 March – 16 August 2020

In this spring’s exhibition of works from the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art, we present prints by old masters from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries and their revolutionary pictorial world.

A Painted History

Swedish History Painting during the Nineteenth Century
February 22–September 28, 2014

The Gothic Horror landscapes

From Marcus Larson to Goth
September 20–January 25, 2015

Bruce Nauman

March 2–September 1, 2013

Laurie Simmons

March 3–May 20, 2012

Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera

Works from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art
October 23, 2011–January 22, 2012

FRICTION OF IDEAS: Gauguin, van Gogh, Bernard

July 19–October 19, 2014

Jan Lööf - Image Maker

September 17, 2010–January 22, 2011

Charlotte Gyllenhammar

January 24–May 3, 2015

Olof Sager-Nelson and his Contemporaries

Anywhere Out of the World
September 19, 2015–January 24, 2016

Between Realities

Photography in Sweden 1970–2000
February 8–May 11, 2014

Gothenburg Museum of Art and Hasselblad Center

Vanessa Baird

May 28–August 31, 2014

Romantic Postmodernism

Landscape, Selfcontemplation and Horror
May 30–September 13, 2015