Current Exhibitions
The Stena Foundation Culture Scholarships 2021. Emanuel Röhss – Belly of the Beast
4 December 2021–20 March 2022
Monumental architecture, seismic waves and building blocks from imaginary worlds. The Gothenburg Museum of Art finishes the year with a large-format installation by Emanuel Röhss, in which moving images, audio and stage design transform the room.
Towards another world. 25 years of Swedish contemporary art – Sten A Olsson’s culture scholarships
30 October 2021–13 February 2022
In autumn 2021, the Gothenburg Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring cutting edge artists in Sweden at the turn of the millennium. The anniversary exhibition Towards another world celebrates the power of art to conceive and create other worlds.
A Close Study of Acrobat Family – Perspectives on Picasso
26 October 2019–until further notice
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.
The Canon: Perspectives on Swedish Art Historiography
20 April–until further notice
This new research project investigates how a canon of Swedish art history was created and how it has been transformed.
In connection with the project, a track through the collection display has been created to illuminate the collection in the light of the perspectives discussed in the research project.
Paraphrase – Romanticism
15 December 2021–20 February 2022
As part of the course “Paraphrase – objects, concepts and external collaborations”, students from the artistic bachelor’s programmes in Textile Art, Ceramic Art and Jewellery Art at HDK-Valand have explored the Romantic period at the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Barbro Östlihn
New York Imprint
12 March–25 September 2022
Barbro Östlihn is one of the most interesting artists in Swedish post-war art. At the centre of the artistic circles that created American pop art and neorealism in the 1960s, she developed her own unique idiom, completely in step with its time but with a distinctly personal expression.
Video Works from the Collection
23 April – 6 November 2022
In the upcoming exhibition, a selection of video works from the Gothenburg Art Museum's collection will be presented. The audience will have an opportunity to get to know parts of the collection that has not been shown before. More information is coming soon.
Previous Exhibitions
Sandra Mujinga
10 juli–7 november 2021
Focus on Europe. New Objectivities 1919–1939
12 June–19 September 2021
Ingrid Vang Nyman. Much more than Pippi Longstocking
17 October–16 May 2021
Art Nouveau. From the Larssons to Zappa
12 September–15 November 2020
Trine Søndergaard 148 Works
18 April–20 September 2020
Printed
Prints as collector’s items, mass media and showpieces
14 March–16 August 2020
Golden Age to Hammershøi
Danish Art from Ordrupgaard and the Gothenburg Museum of Art
12 October 2019–22 March 2020
Tori Wrånes
2 March–25 August 2019
Młoda Polska
Polish Fin de Siècle Art
27 October 2018–17 March 2019
Tove Jansson
Desire to Create and Live
11 February–21 May 2017
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