Current Exhibitions
Art Nouveau. From the Larssons to Zappa
12 September–15 November 2020
Stylized sinuous plant motifs, curving decorative contours and swift whiplash lines are some of the stylistic traits associated with the Art Nouveau movement. In the fin-de-siècle epoch, artists, designers and architects looked to nature for inspiration as they sought a new idiom for a new era.
A Close Study of Acrobat Family – Perspectives on Picasso
26 October 2019–31 May 2021
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.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Ingrid Vang Nyman. Much more than Pippi Longstocking
17 October–21 February 2021
In the mid-20th century, the Danish artist Ingrid Vang Nyman revolutionized children’s book illustrations. But in exactly what way, and who was she? This autumn, the Gothenburg Museum of Art presents a comprehensive exhibition that shows the range of Vang Nyman’s oeuvre.
Sten A Olsson Culture Scholarship 2020
5 December–21 March 2021
The Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture is an important contributor to culture in Gothenburg. For over twenty years, the Foundation has awarded many training scholarships to talented practitioners in art, music, theatre, dance, literature, design and stage design. An exhibition featuring the artists who receive the scholarship 2020 opens in December. More information will be presented further on.
Previous Exhibitions
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