Moderna MuseetOpens 7 November
Aage Gaup – Sculpting a Return/Hábmet máhccama
The most extensive presentation to date of Aage Gaup (1943 to 2021), the Sámi artist who co-founded the Máze Group and helped drive a Sámi cultural renewal.
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9 November 2026
Moderna Museet opens the most extensive show yet of Sámi artist Aage Gaup on 7 November; Liljevalchs shows Sara-Vide Ericson's paintings made aboard an Arctic icebreaker. Bonniers Konsthall's Peter Weiss show closes on the 8th, the Nobel Prize Museum's Cells, nerves, genes on the 29th. ArkDes fills with gingerbread houses from the 27th, two days before Advent stars go up.
Editor's picks for November 2026
Liljevalchs konsthallOpens 13 November
Sara-Vide Ericson: DRIFT
Around sixty new works Sara-Vide Ericson painted aboard the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean, from monumental canvases to installations with expedition material. It makes a draughty Södermalm flat sound like a perfectly good studio.
Bonniers KonsthallCloses 8 November
The Defeated: The Aesthetics of Resistance 2026
A group show built on Peter Weiss's novels, asking what resisting fascism means today. New commissions hang beside works by Weiss, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Godard and Farocki.
Etnografiska museetUntil 6 December
Yokai – Spirits of Japan
Sweden's first major yokai show: Edo-period scrolls and woodcuts by Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and Kyosai, then Godzilla, Pokémon and J-horror, with Nordic spirits representing the home team.
Nobel Prize MuseumCloses 29 November
Cells, nerves, genes
Engravings, books and instruments from Karolinska Institutet's collections trace centuries of looking inside the body, centred on the medicine prizes of 1931 to 1933.
ArkDesOpens 27 November
Gingerbread House 2026
ArkDes' annual Christmas show: a city of gingerbread towers and houses built by amateurs and professionals, with public voting and prizes, and the voters don't ask who has an architecture degree. Entry is free.
Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet)Until 24 January
Descendant. Curated by Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier came to Stockholm at 19 to see Hammershøi's Five Portraits, stern men round a table he reads as a coffin. Around it hang Munch and Strindberg. Two Danish critics gave it six out of six.
NationalmuseumUntil 7 February
To the Sea!
The best painting here, said radio critic Måns Hirschfeldt, is a Monet steam train: the railway is what took holidaymakers to the coast. Then 200 works, from Krøyer's Skagen to Munch's Bathing Boys. Reviews split; Hirschfeldt preferred the later rooms.
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Cells, nerves, genesto 29 NovNobel Prize Museum
Engravings, books and instruments from Karolinska Institutet's collections trace centuries of looking inside the body, centred on the 1931-33 medicine prizes.
Lotta Antonsson: I Am Everythingto 29 NovFotografiska Stockholm
Swedish artist Lotta Antonsson's new exhibition on gender, identity and image culture.
The Machine's Eye in Human Handsto 29 NovFotografiska Stockholm
Truth or fiction? An exhibition of AI-generated imagery asking how generative art shapes our sense of reality.
War of the corsetsto 10 Jan 2027Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska museet)
How the corset sparked Sweden's 1880s "corset war": a fight over women's bodies, class and identity at the turn of the last century.
Ylva Snöfrid: The House of the Musesto 10 Jan 2027Liljevalchs konsthall
Ylva Snöfrid's largest show yet: a Gesamtkunstwerk of 400 paintings, sketches, objects and painted furniture across thirteen galleries, one per muse or element.
Rädd eller bereddto 17 Jan 2027Army Museum (Armémuseum)
Scared or prepared? An interactive show on the individual as a resource in crisis and war, past, present and future, made with Save the Children.
Highlights from the collection: Jens Ferdinand Willumsento 24 Jan 2027Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet)
A selection of works by Danish modernist J.F. Willumsen (1863–1958), acquired and championed by Ernest Thiel, shown in the Söderberg Room.
Descendant. Curated by Lars von Trierto 24 Jan 2027Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet)
Lars von Trier gathers the Nordic "family" behind his films: Hammershøi's Five Portraits, Munch, Strindberg, Hill, Willumsen and more. Made with the Willumsen Museum.
Aage Gaup – Sculpting a Return/Hábmet máhccamato 24 Jan 2027Moderna Museet
The most extensive presentation to date of Sámi artist Aage Gaup (1943–2021), co-founder of the Máze Group and a force in Sámi cultural renewal.
Harder Better Faster Stronger: Are Men OK?to 7 Feb 2027Fotografiska Stockholm
30 photographers explore modern and future masculinity in a digital culture.
Nils Petter Löfstedt: The Unmeasurableto 7 Feb 2027Fotografiska Stockholm
Nils Petter Löfstedt's photographs honour care work, human dignity and the invisible bonds that hold society together.
To the Sea!to 7 Feb 2027Nationalmuseum
A day at the beach in 200+ paintings, photos, posters and swimwear, tracing coastal tourism 1870s-1950s, with Monet, Zorn, Krøyer, Hjertén and O'Keeffe.
Kåge – Sketches and Drawings from the Nationalmuseum Archivesto 14 Feb 2027Nationalmuseum
Archival sketches, drawings, photographs and printed matter by designer Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960), shown in the museum's Old Library.
Dance Legends – Myths in Motionto 14 Feb 2027Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)
Costumes from three Swedish ballets, including Saint George and the Dragon, shown among the medieval sculptures and altarpieces of the Gothic Hall.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian – Tehran/New Yorkto 28 Feb 2027Moderna Museet
Around 100 works from 1970–2015: kaleidoscopic mirror mosaics, geometric sculptures, collages, rugs and her "Heartache Boxes".
Wilhelm Kåge & Shōji Hamada: Ceramics Across Bordersto 28 Feb 2027Nationalmuseum
Two ceramic masters, Swedish and Japanese, united by a love of clay and glaze and beautiful everyday objects for all; also explores cultural exchange as soft power.
Wonderful Colour – Gothenburg Colourism in a New Lightto 28 Feb 2027Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
The 1930s Gothenburg Colourists, from Åke Göransson and Ivan Ivarson to Karin Parrow and Ragnar Sandberg, in a fresh look made with the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
City Facesto 28 Feb 2027Stockholm City Museum (Stadsmuseet)Free
Historical portraits, biographical records and facial recognition bring Stockholm's 19th-century faces, from maids to wholesalers, back to life.
Jan Håfström – The Lost Worldto 14 Mar 2027Moderna Museet
An exhibition of Swedish artist Jan Håfström, curated by Matilda Olof-Ors.
Life in Color & Form: Robert and Barbro Nilssonto 29 Mar 2027Millesgården
Retrospective of sculptor Robert Nilsson, a Milles pupil, and textile pioneer Barbro Nilsson of Märta Måås-Fjetterström: sketches, weaving samples, models and letters.
True Crimeto 31 Mar 2027Spritmuseum
Sweden's prohibition era in 1920s-30s Stockholm, told through smugglers, bootleggers and moonshiners.
Current Archaeology: Finds from Syltato 4 Apr 2027Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)
Entrance-hall showcase of fresh excavation finds, currently objects from a Viking Age burial ground at Sylta near Köping, Västmanland.
INNER CHILD: Playing with Designto 11 Apr 2027Artipelag
Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano curate 100 designers and artists, among them Maarten Baas, Front and Yinka Ilori, in eight chapters on play, imagination and making by hand.
Democracy does not exist - We make it!to 15 Apr 2027Medelhavsmuseet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities)
Interactive show built with V-Dem research and personal stories, exploring fair elections, freedom, equality, openness and participation.
Byggfenomen: The First and Last Thing We Seeto 18 Apr 2027ArkDesFree
Architect Daniel Johansson moves humble acoustic ceiling tiles onto the wall in a full-scale installation, turning an overlooked everyday material into ornament.
Diana Markosian: Fatherto 9 May 2027Fotografiska Stockholm
Diana Markosian's personal photographic story of separation, absence and reunion with her father.
James Cameron – Challenging the Deepto 30 Sept 2027Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet)
Europe's first showing of James Cameron's deep-sea exploits: film props from Titanic and Avatar, his underwater cameras and the tech behind his record dives.
Absolut Absolutto 26 Mar 2028Spritmuseum
A spectacular advertising story: how a Swedish state enterprise made Absolut Vodka a global icon, told through some 90 bottles, 130 ads and a robot-run cocktail bar.
Colour! For children and their curious grown-upsto 12 Aug 2029Nationalmuseum
An immersive, hands-on exhibition for ages 6-12: don a lab coat and colour goggles and explore what colour is, where it comes from and how it feels.
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- Aage Gaup – Sculpting a Return/Hábmet máhccama© Aage Gaup. Photo: Thomas Hämén/Statens konstråd
- Sara-Vide Ericson: DRIFTCourtesy of Liljevalchs konsthall
- Yokai – Spirits of JapanCourtesy of Etnografiska museet
- Cells, nerves, genesNobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Mattias Lindbäck
- Gingerbread House 2026Lennart Weibull
- Descendant. Curated by Lars von TrierCourtesy of Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet)
- To the Sea!Courtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Lotta Antonsson: I Am Everything© Lotta Antonsson
- The Machine's Eye in Human HandsCourtesy of Fotografiska Stockholm
- War of the corsetsJens Mohr, the Hallwyl Museum/SHM, CC BY 4.0
- Ylva Snöfrid: The House of the MusesCourtesy of Liljevalchs konsthall
- Rädd eller bereddCourtesy of Army Museum (Armémuseum)
- Highlights from the collection: Jens Ferdinand WillumsenCourtesy of Thiel Gallery (Thielska galleriet)
- Harder Better Faster Stronger: Are Men OK?Courtesy of Fotografiska Stockholm
- Nils Petter Löfstedt: The Unmeasurable© Nils Petter Löfstedt
- Kåge – Sketches and Drawings from the Nationalmuseum ArchivesCourtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Dance Legends – Myths in MotionPhoto: Ola Myrin, Swedish History Museum/SHM
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian – Tehran/New YorkCourtesy of Moderna Museet
- Wilhelm Kåge & Shōji Hamada: Ceramics Across BordersCourtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Wonderful Colour – Gothenburg Colourism in a New LightFrancesco Bini / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- City FacesCourtesy of Stockholm City Museum (Stadsmuseet)
- Jan Håfström – The Lost WorldCourtesy of Moderna Museet
- Life in Color & Form: Robert and Barbro NilssonCourtesy of Millesgården
- True CrimeCourtesy of Spritmuseum
- Current Archaeology: Finds from SyltaCourtesy of Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)
- INNER CHILD: Playing with DesignCourtesy of Artipelag
- Democracy does not exist - We make it!Courtesy of Medelhavsmuseet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities)
- Byggfenomen: The First and Last Thing We SeeCourtesy of ArkDes
- Diana Markosian: FatherCourtesy of Fotografiska Stockholm
- James Cameron – Challenging the DeepLovisa Brämming/The Vasa Museum/SMMTF, CC BY
- Absolut AbsolutJoar Vestergren / Spritmuseum
- Colour! For children and their curious grown-upsPhoto: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum
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