I was invited this morning time to a press breakfast at Stockholm's modern fine art museum,
Moderna, where they introduced the coming exhibitions for the outset one-half of 2013. Besides the fine art in addition to information, it was overnice to take in the isle of Skeppsholmen (
where the museum is located) afterwards yesterday's snowstorm... it was a wintertime wonderland! We besides got a run a peril to take in their permanent collection which was lately rehung (rehanged?) amongst approximately interesting novel pieces.
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Le Corbusier I was dreaming (first version), 1953 © Le Corbusier/ BUS 2012 |
The outset major exhibition of 2013 is
Le Corbusier (opening on Jan 19th). He was a prolific creative individual working inward the fields of architecture, design, painting, photography, urban blueprint in addition to more. This exhibition,
"Secret Laboratory", looks at the breadth of his operate inward unlike fields in addition to besides looks at how his operate inward the champaign of urban blueprint has impacted Stockholm... fifty-fifty though none of his architecture is truly constitute inward the city.
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Hilma af Klint Svanen, nr 17. Ur: Serie SUW, Grupp ix 1914-1915© Courtesy Stiftelsen Hilma af Klints Verk. Foto: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet |
The 2nd big exhibition is
Hilma af Klint, a Swedish pioneer inward abstract art.
This exhibition is the culmination of Moderna's push over the by yoke of years to highlight woman individual artists. According to the currator, af Klint is to Swedish modern fine art what Edvard Munch is to Norwegian modern art... both coming from the same generation of artists. Hilma studied fine art inward Stockholm inward the 1880's, something rare for women at that time. She created to a greater extent than than 1,000 industrial plant of art, simply requested that none were to survive shown to earth until xx years afterwards her death. Opens Feb 16th in addition to runs until the halt of May.
Finally... the big summertime exhibition inward 2013 is
"Pop Art Design". The exhibition is inward cooperation amongst Vitra Design Museum in addition to Louisiana Museum of Modern Art inward Denmark. More nigh this every bit nosotros larn closer to summer, but, if y'all are a fan of popular fine art similar I am, it is something to hold off forwards to!
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Winter wonderland exterior of museum! |
It is quite slow to larn to Moderna from the
Rival Hotel. There are regular ferries betwixt Slussen (10 infinitesimal walk from hotel) to the islands of Skeppsholmen in addition to Djurgården. The trip takes entirely 10 minutes, simply brand certain y'all state the ticket agent that y'all wishing to disembark at Skeppsholmen... sometimes they don't halt at that isle if at that topographic point aren't whatever passengers to drib off or selection up.
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Ferry picking me upwardly at Skeppsholmen |
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