Monumental paper sculptures, endless lines and traces of something that was once the seabed. In Between Drawing, Kalmar konstmuseum shows three artists who all in different ways provide abstract and challenging approaches to what drawing can be. The exhibition Between […]

In the exhibition, PG Thelander’s absurd graphic work Jordgubbsråtta from 1971 leads us into the spirit of the 1970s and a period-typical artistic medium. The exhibition Jordgubbsråtta shows a selection of graphics from the 1970’s from the Kalmar konstmuseum’s collection. […]

Dance Now Think Later transforms Kalmar art museum into a vibrant dance arena, challenging the museum’s traditional choreography by building a dance floor surrounded by film screens featuring international artists. The exhibition is based on dance as an expression of […]

Based on the work Container, the exhibition with the same name embodies a rich dialogue between Päivi Ernkvist and Pontus Lindvall. In the gallery, we can follow how a dynamic and multifaceted unfolds in various directions. There are poetic creations, […]

From the bottom of the forest I rise. It dawns between the trees. It rains over my roofs. I am a gutter for impressions. From “Through the forest” in The halfmade sky, Tomas Tranströmer, Bonniers förlag, 1962 In the exhibition […]

The exhibition Thomas Tempte: A University of One’s Own is a form of homecoming. Master carpenter and artist Thomas Tempte (1942–2016) grew up in Kalmar and took the long way from woodworking apprentice to master and eventually became a visual […]

Olivia Plender is an artist based in Stockholm and London. Her work is based on historical research that analyses pedagogical methods and revolutionary social, political, and educational movements mainly of the 19th and 20th centuries. She finds her sources in […]

How do you paint a secret? And who can decipher it? In his paintings, Martin Gustavsson takes an interest in looking lustfully, which is why some artworks appeal to him more than others. A painting which isn’t necessarily perceived as […]

On 27th May, the group exhibition Örat mot marken och blicken utåt (An ear to the ground, gazing outwards) opened at Kalmar konstmuseum. The exhibition is part of the first instance of the Småland triennial which takes place during the summer […]

Get to know the acclaimed children’s book illustrator Beatrice Alemagna in a combined exhibition and workshop where we dive deep into her world of images based on the book Let’s go to the park (Vi går till parken). Experience the […]

92 Events presents works spanning six decades by American born Fluxus artist Ken Friedman who since 2014 lives and works in Kalmar. Friedman produces conceptual, action-oriented, language-based works that attach themselves to daily life and challenge the idea of an […]

The climate crisis is a complex challenge of pressing urgency. It is about facts, reports, numbers and diagrams, but also about emotions, existential angst and loss. The climate debate is ever intensifying, alarming reports and climate conferences following one after […]

A man trying to control a tornado, Miss Universe singing in the Stockholm subway and the fate of a glitter factory are some of the stories in the film program Art on Screen. Like so much contemporary art, the works […]

The photographer Rolf Lind is known for his empathetic portraits and at the same time has contributed important time documents from environments in Kalmar that do not get the opportunity to take part in the exhibition The Pictures Tell. A […]

Sydosten United returns to the Kalmar art museum in a new, exciting format and with heightened ambitions. The investment in Sydosten United is part of developing the jury-judged salon, which for many years has been a valued part of Kalmar […]

Can we think of children’s programs on television as part of cultural heritage? In Sweden, the answer would be yes, if we speak about the period from 1965 to 1985. The exhibition The TV Trampoline: From Children’s Television to Contemporary […]

Summer 2022 will feature a large solo exhibition with paintings and drawings by the artist Susanne Bonja, born in Växjö in 1966 and currently living and working in Kalmar. In her art she intersects dreams, fantasy and fiction with fragments […]

This series of intimate water colours by Pavel Otdelnov were made in Sweden in March and April 2022, as a reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the atrocities committed there. Showing a deserted, grey and cold landscape, with only […]

A film by Johanna Billing with Mix Dancers For almost three years, the artist Johanna Billing has been collaborating with the dance group Mix Dancers from Råslätt, Jönköping. In the meeting between the dancers and her artistic practice, the film […]

Åke Hodell (1919–2000) was the fighter pilot who became a political rebell and a linguistic innovator in the service of resistance and the anti war movement. Artistically he inhabited the intersection of satire, the poetry of sound and social criticism. […]