The exhibition Esteemed Brother is the starting point and the first part of the project Collections and collecting – work that we envisage will continue for some time. The origin is Kalmar konstmuseum’s collection, consisting of 3 368 registered works of […]

In the exhibition The Algerian Novel we show the film project Le Roman Algérien (Chapitre un, deux, trois) in three parts by the French-Algerian artist Katia Kameli. The relationship between France and Algeria is a reoccurring theme in Katia Kameli’s art. […]

Since 2014 the Basque organisation Harituz has worked with the project Madejas contra la violencia sexista – Skeins against gender-related violence. Its artistic symbol – a giant and constantly growing scarf – travels around the world with the aim of one […]

How can an industrial technique, built on repetition, be developed to create unique works of art that at the same time contain an interpretation of the industrial tradition? It might seem contradictory – but that is what Hanna Hansdotter achieves […]

The exhibition A Table of Content places the history of local craft manufacturing within a global context and investigates the created item from a sketch to the finished product as a work of art or an everyday object. Thoughts are […]

A sure sign of spring is Ölands Konstskola II (Öland Art School) returning to Kalmar konstmuseum. Welcome to this year’s graduation exhibition, which will introduce new and exciting artists and present a number of different techniques, materials and perspectives. The […]

In the lead up to Documenta14 the British artist Rosalind Nashashibi was commissioned to make a portrait of the artists Vivian Suter and Elisabeth Wild and their secluded life in the jungle outside the city of Panajachel in Guatemala. The […]

In Interior Ambush the artist Sara-Vide Ericson exhibits a series of new, large paintings that examine our relationship to artifacts, rituals and places. The artist’s own, personal history, her body and the landscape that has surrounded her since childhood, become tools […]

“I was completely taken aback when Antonio, a Brazilian man, told me that he was the descendant of a slave that Louis De Geer had had transported by slave ship to Brazil in the 17th century. And that it had […]

Almost 200 people applied to this year’s exhibition, which as usual has been open to everyone, professionals and amateurs, with a connection to the three countries in the south east: Småland, Blekinge and Öland. A total of 67 artworks have […]

The project les archives suédoises was initiated by the artists Anna Ekman and Cecilia Järdemar around an archive of glass negatives from Swedish missions in what was the Belgian Congo 1890 – 1930. Together with the Congolese sculptor Freddy Tsimba they […]

Lela Pierce has been investigating invasive plant species in her artistic work for the past five years. She is interested in the language and actions that people take to control differing populations and how these stories relate directly to power, […]

Starting from the premise of using that which is close at hand, Kalmar konstmuseum takes on that which is closest to us, and explores art, artefacts and tales with a connection to the geographical sphere that makes up the county […]

Photography has been a strong interest ever since I nicked my father’s camera as a boy and took intuitively to the camera’s functionality. Peder Nabo is a composer, musician and photographer, raised in Ljungbyholm, Småland. He studied at Konstfack, Stockholm […]

A sure sign of spring is Ölands Konstskola II returning to Kalmar konstmuseum. Come and experience this year’s exhibition, introducing new and exciting artist and a variety of different techniques, materials and angles of inspiration.

“I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere”. – Jawaharlal Nehru Behzad Khosravi Noori is an artist and researcher based in Stockholm. In the exhibition Professor Balthazar and the Monument […]

Clothes are markers of identity and in fashion sketches we often recognise ourselves, both as we were and as we are. Designarkivet has a collection of fashion sketches that are being shown in this exhibition next to poetry. Why? In […]

Madness and Civilization is a solo exhibition by Kudzanai Chiurai (born 1981, Zimbabwe) featuring mixed media works on paper, photographs, film, and installation. The exhibition reflects on Chiurai’s politically-driven research and creative projects over the past three years. Taking its […]

In the autumn of 2017, Sydosten returned to Kalmar konstmuseum and was very warmly received by the public. This year, Sydosten makes another appearance, dedicated to the visual arts – that is, everything from painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture and photography to […]

Exploring society and art using the body as a starting point is a frequently used method within feminist performance tradition. Ever since her years at preparatory art school, Ingela Ihrman has created plant and animal costumes that she has then […]