• Saskia Neuman

    Written by Art & Culture

    Saskia Neuman Gallery represents Nordic and internationally based artists. The exhibition program reflects a strong focus on early and mid-career artists, often previously not exhibited in Sweden’s commercial gallery sphere. In addition, the gallery hosts a variety of happenings, including talks, performances and other events.

    What are you working on right now? / Tell us about your exhibition during Stockholm Art Week?
    I opened Saskia Neuman Gallery in September 2022. The gallery’s program is focused on introducing already established artists to the Stockholm contemporary art sphere as well as premiering early/young artists. We’re opening Swedish artist Harry Anderson’s (b. 1986) first solo exhibition in Stockholm; The Flesh is Weak — Köttet är svagt a week before Stockholm Art Week. Harry show introduces an array of new work, ceramic sculptures, primarily busts, as well as a few other surprises. For Stockholm Art Week we’re hosting a special gallery breakfast on the 13th of May, together with several of the neighboring galleries. We open at 10am, the artist will be present and there will be croissants and coffee for all.

    What do you think of Stockholm as an art city?
    Stockholm is incredible for contemporary culture overall, especially art. In the recent years several galleries have opened, along with interesting project/artist-run spaces. There is constantly something new to see. Lately I feel there is a new energy when visiting exhibitions, whether at a commercial gallery or an institution — audiences are hungry and excited.
     

    Do you have a favorite Swedish Artist?
    I have stopped playing favorites — there are so many. Obviously, the artists the gallery represents are wonderful. My goal is to create and maintain a program that really peaks audiences’ interest… creating a space for discovery and making contemporary art accessible, while insisting on an ambitious program.

    Do you have a favorite bar or restaurant in Stockholm?
    Bar - Svallerhörnan or Tudor Arms… I also like Schmaltz.
    Restaurant - Formosa, great Chinese food in Gamla Stan (The Old Town).
     

  • Image courtsey CFHILL

    Art Week

    Written by Art & Culture

    This year's edition of Stockholm Art Week takes place between May 9th-14th. The purpose is to unite Stockholm's art scene and highlight Stockholm as a vibrant art city and Sweden as an art destination. The city's museums, institutions, galleries, and other actors in the art industry come together during this week.

    On Tuesday, May 9th, at 5:00 pm, the Stockholm Art Week will be inaugurated by Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand. The inauguration takes place at Hospitalet, with Stefan Hagdahl, head of Stockholm Konst, and Joanna Sundström, head and initiator of Stockholm Art Week, also in attendance.

    “Without art, we go crazy, and I am convinced that art and culture are needed for an open, curious, and functioning society.” - Joanna Sundström

    The Nordic region's leading contemporary art fair, Market Art Fair, takes place at Liljevalchs and expands its exhibition area to Spritmuseum. Across the water, the Supermarket art fair flexes its muscles and moves into Stadshusterminalen. Moderna Museet has a vernissage for Monica Sjöö, while Carl Elds Ateljémuseum opens its summer exhibition with Ingela Ihrman.

    Among the galleries, we see vernissages with Jim Torell at Loyal Gallery and with Sarah Crowner at Nordenhake. CFHILL opens the exhibition “Have a Nice Day,” curated by Sophie Mörner from Company Gallery, as well as a solo exhibition with A KASSEN. On Saturday, the galleries of Östermalm, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Saskia Neuman Gallery, Odem Atelier, Carling Dalenson Gallery, Public Service, and Galleri Glas invite guests to breakfast viewings. Galleri Sebastian Schildt has a vernissage for its group exhibition “L'heure Bleue” and offers several artist talks.

    The artist initiative Black Iris moves into Castellum's premises in the old Gasverket on Torsgatan and arranges the exhibition “Explosive Vison.” A “home exhibition” is shown at stockholmmodern with Lotta Antonsson. Svenska Brasserier sets up vernissages at almost all of its restaurants. At Alma, the Danish gallery V1 Gallery opens an exhibition with Lulu Kaalund as well as Fredrik Nystrup & Oliver Sundqvist.

    This is a selection from the week. The calendar in its entirety can be found on the Stockholm Art Week website and is continuously updated.

    Stockholm Art Week is a non-profit association, and this year's partners who make the week possible are Castellum, Soho House, Alma, Champagne Deutz, Porsche, ISH, ArtMove, and Transart

    Image courtsey Sebastian Schildt
    Image courtsey Sanna Fried
    Image courtsey Färgfabriken
    Image courtsey Riche Fenix
     

  • LOUIS VUITTON WOMEN’S PREFALL 2023 SHOW

    Written by Ulrika Lindqvist

    A city: Seoul

    A place: the Jamsugyo Bridge, a submersible bridge connecting Gangnam and Gangbuk

    Neither quite the same, nor completely different. The Louis Vuitton Prefall 2023 collection is a tale of to and fro.     From an image to an idea, memory to innovation, conviction to discovery. A creative flow back and forth through the Maison’s very foundations. Its origins as a trunk maker whose principles today serve as catalysts for clothing. A philosophy of travel applied to French sophistication. Impeccable savoir-faire that nonetheless remains open to confrontation.

    The Prefall 2023 collection moves from one shore of the imagination to the other; essentials take on a new look, new features. It rejoins the incessant movement over the Jamsugyo Bridge, a living work of architecture that exists in harmony with the water's whims, a perfect allegory for transformation. It anchors a collection that is itself in mutation. The Jamsugyo Bridge, a major link to the city, also becomes a character, transfigured for this moment by Hwang Dong-Hyuk, the director of Squid Game, who engages it in a new gambit of light and watery illusion.

    WOMEN’S PREFALL 2023 SHOW © Louis Vuitton – All rights reserved

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