Exhibitions

10 March – 19 May 2019
One hundred years ago, a decision was taken in the Swedish Parliament to introduce universal and equal suffrage.

Mishka Henner is known for his political work in the digital era and his work exists on the border between art and documentary photography.

5 May–2 June 2019
Academy of Fine Arts: Bachelor's Exhibition

23 september 2018 – 20 januari 2019 Nic Langendoens konstnärskap i retrospektiv

A short documentary by Maria Mäki with two different perspectives on Sweden Finns.

The swedish public school started 1842, more than 175 years ago.

1 February–17 March 2019
Here children may play in the hut, sail a raft on the river and meet the various animals

There are five national minorities in Sweden: Jews, Roma, Sweden Finns, the Tornedalen Finnish and the indigenous Sami. Despite having lived alongside each other for centuries, the museum’s archives contain very little in the way of collected material and descriptions relating to the lives and conditions of these minorities.

Swedish art after 1945 from the Helge Linden Memorial Collection

29 maj 2016 – 2 april 2017
Ingen annanstans är Sune Jonsson så bildmässigt och estetiskt medvetet »grafisk« i sitt fotografiska uttryck som i Dagar vid havet.

Lina Persson, one of Västerbotten's first female photographers

Linda Maria Thompson continues her investigation of the visualization of the migrant experience

The photographer Hanna Modigh on the time between childhood and adulthood – full of uncertainty, confusion, anticipation and yearning.

Professionals and amateurs

20 October 2018 – 3 February 2019
Six artists explore the polarized images of the Nordic countries

Children and youngsters are important in Sune Jonson's photographs treasure of images. Here we The little ones, busy with their everyday chores, extensive personal responsibilities, and at the same time engrossed in simply being a child. Of those we meet here some are familiar, others we encounter for the first time.

Paintings by Helena Wikström

21 maj – 1 oktober 2017

Picasso paraphrased

In august 1968 photographer Sune Jonsson and journalist Dag Lindberg were in Prague on a mission to cover »The Prague Spring«, but got instead right into the invasion from the Soviet lead Warsaw Pact armies

19 December 2018 – 2 June 2019
All people are beautiful when they work, the photographer and filmmaker Jean Hermanson meant.

Nine classic images by the master himself.

Ett tema med variationer över tid

Fotografen Siân Davey iscensätter en psykologisk och känslomässig resa mot att förstå och lära känna sitt barn, och blottar samtidigt okunskap och förutfattade meningar

Sjöfart och skeppsbyggeri var omfattande verksamheter längs västerbottenskusten, och säljakten en viktig näring långt in på 1900-talet. Ett par år efter att Fiske- och sjöfartsmuseet öppnades, föddes idén om att komplettera samlingen med en bogserbåt.

The exhibition provides a narrative of the daily lives and the history of the Roma. It is about 500 years of living as outsiders, living in the open, activism, joy, traditions, music and hope for the future. It is also about migration from India to Europe, about language and cultural heritage.