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4 December
Louise Steiwer looks back on a year when grief was finally allowed to fill the halls of art.
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3 December
A triennial resembling The Blob and the fear of meeting another person’s gaze ever again: 2025 has left its mark on Tommy Olsson.
Spiritual Disarmament
Pure hypocrisy: Denmark’s Minister for Culture praises art and culture in the fight against AI while the budget for the National Collection of Photography is slashed.
2 December
Christine Antaya decorates her tree with bright colours and a newfound love of nonsense.
1 December
Artist Tora Schultz looks back on a year in which Stockholm’s artist-led scene flourished.
Kunstkritikk’s Advent Calendar Through the Years
The beloved tradition, where we list the best shows in the Nordics, returns for the fifteenth year running.
Consolation Prize
Will poverty save us? A dispatch from Helsinki.
Licking Salt
Anawana Haloba’s exhibition at the National Museum of Norway is so visceral it sets your tongue tingling.
Un-Weaving Memories
Matilda Kenttä traces the heritage of the Tornedalians, a Swedish minority whose quiet endurance speaks of belonging across generations.
How to Lose a Theorist in Ten Days
Palais de Tokyo struggles to revive the once passionate affair between American art and French thought.
Cock-a-Doodle New
Stockholm’s Gallery Weekend let it all hang out.
No Pun, No Fun
Britain’s bawdiest artist defanged in Helsinki.
