Frans Josef Petersson är sedan 2014 svensk redaktör för Kunstkritikk. Han är född 1977, boende i Stockholm och mångårig medarbetare på Aftonbladets Kultursida.
The Swedish art world prepares for a shift in cultural policy, and eight shows you must see this spring.
Three exhibitions which made a lingering impression on Kunstkritikk’s Swedish editor.
Maya Eizin Öijer and Andréhn-Schiptjenko celebrate thirty years together with a killer show about death.
Iran’s cries are being heard all over the world. Is the hope for change alive? Artists in the Nordics react to the protests following the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini.
Gems and bonanzas light up the Swedish art autumn.
Eddie Figge and Agnieszka Polska reach stratospheric heights in the basement of the Workers’ Education Association in Stockholm.
The Sámi Pavilion is a historical recognition of indigenous soveregnity, and a surprisingly traditional approach to the idea of a pavilion.
A new exhibition at Lund Konsthall holds the key to a progressive, and playful, debate on public art.
The record-breaking budget is underplayed as Moderna Museet exhibits its corona acquisitions, focusing on works that offer aesthetic and thematic reassurance.
Facing yet another Covid spring, Sweden’s exhibition season will be locally produced and unsensational. Nevertheless, there are some gems to look forward to.
Which of this year’s exhibition swept Kunstkritikk’s Swedish editor off his feet?
While Lars Vilks’s death is exploited by the media to hawk sob stories and political ideology, art critics are competing for the position of his most devout follower.
Suddenly, you know someone in Oslo who has started a new centre for contemporary art in Lusaka.
‘There is no doubt that she painted some of the works included in the Temple series’, says Daniel Birnbaum, editor of a new book about Swedish artist Anna Cassel.
The Iron Throne is vacant. Hardly any Norwegian artists have solo shows at the major museums, and everyone worries about sustainability.
This year’s first opening night in Copenhagen whetted our appetite for more. The season’s dictates are British 90s art, French 80s sculpture, and Georgian folk painting. Oh, and Arken is rebranding.
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