Robert Stasinski

Robert Stasinski har en bakgrund som konstnär, curator och skribent. Han har medverkat i bland annat Art Papers, Flash Art, Paletten, Glänta, Konstnären och Contemporary. Han är även kursansvarig för Arts Management vid internationella mastersprogrammet i Curating vid Stockholms universitet. Han senaste böcker inkluderar The Board Room (red. Robert Stasinski och Isak Nilson), 2017, samt Soli Deo Gloria / Lina Selander and Oscar Mangione (red. Robert Stasinski).

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Sweden Makes Historic Investment in Culture

‘I think governments around the world should see this as a template for how to deal with the corona pandemic’, says Gitte Ørskou, director of Moderna Museet.

Weak Response to Black Lives Matter in Sweden

In an open letter to Swedish art institutions, a group of anonymous artists and culture workers demand that issues of racism, discrimination and whiteness be seriously addressed.

Criticised Artistic Research, Didn’t Pass the Viva

‘A farcical act of revenge’, according to Bogdan Szyber, who was unanimously rejected by a degree committee. For the first time in Sweden, a thesis in artistic research did not pass the public defence.

A School Divided

Internal conflicts, crisis of management, and despair among staff and students. A new report paints a dark picture of Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Art.

The Coronavirus Crisis Strikes a Hard Blow

Yesterday, Moderna Museet was one of the last major museums in Northern Europe to close. But several Swedish art institutions remain open to the public.

Ujazdowski Castle Takes a Right-Wing Turn

‘This is part of a larger project to convert institutions for the people into institutions for the government’, according to Aneta Szylak, director of the contemporary art museum in Gdansk

Care and Obligation

Fatima Hellberg, the recently appointed director of the Bonner Kunstverein, on creating a programme with energy, presence and visual intelligence.

Artforum Threatened by Boycott as Advertisers Flee

– They will have to buy him out somehow, says contributing editor Daniel Birnbaum following the recent events surrounding the magazine’s co-owner, accused of sexual harassment.

Religious Faith Persists in Welfare Society

Seeking to nuance the image of secularization in the Nordic countries, curator Nav Haq has invited actively religious artists to take part in the 8th Gothenburg biennial.

A New Museum for Hilma af Klint

Behind the decision to build a Hilma af Klint-museum there is a long-standing conflict between the artist’s living relatives and the anthroposophical movement in Sweden.

An urban and technological vision

– I hope that the exhibition can signal an uncertainty about one’s own existence or the present political situation, says curator Mats Stjernstedt about the 2017 Nordic Pavilion.

Ten Questions: Thomas Schütte

– Computers are not as exact as people think. They make the models a bit crazy, which I like, says German sculptor Thomas Schütte, whose retrospective at Moderna Museet opens to the public tomorrow.

Robert Stasinski

All articles by Robert Stasinski

Sweden Makes Historic Investment in Culture

Weak Response to Black Lives Matter in Sweden

Criticised Artistic Research, Didn’t Pass the Viva

A School Divided

The Coronavirus Crisis Strikes a Hard Blow

Ujazdowski Castle Takes a Right-Wing Turn

Care and Obligation

Artforum Threatened by Boycott as Advertisers Flee

Religious Faith Persists in Welfare Society

A New Museum for Hilma af Klint

An urban and technological vision

Ten Questions: Thomas Schütte

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