First retrospective in Scandinavia for Lee Lozano

The first retrospective exhibition in Scandinavia of Lee Lozano (1930-1999), the American artist whose original and challenging work is still largely unknown in Europe, takes place at the Moderna Museet Stockholm from February 13 to April 25, 2010. This is a unique opportunity to see some sixty paintings and hundreds of works on paper and text-based works created between 1960 and1972 by the quixotic, confounding rebel whose decade-long New York career seemed always to involve pushing one limit or another.
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Waldemarsudde’s treats for 2010

Five exhibitions will be hosted in 2010 at Stockholm’s Waldemarsudde, one of the most-visited art museums in Sweden, originally the home of Prince Eugen, son of Oscar II (1865-1947), which is highly recommended as a whole-day visit. From paintings of Ivar Arosenius (Jan 30-Apr 11) and sculptures of Per Hasselberg (Feb 20-May 30), to the Art of Medicine show (May 8-Aug 29), Prince Eugen's art collection and the Ring and Crown exhibition (Jun 15–Oct 3) on the occasion of the royal wedding, this fascinating museum has something for everyone!
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Anthony McCall: let there be light!

Beginning in the 1970s, Anthony McCall creates art based on the beam of the film projector in the darkened cinema, working on the boundary between the most influential styles and genres in postwar art –minimalism, film, performance and drawing. In this exhibition, Stockholm’s Moderna Museet presents two of his large light installations from the 2000s, along with numerous drawings, from October 8 to December 6, 2009.
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Swedish opera nights

With a history of more than two centuries, the Kungliga Operan or Royal Opera is the national stage for opera in Sweden. This opera season you have twenty one reasons to go to the opera in Stockholm from August 22, 2009, to June 19, 2010: twelve operas, eight ballets and one concert of the Royal Court Orchestra!
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Dalí Dalí feat. Francesco Vezzoli

It has been 25 years since the works of Salvador Dalí were last presented in Stockholm. Now it is the right time to present one of the most important artists from the 20th century -again at the Moderna Museet- especially to a new generation that never had the possibility to see his works in real. In the Dalí Dalí featuring Francesco Vezzoli exhibition (September 19, 2009-January 17, 2010), contemporary Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli is invited to add co-curatorial input as well as an artistic intervention in the display.
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Open-air cinema in Stockholm… in November?

Is it possible to have open-air cinema nights in November in Stockholm? What do they think? This is not Greece, or Italy or the Mediterranean south that good weather allows it. Yes, but… The Swedes think differently and they will celebrate the 20th year of Stockholm’s International Film Festival with spectacular free cinema –in the open air. For four Saturday nights, October 24 and November 4, 14 and 21, get your sweaters and jackets. It’s movie time!
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Sweden discovers Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich, the leading painter of the German Romantic era, is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest figures in the history of art. Nevertheless, he remains relatively unknown in Sweden outside art history circles. This October, Nationalmuseum sets out to change this by presenting Scandinavia’s first monographic exhibition of works by Friedrich. In all, over 90 artworks will be on show, including some 40 paintings, until January 10, 2010.
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