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When artists seek to take us beyond the norm, we encounter art that engages well beyond the visible and the audible. We become immersed in the works’ scent, thoughts, emotions, memories and esoteric through playful surrealism, creative energy, music’s spirit, the expectant ticking of serene silences… … and through it all the problems of […]
As artificial intelligence sits poised to ‘compete’ with us for the spaces in societies we have inhabited in a solar system ever so vulnerable to almost uncontrollable cosmic interference, the fragility of our very psychological and physical existence bears sharply on our daily living – be it mundane routines as dancers go about their rehearsals […]
Summer is when we enjoy a jaunt in the park most; especially when sublime clay sculptures are magically placed amongst the woods for our children and the child in us to discover… a definite time for engaging in fantasy worlds where life is dreamlike, ethereal and surreal… one ever worthy of a selfie moment for […]
Sommarkrysset is a long-running summer entertainment format of Swedish TV4, going on its 13th season. It is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park on summer Saturdays, giving the music fans the chance to enjoy performances by Swedish and international artists either on location or through their TV screens. The programme also includes a […]
We are always glad that there is the cliché selection of summer art shows – the lovely, the colourful, the pleasant never ceases to delightfully surprise. And so there are a few galleries selected for just this very promise. But then there are the exhibitions this summertime that unexpectedly amaze: one creatively displays how yards […]
Stockholm residents who are ardent online shoppers of Axel Arigato’s signature minimalist sneakers, clothing and small leather goods can now further enjoy its luxury retail experience by trying on the merchandise before deciding on making a purchase: this Swedish stellar brand is opening a pop-up store in the Bibliotekstan shopping district in Sweden’s capital this […]
As the previous art exhibitions picked raised more questions than offered answers, the current listed selection of shows eclectically broadens the ‘interrogations’. Within the sphere of innovation, they query language’s limitations in defining abstraction and if that could diminish our pleasure in the abstract. They make us conscious of how our perception changes when a well-loved […]
As art history’s methods and mediums unsurprisingly continue to crucially influence the art crafted today, so too does the cultural – be it popular culture with its movie stars and footballers, or of its differences from that treasured by remote people living in equally exotic places or in divergent social pockets in each society. What […]
We have put together a pretty amazing music festival guide for your convenience – so you don’t have to look anywhere else to get ideas and make plans for your festival year. In this list you will find all major music festivals in a variety of styles taking place in Stockholm this year – as an […]
What gets crafted when Sweden’s young designers are given the license to dare to believe in their ideas and to play with, create from and explore them freely, where implementation is without any consideration for adaptation to market needs? “Young Swedish Design” showcases 20 such contributions in areas as divergent as product design, textiles, fashion, […]
