It was in 1996 that collectors Florence and Daniel Guerlain created their contemporary art foundation at Mesnuls, southwest of Paris, which staged thematic exhibitions and organised engraving workshops. In 2004, their interests changed and their support was redirected to promoting contemporary drawing. In 2006 they established a prize that was awarded for the first time the following year. The biggest prize awarded for contemporary drawing, this year it celebrated its tenth anniversary.

2017 is the 30-year anniversary of the Beckers Art Award. This will be presented in a commemorative exhibition where all former winners of the award will participate alongside with this year’s winner, Anna Camner. Beckers Art award was established in 1987 and has since then proven to have a remarkable ability to identify young talent on the brink of a breakthrough in their careers. The winner is awarded a grant, which from this year has been raised from 150 000 to 200 000 SEK, and a solo exhibition that has, since 2001, been arranged and held in collaboration with Färgfabriken.

One day, I found a small painting by the shamefully underappreciated artist Lennart Rohde at an online auction. This painting caught my attention. Upon seeing this combination of information, which had so obviously not been tested for functionality. I doubled over with laughter and found the title to this exhibition. Ej funktionstestad (Untested).

From Press Release:
The National Gallery of Iceland begins its exhibition program in the new year with an exhibition that brings together four contemporary artists: Gauthier Hubert (1967), Chantal Joffe (1969), Jockum Nordström (1963) and Tumi Magnússon (1957). All four center their work on the human being itself. The presentation of their work revolves around art itself and its history, both ancient and modern, and they take quite disparate approaches to historical points of departure.

From Press Release (in Swedish only):
Konstakademien samlar sig för Jubileumsåret 2018

Vernissage: Lördagen den 3 oktober med invigning kl 13:00 av tf Preses Leif Bolter och ständig sekreterare Susanna Slöör.
Finissage: Söndagen den 1 november

Jubileumssamlingen som visas i Galleri Väst/Ateljén och Galleri Öst med start den 3 oktober inleder Kungl. Akademiens för de fria konsterna (Konstakademien) treåriga satsning på att etablera en Jubileumsfond år 2018 till stöd för verksamheten.

The Drawing Now exhibition provides an up-to-date survey of drawing, painting and illustration in contemporary art. It showcases the viewpoints of around 35 international artists who collectively represent contemporary drawing and who, individually, are taking it in a direction of their own. Drawing Now sheds light on the diversity of issues that artists articulate with the aid of drawing, and shows drawing in its exciting dimensions and manifestations.

The month of November will be enlightened by five artists from Northern Europe and Canada : using different medias, such as drawing, collage, engraving or textile design, each in their own way bring forth a peculiar world, criss-crossed by a nordic sensitivity. Natural and urban environment, relationship and communication are reccurrent themes in their work.

Picture book or readingbook- pictures tell and leads us into new or familiar worlds. Children’s books are an own artistic genre. They evoke memories and feelings of the majority of all generations. In One two three – we remember and recognize different artists´original works , but also discover new children’s book of pictures and artistic expression.

Curator: David Neuman

Maya Attoun, Ann Böttcher, Mark Dion, Marcel van Eeden, Carl August Ehrensvärd, Kendell Geers, Jan Groth, Robert Guillot, Carl Hammoud, Carl Fredrik Hill, Bror Hjorth, Ernst Josephson, R.B. Kitaj, Alfred Leslie, Elias Martin, Bjarne Melgaard, Jockum Nordström, Tal R, Julie Roberts, Gil Shani, Johan Tobias Sergel, Amy Simon, Olle Skagerfors, Jacob Stangerup, Fredrik Söderberg, Keith Tyson, Alexandra Zuckerman, Christine Ödlund

From Press Release:
This major survey of work by Swedish artist Jockum Nordström (b.1963) brings together collages, graphite drawings and architectural sculptures, representing the breadth of his work from the 1990s to the most recent pieces made especially for the exhibition. The title All I have Learned and Forgotten Again harks back to the wisdom and magic of childhood, a lament of the lost innocence that gives way to the demands of an adult world.

Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to announce a group exhibition that will be on display throughout the summer. In conjunction with the inauguration of Nationalmuseum’s temporary space with the exhibition Carl Larsson - Friends and Enemies in our building (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts), we will show Time Waits for Us . This exhibition presents new works by all of our gallery artists.

More information: www.zeno-x.com

Peter Bergman, Björkholmen Gallery, Galleri Flach, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Galleri Kleerup, Galerie Nordenhake,
Tovar Ressle, Stene Projects, Galleri Anna Thulin

Opening: January 24th. 6 PM–9 PM / 18–21

Hours:
Friday: 10 AM–8 PM / 10–20
Saturday: 10 AM–6 PM / 10–18
Sunday: 11 AM–6 PM / 11–18

For more information: www.gustavus.edu

From Press Release: (in swedish)
Galleri Magnus Karlsson har glädjen att presentera utställningen Utan Söm och Socka på Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland. Hellvi Kännungs är galleriets projektrum sommartid och öppnade förra året med utställningen Pudelns Hjärna sammanställd av Jens Fänge. Tanken med projektrummet är att skapa förutsättningar för oväntade möten och uppmuntra nya samarbeten och idéer.

Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to present Jockum Nordström’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. It is the first major presentation in Sweden since the very popular ”A stick in the wood” at the Moderna Museet 2005