BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Liljevalchs - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Liljevalchs X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://liljevalchs.se X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Liljevalchs REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Stockholm BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20280326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20281029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251010T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260830T235959 DTSTAMP:20260524T224553 CREATED:20250825T084129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T140754Z UID:10000235-1760054400-1788134399@liljevalchs.se SUMMARY:When We See Us DESCRIPTION:When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting has been highlighted and acclaimed internationally as one of the most significant exhibitions in contemporary art. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition features over 148 works from institutional and private lenders located across 16 countries\, bringing together artworks from the past 100 years\, created by Black artists worldwide. The exhibition places these works in dialogue with Black thinkers\, writers\, and poets active today. When We See Us is the largest exhibition of Black figuration that is underpinned by joy. \n\n\n\nWhen We See Us is conceived and organized by Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA)\, where it deeply resonated with its audience and subsequently travelled to Kunstmuseum Basel in Basel and Bozar in Brussels. With a primary focus on painting\, the exhibition celebrates how artists from Africa and its diaspora (people of African descent living outside the continent) have envisioned\, positioned\, memorialized and asserted experiences from Africa and of African descent. The exhibition is co-curated by the late Koyo Kouoh\, appointed Curator of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale\, and Tandazani Dhlakama\, former Zeitz MOCAA Curator and current Curator of Global Africa at Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). \n\n\n\n\n“The exhibition refuses to place Eurocentric narratives of oppression at the centre.” \n\n\n\n\n”When We See Us invites reflection on how Black artists over the past century have used figuration to depict various aspects of everyday life\, including intimacy\, belonging\, joy and resilience. The exhibition refuses to place Eurocentric narratives of oppression at the centre. It highlights Koyo Kouoh’s curatorial vision of placing African and diasporic practices at the centre of global art history”\, says Dhlakama. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is organized around six themes: The Everyday\, Joy and Revelry\, Repose\, Sensuality\, Spirituality\, and Triumph and Emancipation. Based on these themes\, the exhibition offers a rich and nuanced picture of Black life and thought\, emphasising the resilience\, essence and political charge of Black Joy. The exhibition is grounded in a curatorial premise that shifts away from centering violence and trauma – subjects that have traditionally been associated with art from Africa and its diaspora. \n\n\n\n“When We See Us presents an alternative modernity\, highlighting artistic practices that have been historically excluded in Western Art History. The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience art that has never been shown in Sweden\,” says Joanna Sandell Wright\, collaborating curator of the exhibition\, director and artistic leader of Liljevalchs. \n\n\n\nThe title of the exhibition is inspired by Ava DuVernay’s 2019 miniseries When They See Us\, it depicts various forms of violence against Black people as still witnessed globally today. Replacing “they” with “we” in the title indicates the crucial perspectival shift: The works on show bring into focus the artists’ lived realities. When We See Us highlights the relationships between artists and artworks across geographical\, generational\, and conceptual boundaries\, showcasing what Koyo Kouoh describes as a “parallel aesthetic.” It is a concept that Kouoh has used to describe how artists across the world develop similar artistic expressions sharing the same context. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition features works by artists never before shown in Sweden\, including Zandile Tshabalala\, Jacob Lawrence\, Chéri Samba\, Danielle McKinney\, Ben Enwonwu\, Kingsley Sambo\, Sungi Mlengeya\, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye\, Cyprien Tokoudagba\, Amy Sherald\, and Joy Labinjo\, among others. The exhibition is accompanied by a sonic translation created by South African composer and sound artist Neo Muyanga. \n\n\n\nIn connection with the exhibition in Stockholm\, Liljevalchs has invited Southnord to curate a series of events over the course of the show. Southnord is a groundbreaking platform dedicated to uplifting Black and Afrodiasporic artists in the Nordic region. They have brought together a group of inspiring Afro-Swedes to activate the exhibition through guided tours\, themed walkthroughs\, sonic performances\, readings for children\, portrait workshops for youth and more. \n\n\n\nA hardcover poetic catalog\, published in conjunction with the exhibition by Thames & Hudson in collaboration with Zeitz MOCAA and edited by Koyo Kouoh\, will be available for sale in Liljevalchs’ shop. The catalog is comprehensive and richly illustrated with all the works selected for the exhibition and includes a contextual essay by the exhibition’s co-curator Tandazani Dhlakama as well as four specially commissioned texts by acclaimed women writers: Ken Bugul (Senegal)\, Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia)\, Robin Coste Lewis (USA) and Bill Kouelany (Congo-Brazzaville). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFoto: Jean-Baptiste Béranger \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÖppet idag 11–17\n\n\n\n Visitor info \n\n\n\n Book a guided tour \n\n\n\n Liljevalchs+\, Falkenbergsgatan 3 URL:https://liljevalchs.se/kalender/when-we-see-us/ LOCATION:Liljevalchs+\, Falkenbergsgatan 3\, Stockholm\, 11521\, Sverige CATEGORIES:Children & Youth,Guided tours,Konstsamling,Skola ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://liljevalchs.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zandile-Tshabalala_Two-reclining-women_2020_Acrylic-on-canvas_122-x-91.5cm-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260621T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270110T235959 DTSTAMP:20260524T224553 CREATED:20260427T084952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T115457Z UID:10000304-1782000000-1799625599@liljevalchs.se SUMMARY:Ylva Snöfrid\, The House of the Muses DESCRIPTION:Ylva Snöfrid Musernas husYlva Snöfrid\, The House of the Muses\nJune 21st 2026–January 10th 2027 \nYlva Snöfrid Musernas husYlva Snöfrid\, The House of the Muses\nJune 21st 2026–January 10th 2027 \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the day of the Summer Solstice\, June 21st\, The House of the Muses by the artist Ylva Snöfrid opens at Liljevalchs – a vibrant exhibition in the form of a Gesamtkunstverk. \n\n\n\nThe House of the Muses spans over thirteen galleries\, where each room responds to either one of the Greek Mythology’s nine muses or to one of the four elements; earth\, water\, fire and air. Ceremonial rituals and festivities play a central role\, inviting the visitors to actively unfold the exhibition during the nine months it is held at Liljevalchs. \n\n\n\nIn thirteen galleries\, a universe emerges where painting\, rituals and bodies coalesce\, where the boundary between art and life is gradually dissolved\, and where the institution and the spectators are made active parts of an ongoing transformation. The visitors are invited to write their own biographies\, engage in festivities\, move through spatial courses and become part of the unfolding Gesamtkunstverk. \n\n\n\nThe House of the Muses is also a collaboration with the director and actor Rebecka Hemse and The Royal Dramatic Theatre. On a number of occasions in the exhibition\, actors from the ensemble of The Royal Dramatic Theatre will enact scenes from the world drama repertoire\, as well as scenes from a manuscript written and edited by Ylva Snöfrid together with Rebecka Hemse. \n\n\n\n\nI regard The House of the Muses as a communal spell centred on keeping the world and life itself anchored in the big questions; Why are we alive? How are we connected to others? What’s personal and what’s general in human life? In this Gesamtkunstverk\, two of Sweden’s oldest cultural institutions partner up in an exploration of the questions that Ylva Snöfrid is asking\, says Joanna Sandell Wright. \n\n\n\n\nThe House of the Muses is the most extensive presentation of Ylva Snöfrid’s practice up to date and spans 400 paintings\, thousands of sketches and prints\, specially crafted furniture and installations. Through painting and ceremonial rituals\, she explores life and death\, becoming as we know it along biographical and biological courses – birth\, adolescence\, love\, reproduction\, wisdom\, dreams and death. \n\n\n\nAn exhibition catalogue in three parts is produced by the culture publication Nuda\, following the progression of the Gesamtkunstverk\, holding\, among other things\, multiples and the artist’s own deck of Tarot cards.Ylva Snöfrid was born in 1974 and was admitted to the Royal Institute of Art as young as 18 years old. In 2017\, she performed something she calls a “transmutation”\, where Ylva became one with her twin soul “Snöfrid”. Ylva Snöfrid has been based in Stockholm\, Berlin\, New York and Athens and has exhibited extensively around the world. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is curated by Joanna Sandell Wright\, Director of Liljevalchs. \n\n\n\nPhoto: Märta Thisner \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Opens June 21st \n\n\n\n Visit us \n\n\n\n Book a guided tour \n\n\n\n Liljevalchs\, Djurgårdsvägen 60 URL:https://liljevalchs.se/kalender/ylva-snofrid/ CATEGORIES:Children & Youth,Guided tours,Konstsamling,Skola ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://liljevalchs.se/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ylvasnofrid_6W7A2365_x_1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260627T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260627T150000 DTSTAMP:20260524T224553 CREATED:20260522T115224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T115405Z UID:10000315-1782568800-1782572400@liljevalchs.se SUMMARY:Visita comentada en español: When We See Us DESCRIPTION:When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in PaintingCuando Nos Vemos: Un siglo de Pintura y Figurativismo Negro \n\n\n\nTe invitamos a una visita comentada en español por la exposición When We See Us en Liljevalchs\, desde una perspectiva decolonial y afro centrada. \n\n\n\nConcebida originalmente por el Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) en Ciudad del Cabo y co-curada por Koyo Kouoh y Tandazani Dhlakama\, la muestra toma su título de When They See Us (2019) de Ava DuVernay para proponer un giro hacia la auto-representatividad\, o lo que Achille Mbembe denomina “autonarrativa”. La exposición traza relaciones artísticas que atraviesan fronteras geográficas\, generacionales y conceptuales\, dando forma a las llamadas “estéticas paralelas”\, y reúne obras de artistas que se presentan por primera vez en Suecia\, acompañadas por una traducción sonora del compositor sudafricano Neo Muyanga. \n\n\n\nEl recorrido está a cargo de Rossana Mercado-Rojas\, artista\, especialista en pintura\, investigadora y trabajadora cultural peruana radicada en Estocolmo\, quien se aproxima a la exposición desde la experiencia de la migración\, el desplazamiento y las historias coloniales que atraviesan lenguas\, territorios y cuerpos. El énfasis estará puesto en artistas afro-diaspóricos vinculados a América Latina y el Caribe\, abordando la pintura y el figurativismo como formas de narrativa\, representación y documentación. El recorrido incorpora además un contexto histórico que destaca el papel de Haití —la primera república negra\, la primera revolución exitosa liderada por personas esclavizadas y la primera nación independiente de América Latina—\, junto con reflexiones sobre las historias contadas y no contadas de los procesos independentistas en América Latina y los procesos de abolición de la esclavitud. Todo ello en diálogo con las prácticas artísticas como formas de resistencia en relación al goce\, en relación con la noción de Black Joy presente en la muestra. \n\n\n\n\n\n Saturday June 27th\, 2 PM \n\n\n\n Liljevalchs+ \n\n\n\n Get ticket URL:https://liljevalchs.se/kalender/visita-comentada-en-espanol-when-we-see-us/ CATEGORIES:Konstsamling ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://liljevalchs.se/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Rossana-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR