{"id":10203,"date":"2018-10-03T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T14:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2018-10-06T09:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T07:55:47","slug":"konstnarlig-host-pa-djurgarden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/konstnarlig-host-pa-djurgarden\/","title":{"rendered":"An autumn filled with art at Djurg\u00e5rden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leaves are changing colour, the evenings are growing darker and the weather is getting colder by the day. But here at Djurg\u00e5rden you can get warm and cosy with several art exhibitions. There is plenty to experience so whether you want to spend one or two days you can create your own art tour at Djurg\u00e5rden with some recommendations from us.<\/p>\n<p>Djurg\u00e5rden offers everything from David Shrigleys giant inflatable swans to traditional Swedish folk art at the Nordic Museum and everything in between. For those interested in\u00a0magnificent paintings from the 20th century we recommend the Thiel Gallery and Prince Eugen&#8217;s Waldemarsudde. And don&#8217;t miss all the beautiful monuments here at Djurg\u00e5rden!<\/p>\n<p>Take a walk, or why no explore Djurg\u00e5rden on bike? There is much to see along the way as well. For example several monuments and memorials. The latest is <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/attractions\/minnesmonument-efter-flodvagskatastrofen-2004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ripples<\/a>, a memorial after the Tsunami catastrophe of 2004. Our proposition for a art tour at Djurg\u00e5rden is that you start at the Thiel Gallery which you&#8217;ll find furthest out on Djurg\u00e5rden and then start to head back towards the Djurg\u00e5rden Bridge. Along the way visit Waldemarsudde, then Liljevalchs, afterwards the Museum of Spirits which lies almost next door before you finish the tour at the Nordic Museum.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Scroll down if you want to read about the exhibitions and events directly.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Our best tips for a art tour at Djurg\u00e5rden<\/h2>\n<h3>Thielska Galleriet &#8211; The hidden gem at Djurg\u00e5rden<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/attractions\/the-thiel-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Thiel Gallery<\/a> was built for the magnificent art collection of the businessman Ernest Thiel and was finished in 1907 in a magical building in Art Nouveau-style. Here art lovers are invited to enjoy a unique collection with everything from Eugen Jansson to August Strindberg. At the moment they have an exhibition about Ivan Agu\u00e9li and the theme is painting and mysticism. The exhibition shows how Agu\u00e9li&#8217;s painting, spirituality and activism stimulated each other.<\/p>\n<h3>Waldemarsudde &#8211; Swedish cultural heritage<\/h3>\n<p>At Prince Eugen&#8217;s old home at <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/attractions\/prince-eugen%c2%b4s-waldemarsudde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waldemarsudde<\/a> visitors can enjoy his extensive art collection with several of the prince&#8217;s own creations which you can experience all year around. You will also find artworks from Carl Larsson and the international star Anders Zorn, among others. The collection consists of about 700 pieces and includes visual arts, sculptures and craftsmanship. Beginning on the 6th of October, the museum arranges the exhibition\u00a0<em>Thinking like a mountain\u00a0<\/em>by the acclaimed Swedish photographer Helene Schmitz. Her goal is to use her photographs to examine the complicated relationship between mankind and the forces of nature. This particular exhibitions focuses on the extraction of natural resources in Sweden and on Iceland.<\/p>\n<h3>Liljevalchs &#8211; Contemporary Art and design in a beautiful setting<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/attractions\/liljevalchs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liljevalchs<\/a>\u00a0welcomes everyone regardless of your level of artistic interests. They houses four different exhibitions all year around. From the 12th of October you can experience <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/calendars\/sovjetisk-affischkonst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soviet Poster Art<\/a>, an exhibitions which concentrates on the Soviet 20&#8217;s with posters from both movies and propaganda from a unique Japanese collection.\u00a0In addition, Cinemateket will screen ten silent films from the 1920s by major Soviet directors.<\/p>\n<h3>Museum of Spirits &#8211; Exhibition of Giant Inflatable Swan-Things<\/h3>\n<p>Artist David Shrigley is well known within the art world for his morbide humour , simple ink drawings and monumental artworks. Shrigley expresses his art in a multitude of ways to show both trivial as well as the more dubious sides of human behaviour. Shrigley has been a regular contributor of drawings to both <em>the Independant\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>the Guardian,\u00a0<\/em>he has published many books and in 2013 and 2018 he produced giant human dolls at\u00a0<em>Life Model\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Life Model II.\u00a0<\/em>But now he has created a exhibition uniquely for the <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/attractions\/the-museum-of-spirits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of Spirits<\/a>\u00a0with over dimensioned bath toys with a resemblance to swans which are filled with air and then deflated again with an unflappable smile that is at once satisfied and empty. You can also visit the museum shop to buy one the souvenirs created by Shrigley himself.<\/p>\n<h3>The Nordic Museum &#8211; Experience traditional Swedish folk art<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/attractions\/nordiska-museet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nordic Museum<\/a>\u00a0is Swedens greatest museum of cultural history. Here you can experience different parts of the Nordic way of life and culture. They have everything from the 1940s apartment to Nordic lights and S\u00e1pmi about the\u00a0indigenous population of Sweden and Finland. The collection consists of over 1,5 millions items and six million pictures. One of the exhibitions is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nordiskamuseet.se\/en\/utstallningar\/swedish-folk-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swedish Folk Art<\/a>\u00a0which gives you an opportunity to be inspired by the art of the country folk. The exhibition will teach you about Swedish history in colour, form, patterns and materials.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10199\" src=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Utst\u00e4llning Folkkonst\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Folkkonst.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus the are fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/eat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restaurants<\/a> at each place.<\/p>\n<p>We wish you a pleasent art tour at Djurg\u00e5rden this fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaves are changing colour, the evenings are growing darker and the weather is getting colder by the day. But here at Djurg\u00e5rden you can get warm and cosy with several art exhibitions. There is plenty to experience so whether you want to spend one or two days you can create your own art tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":9376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[167],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-konst-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10203"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royaldjurgarden.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}