Category Archives: Museums & Attractions
The Vasa Museum
Design in all its glory but what happens when design goes wrong?
The Vasa Museum has opened again after being closed for renovations and a newly built extension of the museum building! The Vasa is the only preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world, and a unique art treasure. More than 95 percent of the ship is original, and it is decorated with hundreds of carved sculptures.
The 69 meter-long warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in the middle of Stockholm in 1628, and was salvaged 333 years later in 1961.
Today the Vasa Museum is the most visited museum in Scandinavia, with over one million visitors a year. www.vasamuseet.se/en/
Stockholm Gay Guide + Stockholm Lesbian Guide
NEW GUIDES! What to see, where to stay and what to do in Stockholm? We’ve put together a gay guide and a lesbian guide to Stockholm.
Jean Paul Gaultier is coming to Stockholm. Are you?
Jean Paul Gaultier is coming to Stockholm. Are you?
You still have the chance to win a trip for two to Stockholm! Competition closes April 28. Fly SAS Scandinavian Airlines and stay at stylish Hotel Skeppsholmen. The prize also includes the opportunity to mingle with Jean Paul Gaultier at the grand opening party of THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk in Stockholm.
The Swedish museum of architecture will present THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk; the first international exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier. The exhibition will be at display from June 15 to September 22, 2013.
ABBA The Museum
We are so excited! ABBA The Museum will open in Stockholm on the 7th of May.
Have you ever seen the Northern Lights? Nordic colors and shapes was what inspired the Swedish designer Owe Sandström while making these fabulous outfits for ABBA and one can certainly see the resemblance with the Nordic night sky. This picture was taken after the tour started in Edmonton Canada in 1979. The band wore white outfits specially made for each one of them. In common for all were that all garments had blue or silver stripes somewhere on them. To see more of ABBA’s fantastic stage clothes visit ABBA The Museum.
Win a trip to Stockholm!
© Pierre et Gilles
Jean Paul Gaultier is coming to Stockholm. Are you?
Get the chance to win a trip for two to Stockholm. Fly SAS Scandinavian Airlines and stay at stylish Hotel Skeppsholmen. The prize also includes the opportunity to mingle with Jean Paul Gaultier at the grand opening party of THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk in Stockholm.
The Swedish museum of architecture will present THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk; the first international exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier. The exhibition will be at display from June 15 to September 22, 2013.
Fashion, figures and faces – Mats Gustafson
An exhibition to look forward to this summer!
Mats Gustafson (Swedish) revolutionized the world of fashion illustrations when he began publishing his work in international fashion publications. He worked subtly and elegantly with watercolor and pastel, which was distinctly different from the standard photography normally used.
Gustafson has created advertising art for Hermès, Dior, Comme de Garçons and Tiffany’s, and have been published in a number of prominent publications such as French and Italian Vouge and The New Yorker. This exhibition will show drawings and watercolors from the last thirty years of his career.
Fashion, figures and faces – Mats Gustafson
June 13-September 22, Millesgården
Secret Love
EXHIBITION: Secret Love at the The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Last chance to see this beautiful exhibition is by March 31st.
This is an exhibition on the theme of taboo love: Secret Love, featuring internationally renowned Chinese artists such as Ma Liuming, Gao Brothers, Chi Peng, and Zhang Yuan. This is the first ever major exhibition of contemporary art on this subject. The exhibition includes around 100 works by more than twenty Chinese artists, who are united in their desire to express subjects – such as identity, norms and sexuality – that are sensitive in China. www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/ostasiatiskamuseet
Hotel Rival
One of the most popular areas of Södermalm are the blocks around Mariatorget Square. You will find restaurants and stores on the streets of St Paulsgatan, Krukmakargatan, Hornsgatan and Swedenborgsgatan, which form the charming square of Mariatorget.
At Mariatorget you also find Hotel Rival – a small, privately owned hotel. The owner? No one else than Benny Andersson from ABBA. Hotel Rival has become very popular with the Stockholmers and it also houses a bistro with a bar, a cocktail bar in art deco style, and a immensely popular café.
“Overlooking a leafy square in the bohemian Södermalm district, this hotel, owned by ABBA’s Benny Andersson, is also flush with character. Among its features are blow-ups of Swedish film stills above the headboards, so you can drift off to sleep under the disdainful eye of Greta Garbo.” Conde Nast Traveller (UK), December 2012
Speaking of ABBA, have you heard that ABBA The Museum is opening in Stockholm in May?
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER at Arkitekturmuseet
From June 15 to September 22, 2013, Arkitekturmuseet will present THE FASHION WORLD OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first international exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier.
Lena Rahoult, Director of The Swedish Museum of Architecture, comments:
“A classic always has its appointed place. Jean Paul Gaultier’s popular touch, unconstrained and exuberant creativity convey a very forceful message to society. An inspiring world in which everyone can assert their own identity, unimpeded by discrimination and prejudice. We are proud to be able to invite visitors to a fashion exhibition that is a natural part of the museum’s design mission”.