A century has now passed since the start in 1924, when Vår Gård was bought by the Cooperative Association. 100 years of meetings between people marks both a milestone and a new start for the future. We look back and connect the past with the present through time and space where art and history lead us on into the next chapter. Welcome to Vår Gård 's anniversary year 2024 with art as a guiding star.
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A century has now passed since the start in 1924, when Vår Gård was bought by the Cooperative Association. 100 years of meetings between people marks both a milestone and a new start for the future. We look back and connect the past with the present through time and space where art and history lead us on into the next chapter. Welcome to Vår Gård 's anniversary year 2024 with art as a guiding star.
May 14 at 18:00
Vernissage with Artist Talk - Mirjam Hemström
Selected works by Mirjam Hemström and John Olsson
Location: Villa Skärofta
Bubbles and snacks included
Free drop in
Villa Skärtofta "Time & Space for New Meetings"
February – April
Exhibition with works by Evelina Dovsten and Einar Forseth
May – August
Exhibition with works by Mirjam Hemström Farsi and John Olsson
The wine café "Visionär Kraft"
March – July
"The unimaginably small, the incomprehensible big" - Exhibition with Margareta Ternström
The main building
August – October
Anniversary exhibition with anniversary works over the years from Vår Gård 's collection
Photo exhibition - "The cooperative invention"
April 20 at 18:00
Culture night Stockholm
Open house with art shows and activities
June
Conversation evening Vår Gård Genius Loci
Part 1 – Past tense
September 27
Gala dinner with performance (invited only)
September 28
Anniversary night
Open house at Vår Gård . Take part in our art and cultural treasure during an evening of activities and an art show until midnight.
Program coming soon
A century has now passed since the start in 1924, when Vår Gård was bought by the Cooperative Association. 100 years of meetings between people marks both a milestone and a new start for the future. We look back and connect the past with the present through time and space where art and history lead us on into the next chapter. Welcome to Vår Gård 's anniversary year 2024 with art as a guiding star.
Today Vår Gård has one of Sweden's largest private art collections with an emphasis on national modernist art that emerged during the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection has both depth and breadth with well-known key works and creations from local creators with Saltsjöbaden as its surroundings. Swedish artists such as Isaac Grünewald, Axel Törneman and Lisa Larson are represented, but also international greats such as Marc Chagall. The art also includes several outdoor works that today make up Vår Gård 's sculpture line. Art is the material trace of creative actions - actions that most certainly did not emerge from a vacuum. The works that make up Vår Gård 's art collection originate from the time when the people's movement KF was established, grew strong and ground-breaking training took place at the place where we now conduct our business. There are few art collections that were created in a similar way, and even fewer that still exist. Art is a given element of Vår Gård 's history and heritage and will have a significant role during the Jubilee Year.
During the year, various exhibitions and openings will take place where existing works and modernist art are visited by contemporary artists.
Villa Skärtofta
The first exhibition series "Time and space for New Meetings" premieres in connection with the opening of the Restaurant in the historic turn-of-the-century villa Skärtofta. Discover a fascinating dialogue between the past and the present when selected artworks from Vår Gård 's collection are combined with the modern art landscape. Dynamics, harmony and collisions weave together older and contemporary art in an exciting story about the passage of time.
The premiere of the exhibition is celebrated with a vernissage evening on February 13, where selected works by the artist and designer Einar Forseth are placed next to contemporary shooting star Evelina Dovsten.
Vincaféet
Starting in March, Vincaféet will become an exhibition space with guest performances by newly established artists.
Here experimental expressions and dreams can take place and visions come true. As a first step in the exhibition, a vernissage will be held on March 14 with works by the artist Margareta Ternström. The main building
During the year, Vår Gård 's jubilee exhibition takes place in the main building. Here, commemorative works over the years and archived works from Vår Gård 's art collection are displayed. In collaboration with ArkDe's collections, a photo exhibition is also held with archival images and texts from Vår Gård and the Cooperative Association's training days. Here history is linked with the present and how Vår Gård manages a legacy 100 years later.
Culture Night Stockholm
On April 20, the annual Culture Night is held where Stockholmers and visitors can take part in the city's cultural offerings with free entry to various events. Vår Gård participates for the first time and offers visitors an exciting cultural program with art shows and exhibitions until midnight.
Program
Past, Present and Future - Seminar series in three parts - Genius loci "The soul of the place"
As part of the upcoming Wallstreet festival Vår Gård starts with three evenings of conversation with the aim of reflecting on the importance of the place for people. What is it that makes us humans connect to a place and find it meaningful? For 100 years, people at Vår Gård been allowed to dream. Their visions have left concrete expressions on their surroundings, but memories have also created an impression.
A new outdoor work will be produced within the framework of Wallstreet and create a new milestone for Vår Gård 's future art collection. In connection with the festival, Vår Gård an anniversary fund to finance the artwork. All ticket sales from the conversation evenings go directly to the anniversary fund.
Anniversary celebration
On September 27, Vår Gård you to a festive dinner with performance artists. A spectacular highlight in the celebration of Vår Gård 's 100th anniversary and a starting point for the coming century. Invited only.
Anniversary night
On September 28, we welcome everyone to an open house where we invite you to an exciting evening with a focus on Vår Gård 's history and art treasure. It will be a late evening with pleasant activities and art displays. The restaurant and bar are open for good meals, drinks and nice mingling.
More info coming soon