Vår Gård is turning 100 years old and we are celebrating that by highlighting our cultural heritage with art in focus. During the anniversary year, Vår Gård 's curator Josephine Rosenblad invites contemporary artists to create enchanting worlds through various exhibitions in Villa Skärtofta and Vincaféet. Each new exhibition is inaugurated with a festive vernissage open to everyone.
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Vår Gård is turning 100 years old and we are celebrating that by highlighting our cultural heritage with art in focus. During the anniversary year, Vår Gård 's curator Josephine Rosenblad invites contemporary artists to create enchanting worlds through various exhibitions in Villa Skärtofta and Vincaféet. Each new exhibition is inaugurated with a festive vernissage open to everyone.
Kristin Larsson and Endre Nemes
22 January in Villa Skärtofta
18:00 – 20:00
"A place to thrive" is a collage by Endre Nemes, donated to Vår Gård 50 years ago in celebration of half a century. This year Vår Gård begins a new century and lets the art collection get new life. The exhibition is a dialogue between Endre Nemes and the glass artist Kristin Larsson, both with strong connections to Gustavsberg, where Nemes developed the enamel art and where Larson today has his studio.
The focus is on the common language in Larsson's and Neme's art - where materials are reused and given new life, and where stories are woven through collage, sculpture and image. While Nemes used clippings from historical works and newspapers to highlight the transience of civilizations, Larsson explores the possibilities of glass art as an act of communication, where the history of the material meets new contexts.
Artist Talk with Kristin Larsson and Vår Gård 's curator Josephine Rosenblad
Snacks and bubbles are included. Limited quantity.
Ida Netterberg and Gustaf Lindgren
April 26 in Villa Skärtofta
18:00 – 20:00
Vår Gård invites you to a vernissage and artist talk for the fifth exhibition in the series Time and space for new meetings. Architect Gustaf Lindgren's masterpiece, Skärtofta, is in focus and contemporary ceramist Ida Netterberg contributes a site-specific work of art in the garden inspired by the rich ornaments found in Skärtofta.
This exhibition pays tribute to the architectural style that characterized the new town in general, and in particular architect Gustaf Lindgren's work Skärtofta.
Bubbles and snacks included. Limited quantity.
All artworks exhibited by selected contemporary artists are for sale.
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During the anniversary year Vår Gård highlights its rich art historical heritage, which has been a significant part of the experience and the place for 100 years. Through exhibitions and openings, we get to see both contemporary artists and selected works from Vår Gård 's magnificent art treasure. During the year, the exhibitions will be held in the historic turn-of-the-century villa Skärtofta and in the modern Vincaféet. Each exhibition series begins with an open opening and an "Artist Talk" with the artist or representative. All works presented are also available for purchase. Welcome to the fascinating world of art.
During the anniversary year, the exhibition series Time and Space for New Meetings takes place in Vår Gård 's oldest building, Villa Skärtofta . Selected artistry from the collection is presented together with contemporary shooting stars. Dynamics, harmonies and collisions are promised in the dialogue between modern and contemporary art. The intersections shed light on the past, but also provide glimpses of an imminent future.
13 February - 20 April - works by the contemporary glass artist Evelina Dovsten and the modernist designer Einar Forseth from Vår Gård 's collection are shown. In connection with Culture Night on April 20, an open book discussion with the artist Evelina Dovsten and professor Andreas Nobel will also be held as a conclusion to the exhibition.
14 May - 31 August, the second exhibition will be held in Villa Skärtofta . Here we get to meet works by contemporary artist Mirjam Hemström Farsi alongside sculptor John Olsson from Vår Gård 's collection.
28 September - 15 January we see an exciting meeting between Einar Höste and Miriam Johannesson. In 1974, Vår Gård 's 50th birthday was celebrated. Vår Gård received a "Globe in cube" signed by Einar Höste, one of the foremost concretists of the time. Symbolically, Höste's artistry represents a longing out of the enclosed cube. This year, 50 years later, contemporary shooting star Miriam Johannesson spins on Höste's visions through a brand new group of pearlescent metal sculptures, specifically created for the site and the 100th anniversary.
21 January - 15 April we explore the meeting between the glass artist Kristin Larsson and the painter and sculptor Endre Nemes. "A place to thrive" is a collage by Endre Nemes, donated to Vår Gård 50 years ago in celebration of half a century. This year Vår Gård a new century and lets the art collection get new life. The exhibition is a dialogue between Endre Nemes and the glass artist Kristin Larsson, both with strong connections to Gustavsberg, where Nemes developed the enamel art and where Larson today has his studio. Through their works, they explore memories, collecting and history in different ways.
April 15 - August 21 we focus on Architect Gustaf Lindgren's masterpiece, Skärtofta, and contemporary ceramicist Ida Netterberg, who contributes a site-specific work of art in the garden inspired by ornaments from Skärtofta. Netterberg, who received his master's degree from Konstfack in 2023, examines in his work the meaning of ornaments and man's relationship to nature – a tribute to the building's rich history and detailed design language.
As a centenarian, Vår Gård back and is inspired by the forward-looking spirit of Vår Gård school's initiator Harald Elldin (1892-1968). The watchword for the art exhibitions in Vincaféet during the anniversary year is visionary power. Two walls are dedicated to people's dreams and courage. Here, an interplay between diverse artistic expressions, media and practices is shown in temporary art exhibitions. Art provides new knowledge, stimulates free thinking and promotes conversations about the world we live in.
March 14 - July 12, the first exhibition will be held with selected works from Margareta Ternström's large production with a focus on her last period. Be inspired by her digital art with abstract image compositions and geometric expressions that bring to mind space.
12 July - 30 November, two of the 20th century's greatest poster artists linked to KF and the cooperative's own advertising agency are presented; Gunnar Orrby and Gun Wahrenby. The exhibition is made in collaboration with Coop's art association and the Stockholm Consumer Association.
1 December - 15 April, eight contemporary graphic artists from Grafiska Sällskapet interpret the artist Sven X:et Erixson. A completely unique project that will become part of Vår Gård 's Anniversary Collection. In connection with the exhibition, one of the works of art will be raffled during the opening on 1 December.