Swedish Modernism: Perspectives from the Moderna Museet Collection
in English

With Matilda Olof-Ors (Curator of Swedish and Nordic Art, Moderna Museet) and Isabel Fischer (Curator of the exhibition)

On the final day of the exhibition, Isabel Fischer will talk to Matilda Olof-Ors about Swedish modernism and her work as a curator at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. How is Swedish modernism viewed in Sweden today? What issues influence the museum’s approach to its collection?

Matilda Olof-Ors is Curator of Swedish and Nordic Art until 1974 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. She is currently working on a large-scale Vera Nilsson exhibition to be shown at Moderna Museet in 2027, and has among others, curated the exhibitions Jan Håfström: The Lost World (2026), Will You Be Profitable, My Friend? Swedish Art 1945-79 in the Moderna Museet Collection (2026) , Britta Marakatt-Labba: Where Each Stich Breathes (2025), Pink Sails: Swedish Modernism in the Moderna Museet Collection (2023), Björn Lövin: The Surrounding Reality (2022), Atsuko Tanaka (2019 with Jo Widoff), Concrete Matters (2018), Thomas Schütte: United Enemies (2016), and Olafur Eliasson: Reality machines (2015).

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