kristian lEditorial board: Asrin Haidari, Fredrik Liew, Andreas Nilsson,
Anna Tellgren, Gitte Ørskou
Text: Mathias Danbolt, Katarina Wadstein MacLeod, Gitte Ørskou
Design: Aron Kullander-Östling
2024, Bilingual English/Swedish, hardcover
412 pages, 21.7 x 28 cm
ISBN: 9789198870541
In early 2021, Moderna Museet was allocated an extra 25 million kronor in state funding for the acquisition of art to support the Swedish art scene during the Corona pandemic. The acquisitions took place throughout 2021. Proposals streamed in via an open invitation. Professional artists, gallerists and curators could submit acquisition suggestions. The 373 acquired works are now highlighted in the book Swedish Acquisitions 2021. Each of the 169 artists is presented in a separate spread, with texts by Moderna Museet’s curators and selected images of the works. In an introductory text, Moderna Museet’s director Gitte Ørskou writes about the project Swedish Acquisitions 2021, and in each of their in-depth essays, two researchers, Mattias Danbolt (Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen) and Katarina Wadstein MacLeod (Professor of Art History at Stockholm University), describe the development of Moderna Museet's collection from different perspectives.The artists whose work was acquired have been active both in Sweden and abroad, as well as in Sápmi. The youngest artist was 27 and the oldest 91 years old. The artworks were produced between 1962 and 2021.
The book is produced by Moderna Museet and distributed by Art & Theory Publishing.