Gallery sights in Göteborg
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Konstmuseet
Göteborg’s premier art collection awaits at Konstmuseet, with works by the French impressionists, Rubens, Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Picasso, as well as Scandinavian masters such as Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson. Other highlights include a superb sculpture hall, the Hasselblad Center photographic collection, and temporary exhibitions showcasing next-gen Nordic art. Outside, Götaplatsen is dominated by the bronze Poseidon fountain, infamous for scandalising locals upon its unveiling in 1931. This 7m-high colossus originally had private parts most men could only wish for. Alas it was all too much for Göteborg’s strait-laced citizens, who forced…
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Röhsska Museet
Refreshing Röhsska Museet is Sweden’s only art and design museum. Exhibitions cleverly contrast the classic and the cutting-edge, whether it’s Josef Frank and Bruno Mathsson furniture or 18th-century porcelain and Scandi-cool coat-stands. Eastern treasures include Chinese sculptures and Japanese theatre masks, while the museum’s burgeoning fashion collection spans haute couture to ’80s politicised T-shirts. Temporary exhibitions often favour the offbeat – think skateboard art and denim.
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Galleri Mors Mössa
The Haga district is Göteborg’s oldest suburb, dating back to 1648. A hardcore hippy hang-out in the 1960s and ’70s, its cobbled streets and vintage buildings are now a gentrified blend of cafes, op shops and boutiques. It’s also home to Galleri Mors Mössa, one of Göteborg’s better private art galleries.
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Hasselblad Center
There's an interesting sculpture hall at the Konstmuseet, the Hasselblad Center photographic collection, and temporary exhibitions covering the latest in Nordic art.
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