What's on
The Academy of Fine Arts has many collaborative projects and there are always exhibitions and program activities within a broad cultural field taking place in the building.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
SCHOLARSHIPS
URBAN ARCHITECTURE
The Jan Inghe-Hagström Memorial Fund aims to support applied and theoretical education in the memory and spirit of Jan Inghe with the aim of developing Swedish urban planning.
Application period
8 September – 22 September 2026
LOOK IN AFTERWARDS
CULTURAL POLITICS ELECTION DEBATE
This year is an election year.
On March 18, the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Visual Arts Sweden organized a cultural policy election debate where parliamentarians explain how they want cultural policy to develop during the next term.
You can watch the debate afterwards here:
THE FIRE AT THE ACADEMY OF ARTS
DOCUMENTATION
On June 7, 2025, a fire broke out at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
This documentation tells the story of the fire's course of events. About extinguishing work, clean-up work and the many efforts made by rescue services, soot specialists, carpenters, builders, conservators and building antiquarians, among others, to quickly save and restore the building and its collections.
NEW MEMBERS
In 2026, the Academy of Fine Arts has been strengthened by two new members who are prominent in their respective fields. Both bring valuable expertise and new perspectives to the academy's work.
Maria Lind has been elected as a new honorary member. Maria Lind is a curator, writer and educator with extensive experience in the Swedish and international art scene. For more than three decades, she has developed an internationally influential curatorial practice that combines artistic immersion with institutional development.
Christian Andersson has been elected as an artist member. His artistry raises questions about how the world – inside and outside of art – works, what is reality and what is illusion. From this distinctive and relevant position, he captures something of our time, characterized by AI and alternative narratives.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
THE ACADEMY OF ARTS ACTIVITIES
TO THE DEFENSE OF VALHALLABAD
The Academy of Fine Arts supports the cultural heritage organization Europa Nostra and the architectural association FASAD's fight against the demolition of Valhallabadet, Gothenburg – one of Europe's seven most endangered cultural heritage sites.
RESIDENCE PERMIT
– difficult equation for artists
Alqumit Alhamad has been living and working in Sweden since 2017, and is one of many who have now had their application for a permanent residence permit rejected. The Swedish Migration Board states that he cannot demonstrate regular income from a permanent employer as the reason for the decision.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPE BEST IN FREEDOM
The Academy of Fine Arts, like the Academy of Fine Arts, wants to strongly emphasize the importance of continued artistic and academic freedom for art and architecture.