Stockholm Art Autumn 2026: 10 Exciting Shows

Text Eva Drakenberg

Stockholm is getting colder, but luckily its gallery scene is on absolute fire. From Iria Leino, exploring Buddhist spirituality through lyrical abstraction, to Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, merging fiction with reality to navigate darkness, the art awaits curious viewers. Forget warm coats this autumn; instead, let these ten shows light you up as they explore recurring themes of ego, tech, mythical realities, and human connection.

Find a gallery tour map here. All exhibits are free of charge.

DESTRUCTIVE EGOS

In response to our chaotic world, artists critique the destructiveness of Western individualism from historical and contemporary perspectives. At Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Iranian Omid Delafrouz (1982-) delves into the dark political history of Western territorial claims through witty oil paintings with associative motives. Close by at Carling Dalenson, Austrian Erwin Wurm (1954-) mocks the absurdity of our shopping-obsessed culture by pushing the boundaries of traditional sculpture. Can satire push us to self-reflection?

Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Omid Delafrouz, Terra Nullius
On view until October 30

Carling Dalenson. Erwin Wurm. Mind Bubbles & More
On view until October 31

TECH-MANIA

As technology advances, artists help us navigate its ethical concerns through perception, experimentation, and representation. At Anna Bohman Gallery, paintings by American artist Amy Feldman (1981-) blur the line between the natural and the artificial. Through the colour blue, Feldman invites us to consider perception, suggesting a connection between the blue of the sky and the light emitted by our screens.

At Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Thomas Broomé (1971-) asks us what makes human nature unique in the age of AI. In a dark room, we find the AI-infused installation PhoneticBody, which constantly creates meditative poems through sound and light. A possible answer emerges at Saskia Neuman Gallery, where Jonas Nobel (1970-) defines the concept of Authentic Intuition in opposition to AI. In his painting and sculpture, Nobel strives to represent human presence through an intuitive work process, using myths as frameworks.

Perhaps we are unique after all.

Anna Bohman Gallery, Amy Feldman, Lady Blues
On view until October 25

Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Thomas Broomé, False Idols
On view until October 10

Saskia Neuman Gallery, Jonas Nobel, Seducing Birds and Humans
On view until October 30

MYTHIC REALITIES

Sometimes pure fiction gives us the truest answers.

In what is believed by many to be this year’s most monumental art event, Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, known as Yung Lean (1996-), independently presents a body of work from 2016 to 2026, tracing a philosophical transformation in his navigation of darkness. Over ten years of painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, diorama, and film, the artist’s young nihilistic worldview seems to shift into an interconnected one, guided by tales like Bröderna Lejonhjärta, Nordic myths like Yggdrasil, and folktales like Näcken.

Nearby, in Stockholm’s Gallery District, Coulisse Gallery presents Ghosts & Gods, where Polish Łukasz Stokłosa (1986-) and French Nils Alix-Tabeling (1991-) explore what happens when myth moves between contexts, through sculpture and oil paintings. When should we follow mythology rather than rationality in our contemporary lives?

Stockholms Gasverk, Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, Collected Works 2016-2026
On view until October 11

Coulisse Gallery, Ghosts & Gods
On view until October 31

HUMAN CONNECTION

In the visual arts, one hears the word interconnectedness more often than ever, as artists reject the idea of humans as isolated entities. Instead, we are seen as part of nature, alongside animals and plants. From touching textile works by 90-year-old Gothenburg artist Bengt Falk (1936-) to spiritual lyrical abstraction by Finnish Iria Leino (1932-2022) and poetic bird motifs by Czech Alice Máselníková (1989-), we feel a sense of oneness. If the ego disconnects us, these artistic expressions instead succeed in connecting us to our complicated, but beautiful world.

CFHILL, Bengt Falk, Människan och livet
On view until October 9