Gothenburg Museum of Art
Nordic and European art in a 1923 brick landmark crowning Götaplatsen square.
Gothenburg Museum of Art closes the vista at the head of Götaplatsen, the ceremonial square laid out for the exhibition marking the city's three hundredth anniversary in 1923. Sigfrid Ericson designed the yellow brick front as a tiered screen of arches rising above a broad flight of steps, a deliberately monumental full stop to the avenue Kungsportsavenyn. The building was enlarged in 1968 and again in 1996, and it is protected as a listed historic monument.
The collection runs from the fifteenth century to the present, with particular depth in Nordic painting. Its best known room is the Fürstenberg Gallery, which reunites the collection assembled by Pontus and Göthilda Fürstenberg and includes work by Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn and Ernst Josephson. European holdings take in Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet and Picasso, while the Hasselblad Center on the ground floor shows changing photography exhibitions. A major renovation and extension is scheduled to begin in 2028.
Highlights
- The Fürstenberg Gallery of Nordic art from the 1880s and 1890s
- Sigfrid Ericson's arcaded brick facade above the Götaplatsen steps
- Hasselblad Center, the museum's dedicated photography galleries
- European paintings including Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet and Picasso
