Malmö Konsthall
Visiting Malmö Konsthall means stepping straight into the art. Malmö Konsthall is one of the largest institutions for contemporary art in the Nordic region, located in the heart of Malmö. Each year, the art hall welcomes more than 250,000 visitors. Admission is always free to all exhibitions and programmes.
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Since opening its doors in 1975, Malmö Konsthall has presented contemporary art that challenges and inspires. Each year, the art hall stages three major exhibitions that reflect different aspects of the world we live in today. Malmö Konsthall serves as a platform for artists’ visions and fosters dialogue between artists and audiences. Alongside its exhibitions, the art hall offers an extensive public programme, both on site and in schools, as well as at venues across the city.
Art can be seen as part of a broader conversation. This is a perspective that has long informed Malmö Konsthall’s educational work in connection with its exhibitions, as well as its events where visual art engages with other cultural forms. The 2,000-square-metre exhibition space is transformed for each new exhibition, becoming a unique extension of the artworks on display.
Malmö Konsthall operates in both an international and a local context. The art hall presents the work of both international and local artists while seeking to root its exhibitions in the city and engage with its communities. Malmö Konsthall is part of the City of Malmö’s Department of Culture, and its distinctive open-plan architecture reflects the city’s commitment to making art accessible to everyone.
Since its opening in 1975, Malmö Konsthall has brought many major international artists to Malmö. Unlike a museum, the Konsthall has no permanent collection. It retains the flexibility to exist as a free space and adapts and responds to each new exhibition and contemporary trends. Our goal is to make the most of the unique potential of Malmö as an international, multicultural city, to remain strongly anchored in the local art scene and to acknowledge the diversity of artistic practices and visitor groups.
Malmö Konsthall is a meeting space for the local art scene and is strongly associated with the cultural life of the city. We want to base our work on the city and its residents and to connect with local organisations that share our goal of making art and culture accessible to all. Malmö Konsthall strives to be an art space for everyone in Malmö, a place where everyone can feel welcome, included and inspired. We want to ensure that the threshold to visit us is kept as low as possible. Malmö Konsthall seeks to engage new visitors by being as open and accessible as possible; there is never an entrance fee for our exhibitions or programmes.
Malmö Konsthall has a flexible, bright exhibition space that can be transformed from one exhibition to the next. It is essentially a white box and the flexibility of the exhibition space has become a highly appreciated feature among the artists who have shown here: almost any spatial idea can be realised within the 2,000 square metres of the Konsthall. Since its opening in 1975, the konsthall has presented almost 600 exhibitions of varying scope and scale.
Malmö Konsthall collaborates with a variety of cultural practitioners and offers a multidisciplinary programme that includes literature, music, film, performing arts and debate. Working simultaneously on local, regional, national and international levels, the Konsthall strives to widen the definition of art to the fullest extent possible.
The educational programme of Malmö Konsthall, mainly directed at children and young adults, provides hands-on creative experience to thousands of individuals each year. As a way of promoting a general interest in contemporary art and to encourage creativity, we organise workshops, both as part of the regular programming and through outreach activities and school visits. Malmö Konsthall also offers educational activities directed at art practitioners with disabilities. The Konsthall takes active measures to ensure that all residents of Malmö have equal access to art and cultural experiences.
Malmö Konsthall is part of the Cultural Administration of Malmö City. The activities of the Cultural Administration encompass everything from ensuring that children and young people have access to cultural life and opportunities for their own creativity, to major international art exhibitions, archive matters, extensive museum operations, libraries, and support for independent cultural initiatives. More about the cultural activities in Malmö here (in Swedish).
