The 2026 Portrait of Honour depicts the conductor Herbert Blomstedt and was painted by the artist Niklas Asker. The Portrait of Honour becomes part of the collection at the Swedish National Portrait Gallery and will be unveiled at Gripsholm Castle on 21 November.
On 30 October Fantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel will open at the Morgan Library & Museum. The exhibition has been organized by Nationalmuseum and is a smaller version of the exhibition displayed at the museum during this spring and summer.
Nationalmuseum has purchased a previously unknown artwork by the Italian Renaissance artist Lavinia Fontana. Fontana was one of the most successful Italian painters working in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and is considered one of the first professional woman painters.
This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents an exhibition exploring the rise of coastal and seaside tourism from 1870 to the mid-20th century and how it has been depicted in art. Experience a day at the beach through more than 200 works by artists such as Claude Monet, Anders Zorn, Peder Severin Krøyer, Sigrid Hjertén, Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Capa, and many others.
The spring craft exhibition Wilhelm Kåge & Shōji Hamada. Ceramics Across Borders brings together two masters of ceramics – one Swedish, one Japanese. Both shared a great love of form, clay and glaze. Both shared social engagement and were driven by a desire to combine beauty with function and create beautiful everyday objects – accessible to all.
Running concurrently with – and partly integrated into – the Sergel exhibition, a smaller exhibition celebrating the works of Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albrecht Couschi, also known as Badin, will be presented during the spring and summer.
In Spring and Summer 2026, Nationalmuseum will present a major exhibition on sculptor and draughtsman Johan Tobias Sergel. Sergel was a central figure in Swedish art during the late 18th century and is also considered one of the most important sculptors of his time on an international scale.
