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Nils Johan Tjärnlund's extensive survey on the Swedish builder and entrepreneur Olle Engkvist Ett praktverk om byggmästaren och entreprenören Olle Engkvist som byggde stora delar av det moderna Sverige.…

In A Living Practice, seven artists from Konstfack’s Research Lab CRAFT! (2024–2025) explore artistic research as a living, unfolding event—where textiles, memory, ritual, and materiality converge in deeply personal and…

A magician in practice and book making. This dissertation is a hand-made wonder From the publisher This book unfolds an assemblage of social processes, tools, and terrains, that together…

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond årsbok 2020 Enligt FN kommer närmare 70 procent av jordens befolkning att leva i allt större städer år 2050. Men att bo i städer innebär också…

Kan man skilja verk från person? From the publisher: Christer Strömholm är en av våra mest firade fotografer, belönad med Hasselbladpriset och representerad på Moderna Museet och MoMA.…

Pontus Hultén was one of the major museum directors, nationally and internationally, in his time. He built up important art institutions, primarily Moderna Museet Stockholm, the Centre Georges…

A performative short story by the multi-talented aesthetician, artist, artistic researcher, and musician Andreas Hiroui Larsson. From the publisher A book about losing perspective and scale, through an accidental or unmitigated…

Ann-Sofie Back is a Swedish fashion designer known for her avant-garde, subversive, and conceptual designs challenging traditional beauty standards and norms. From the publisher: Comprehensive monograph showcasing…

The rise and fall of the modernist society – a collaborative investigation into two cities. From the publisher: “Deconstructing Diagramming Dreaming” is based on artist Annika Thörn Legzdins’s photographs and…

Artists books from over 400 artists – this is a pioneering survey by the Swedish art historian Thomas Millroth. From the publisher: In Artists’ Books from a…

Aspects of the relationship between architecture and welfare. This anthology is based on an interdisciplinary research project (Restoring the Welfare State; Heritage and the Recent Past) by KTH Stockholm, Oslo…

Gain insight into the life of a mask and puppet maker, and the world that can be crafted by hand. In Swedish only. Arne Högsander är en mångsidig…

Tjugofem yngre konstnärer skriver om vägarna till sina konstnärskap När blir man konstnär och hur går det till? Tjugofem yngre konstnärer som etablerat sig under 2000-talets…

A collection of essays on interplay between photography and literature En ny antologi visar hur fotografiet har utvecklat och vitaliserat litteraturen – och vice versa From the publisher: Fotografins…

Part of a research symposium series, Negative – a collaboration between Valand Academy & Hasselblad Foundation Today we are all photographers. Self-portraits are everywhere and snapshots…

“Mountains mesmerise. Mediated by painters, writers and thinkers, or viewed in person: rock and voluminous air tend to exercise an unsettling pull.” Negative Geology: A Cultural…

A practice-based doctoral thesis investigating a state of hyper-politics where each everyday gesture and micro-event is written into macro-political events. About the book: “Three or Four Irrelevant Stories, Art and…

Essays investigating the notion of mental and social landscapes and their insular realms, sprung from an exhibition at Bergsjöns Konsthall 2022. From the publisher: The publication Between Affinity…

Boken 50 år av kollektiv kraft – om lust, gemenskap och konsthantverk i Blås & Knåda kan betraktas som ett stycke kulturhistoria. From the publisher: Berättelsen om…

A festschrift: The collection of essays, art and literature in Swedish, French or English. From the editors: This festschrift was produced during the pandemic time of 2020 in order…

Formulated as a feminist project, written as a pulp fiction Brady Burroughs' PhD Dissertation aims to displace the culture of critique, by questioning and undermining relationships…

Part of a research symposium series, Negative – a collaboration between Valand Academy & Hasselblad Foundation The impact of our industrialized culture on nature - including…

AWARDED SVENSK BOKKONST 2022 - Best Swedish book design A new biography on the famous museum director Pontus Hulten From the publisher: Pontus Hultén (1924 2006) anses av många…

Reappraisal of what Critical Theory is today From its inception, Critical Theory was a project that not only intended to study modern society, but also to change it. Today, with…

What it takes to work with art outside the exhibition space? An anthology with texts by international curators and artists. ”Curating Context” describes a field where the curatorial…

The Stockholm-based, art and architecture collective DAAR is run by architects Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti. From the publisher: Since their first work , Stateless Nation, at…

Daar is rethinking the refugee camp as a political space. The Stockholm-based, artist and architectural collective DAAR is run by architects Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti. Daar…

Första volymen i Art & Theory's nya pocket serie – ”Separat” är konstnären Dana Sederowskys första skönlitterära publikation. Solo is the English language edition! From the publisher: I “Separat”…

First volume in a new series from Art & Theory: ”Solo” is visual artist Dana Sederowsky's first novel. From the publisher: In “Solo,” Dana Sederowsky has created a…

Paris in the 1920s under the direction of Rolf de Mare - Ballets Suédois was a groundbreaking, experimental dance ensemble. In the post-war 1920s, new…

Literary and aesthetics scholar, bow blouse advocate and the Swedish Accademy's secratary: Professor Sara Danius made a lasting imprint not only in academic circles but also fashion. Litteraturprofessor,…

Two sculptures commissioned by the city of Uppsala. From the publisher: Feelings Are Facts är två skulpturer beställda av Uppsala kommun i samband med utbyggnaden av Studenternas arena, som ligger centralt i staden invid…

Two artists from different centuries unite in a profound kinship, beautifully captured in this richly illustrated book. From the publisher: Edit Sihlberg received the first scholarship to…

From essays on dance and choreography to fictional stories From the publisher: Efva Lilja arbetar med koreografi som dans, bild och text. I tre böcker, illustrerade av författaren…

AWARDED SVENSK BOKKONST 2024 - Best Swedish book design Handarbetets Vänner (The Swedish Handicraft Society) turns 150 years, and celebrates the occassion with this book covering the artistry and craftsmanship from…

Decentring the human in art history in favour of non-human animals. This book centers around Lindahl's practice-based doctorial thesis from 2022. From the publisher: Resistance within the Museum Fauna is a book that…

What is the role of craft and art today and in the future? This book is a correspondence in essay form between glass artist Evelina Dovsten and designer & professor…

A poetic journey through family secrets and healing, told in hauntingly beautiful photograms. From the publisher: In every family, there are mysteries and traumas that have not…

Scandinavia's premiere jazz venue – and since the past 40 years the club has been operated by The Association of Swedish Jazz Musicians. Over 120 pages with solely…

Support Ukraine! Proceeds go to Nadija Children’s Hospital & Research Institute. The book is a collaboration between  Arvinius + Orfeus and Måndagsrörelsen för Ukraina En unik…

Paul Scheerbart's Glasarchitektur manifest from 1914, followed by Bruno Taut's The Crystal Chain and Walter Benjamin's essay ”Experience and Poverty” “Vi lever för det mesta i slutna rum. De…

This stunning little book explores urban planning as a tension between utopian hopes and dystopian forecasts, questioning whether urpan planning's pursuit of growth worsens the crisis it aims to solve.…

An investigation of material's relation to human desire. From notes on basic elements such as phosphorus, lithium and iron, to reflections on the human desire in relation to material, the…

How does architecture mediate urban transformation? Hannes Frykholm's doctorial thesis from KTH Royal Institute of Technology speculates on the possibilities for re-imagining the border between building and city,…

A spatial biography of an ordinary apartment built in the 40s, offering a perspective on architecture, time, and the poetics of everyday life. The book includes a loose-leaf…

The birth of abstraction! Based on a seminar held at the Guggenheim during their af Klint exhibition in 2018 – the most popular show in the museum's history At…

Hobnob is a creative studio, a cyber magazine and a printed biannual, founded by Fanny Ekstrand and Linn Eklund in 2019. Hobnob creates content and experiences, physical as well as…

A five-part lyrical and visual exploration—drawing on Wilde, Stein, Glissant, and Ahmed—of how text and image are inseparable, a claim echoed in its own bespoke typography and notebook-like design. …