![Anders Holmer, from the book Utflykt [The Excursion] (2025). Courtesy of the artist.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_xy_center,q_auto:good,w_746,x_500,y_291/ajtoubkk227dij57uz4orn)
Anders Holmer’s Utflykt [The Excursion] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2024. On March 14, in conjunction with the award ceremony at Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of the original illustrations from the winning book.
"Shubigi Rao / Pulp I–IV," opening at Bildmuseet on March 14, is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s decade-long project so far about censorship, destruction of books, assaults on literacy and libraries, erasure of women’s voices, and loss of languages.
![© Aron Landahl, from the picture book Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], 2023. Courtesy of the artist.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/kmka4uvzowjeq7qeynye)
On 15 March, an exhibition opens with Aron Landahl’s original paintings for Alla äter alla [Everybody Eats Everybody], selected as the year’s best Swedish picture book. The opening will take place during Bildmuseet’s Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival.
![© Emma AdBåge, from her picture book Såret [The Wound]](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/mzgbsldj4ftesq6luzvo)
Emma AdBåges’s Såret [The Wound] has been awarded the Snöbollen [Snowball] prize for Swedish Picture Book of the Year. Bildmuseet’s exhibition of original illustrations from the winning book will open on Friday 26 May, and journalists are welcome to contact us for a preview and presentation.
On Art Friday October 21, Bildmuseet will present a new exhibition: The TV Trampoline / From Children’s Television to Contemporary Art and Literature. Press previews are offered on Thursday October 20 according to agreement (RSVP).
Mats Jonsson is one of Sweden's most prominent graphic novel artists. On June 17, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition based on his latest book När vi var samer [When We Were Sami], the first graphic novel to be nominated for the August Prize in the fiction category. Welcome to the press preview of Mats Jonsson / Still Sámi on Thursday, June 16 at 10:00 (RSVP).
![Pija Lindenbaum’s Vitvivan och Gullsippan [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/e7o3mgxykrnourbookug)
Pija Lindenbaum’s "Vitvivan och Gullsippan" [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been awarded the Snöbollen [Snowball] prize for Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021. March 19, in conjunction with the award ceremony during Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of original illustrations and sketches from the winning book.
![From the picture book Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke.](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_sm,q_auto:good,w_746/ncsvyvac8wqb8f096rtt)
Kom dagen, kom natten [Come Day, Come Night] by Åsa Lind and Emma Virke is named the best Swedish picture book in 2020 and honoured with the national award Snöbollen. In conjunction with the prize ceremony at Umeå International Literature Festival, Bildmuseet inaugurates an exhibition presenting the awarded book.
Featuring works by contemporary international artists, essays about physics and art, as well as extracts from conversations between physicists and artists, the book Entangle: Physics and the Artistic Imagination is an introduction to how particle physics is inspiring the work and practice of contemporary artists.
During its Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival – on 15 March, Bildmuseet Contemporary art museum will open the Swedish Picture Book of the Year exhibition. Author and artist Eva Lindström will participate in the opening ceremony.
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