January
Other. Resonance and connection. Welcome to a choir performance by the participants in a workshop led by Katarina Henryson, former member of The Real Group.
February
Guided tours. Museum curator Brita Täljedal gives a guided tour in the Ann Edholm / Tongue on the Tip exhibition.
Other. Lecture by Maria Göransdotter, Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University in connection to the Design Matters exhibition
Other. Art Friday on Saint Valentine’s Day! Mingling, design quiz and a design workshop. Bar and café. Free admission.
Guided tours. Museum curator Anders Jansson gives a guided tour in the Design Matters exhibition.
Other. Film Screening: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (71 min), 1995 by the film maker and artist Isaac Julien. Language: English.
Other. The annual book sale in the museum shop starts. Bargain books, art catalogues and various kinds of photo souvenirs.
March
. CANCELLED: Art Friday with Littfest – Umeå International Literature Festival. Opening of the Swedish Picture Book of the Year exhibition.
April
. Art Friday with an opening. During the evening we are inaugurating a retrospective with the American artist Faith Ringgold.
Guided tours. CANCELLED: Museum curator Anders Jansson gives a guided tour in the Faith Ringgold exhibition.
May
. CANCELLED: Tools for the Future is this year´s graduation exhibition by the Master´s student at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
Other. CANCELLED: Master´s students from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in their present their exhibition Tools for the Future
Other. CANCELLED: Public presentation of grants to graduating students from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in their exhibition Tools for the Future.
Other. CANCELLED: Presentation of VK’s Culture Prize 2020. Mingling and public conversation with this year’s prize-winner.
June
. Two new exhibitions are opened this Summer evening at Bildmuseet: Ground Control and Larissa Sansour / Heirloom
September
Guided tours. Museum curator Anders Jansson presents the exhibition Faith Ringgold and talks on a personal selection of art works.
Other. Public conversation between the curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Melissa Blanchflower, Serpentine Galleries, London, and museum curator Anders Jansson
Other. Jason Nemor Harden in a storytelling performance about the first black superstar. Paul Robeson transcended the colour barriers of the early 1900s.
Other. Gerd Aurell's drawing performance Svenska växter [Swedish Plants] is performed in the Ground Control exhibition during the day.
. Presentation by curators Clelia Coussonnet and Sofia Johansson. Gerd Aurell’s drawing performance Svenska växter is performed during the day.
October
Other. Award ceremony Picture Book of the Year: Karin Cyrén receives the Snowball award for her book Marathon, named the best Swedish picture book of 2019.
Other. Artist Céline Condorelli will talk about her project Zanzibar in a conversation with Sofia Johansson, curator of the exhibition Ground Control.
November
Other. Artist Maria Thereza Alves in conversation with curator Sofia Johansson. The conversation will mainly revolve around the exhibition Ground Control.
Other. Public conversation between artist Larissa Sansour and director Katarina Pierre, Bildmuseet. Language: English
