Scandinavia House - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Scandinavia House. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Narrative Threads: Works by Eight Nordic Artists” Exhibition
Narrative Threads: Works by Eight Nordic Artists presents multi-media artwork by Nordic artists, each distinguished by their innovative use of natural, synthetic, and digital materials. Exploring Nordic...More »
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“Arctic Highways” Exhibition
Scandinavia House, Arctic Highways brings together the artwork and handicrafts of 12 Indigenous artists from Sápmi, Canada and Alaska in an exhibition highlighting the thriving cultural and spiritual...More »
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“Cutting Edges: Nordic Concrete Art from the Erling Neby Collection” Exhibition
Cutting Edges: Nordic Concrete Art from the Erling Neby Collection, an exhibition of more than 30 paintings, drawings, and sculpture by leading Nordic artists. The works, characterized by combinations...More »
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“Nordic Impressions” Exhibition
Nordic Impressions: Contemporary Art from Åland, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden opens at Scandinavia House this February. This new exhibition brings together a wide array of artistic...More »
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“Light Lines: The Art of Jan Groth, Inger Johanne Grytting, and Thomas Pihl” Exhibition
This new exhibition celebrates three Norwegian artists who have influenced and continue to influence one another with work that employs the power of the reductive, sharing close ties to the New York community,...More »
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“The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography” Exhibition
The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography, brings the photographic work of the master painter to NYC for its first showing in the U.S. Internationally celebrated for his paintings, prints, and...More »
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“Independent Visions: Helene Schjerfbeck And Her Contemporaries” Exhibition
Independent Visions: Helen Schjerfbeck and Her Contemporaries from the Collection of Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, an exhibition presenting fifty-five works by four celebrated Finnish artists, opens...More »
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“Borrowed Time: Icelandic Artists Look Forward” Exhibition
Borrowed Time: Icelandic Artists Look Forward presents the work of contemporary Icelandic artists currently engaged in the global dialogue on sustainability and the issues—environmental, economic, cultural,...More »
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“Another North” Exhibition
Another North will feature the work of contemporary Nordic artists that use landscape to limn the boundary between the known and the unknown, reimagining it as a multivalent space at once familiar and...More »
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“Painting Tranquility: Masterworks by Vilhelm Hammershøi” Exhibition
Presenting 24 masterpieces by celebrated Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi, Painting Tranquility is drawn entirely from the extensive collection of SMK - The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. The...More »
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“The Queen Sonja Print Award” Exhibition
Prize Prints celebrates The Queen Sonja Print Award, a biennial prize established to encourage young artists working in the graphic arts. The exhibition features recent work by the 2012 and 2014 prize...More »
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“Voyage to the Virtual” Exhibition
The first Scandinavia House exhibition dedicated to digital, moving image, and light-based Nordic art, Voyage to the Virtual takes the metaphor of “the voyage” - a concept deeply rooted in Nordic identity...More »
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“Iceland: Artists Respond to Place” Exhibition
ICELAND: Artists Respond to PlaceICELAND: Artists Respond to Place focuses on the rich and complex relationship of contemporary Icelandic artists to the singular geography of their country—one of the most...More »
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“Sámi Stories: Art and Identity of an Arctic People” Exhibition
“Sámi Stories” is a landmark exhibition examining the history, identity, and visual culture of the indigenous Sámi people. Featuring a selection of contemporary artworks and traditional duodji (handicraft)—...More »
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“Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography” Exhibition
“Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography” presents over 30 recent works by 10 emerging and established photographers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden whose practices demonstrate...More »
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“Danish Paintings from the Golden Age to the Modern Breakthrough: Selections from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr.” Exhibition
Drawn from the distinguished private collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr., Danish Paintings from the Golden Age to the Modern Breakthrough: Selections from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb...More »
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"New Wave Finland: Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School" Exhibition
An exhibition featuring the work of young photographers and video artists from Finland’s distinguished Helsinki School. Established in 1995, the Helsinki School comprises selected alumni and faculty from...More »
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"Luminous Modernism: 1912-2012" Exhibition
"Luminous Modernism" comprising some 50 paintings by leading Scandinavian artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries-- including Edvard Munch, Vihelm Hammersøi, and Anders Zion-- revisiting a groundbreaking...More »
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"North by New York: New Nordic Art" Talk by Robert Storr
"New York: New Nordic Art" co-curator Robert Storr will speak about the works included in the exhibition, as well as the process involved in gathering it. Painter, critic, curator, and art historian...More »
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"North by New York: New Nordic Art" Talk by Robert Storr
"New York: New Nordic Art" co-curator Robert Storr will speak about the works included in the exhibition, as well as the process involved in gathering it. Painter, critic, curator, and art historian...More »
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"North by New York: New Nordic Art" Exhibition
"North by New York: New Nordic Art" is a condensed overview of recent art from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Curated by Robert Storr and Francesca Pietropaolo, the works- including painting,...More »
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"Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion" Exhibition
"Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion" showcases Swedish fashion designers who take an environmentally-friendly and ethical approach to their work, without sacrificing style. On view through the...More »
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"SNØHETTA: architecture – landscape – interior" Exhbition
The innovative, award-winning, and environmentally conscious architectural firm, Snøhetta, is featured in a multi-faceted exhibition which offers insights into the design and construction of the firm’s...More »
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Carl Fredrik Hill "Swedish Visionary and Modernist; Drawings from the Malmö Art Museum"
The first major exhibition in America devoted to Carl Fredrik Hill (1849-1911), one of the most important and original Swedish artists of the 19th century, focuses on the series of astonishingly visionary...More »
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"Northern (L)attitudes: Norwegian and American Contemporary Art" Exhibition
A collection of photographs, paintings, videos and mixed media, this exhibition will celebrate the works of nine provocative contemporary artists (four American, five Norwegian). A transatlantic cross-pollination...More »
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"Victor Borge: A Centennial" Exhibition
Affectionately known as “The Great Dane,” Victor Borge was a unique combination of musician, humorist, and humanitarian. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, The American-Scandinavian Foundation...More »
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"Sublime Nature: Romantic Paintings of the 19th Century: Norwegian & Swiss Landscapes from the Collection of Asbjørn Lunde" Exhibition
This exhibition will feature 49 landscape paintings by 13 of the period’s most prominent artists, shedding light on the political and historical parallels within the Romantic movement. Among the most celebrated...More »
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"From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art" Exhibition
This survey of contemporary Icelandic art from the National Gallery of Iceland includes sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and videos by 20 of Iceland’s most acclaimed artists. No strangers...More »
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"From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art" Artist Talk
In conjunction with the opening reception for "From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art." [Image: Icelandic Love Corporation "Nest" (2004) mixed media]More »
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"Ars Fennica: Finnish Art Now" Exhibition
Scandinavia House presents recent work by four of Finland’s most prominent and critically acclaimed artists: photographer and video artist Elina Brotherus, sculptor Markus Kåhre, painter Elina Merenmies,...More »