The documentary The Cool School is an abject lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose gang of idealistic beatniks into a circuit of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

Bonniers Konsthall presents the Finnish artist Pilvi Takalas Slight Chance. Welcome at 6 pm for an artist talk and opening of the exhibition!
This evening we also release the spring issue of Bonniers Konsthall magazine.

In this lecture, curator Liv Stoltz talks about the younger generation that she had the opportunity to meet in Los Angeles when curating the exhibition LA Trash & Treasure at Milliken Gallery 2006 – one of whom was Sterling Ruby.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

The characteristic expression of graffiti has long inspired artists working in the institutional art scene. What happens when the terms change contexts? Jacob Kimvall, art historian at Stockholm University and author of Zero Tolerance – The fight against graffiti  in conversation with gallery owners Jonas Kleerup and Jeanette Steinsland, representing a new generation of street art inspired artists.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

Mika Hannula, professor, writer, curator och critic, in a conversation about Pilvi Takala’s artistic practice.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

Jörg Heiser, critic, co-editor of Frieze Magazine and co-publisher of Frieze, gives a presentation of Sterling Ruby, putting his practice into a broader context where both Ruby’s inspiration and historical references, such as minimalism, Mike Kelley and brutalistic architecture, and Ruby’s later “softer” works are discussed.

Jörg Heiser is co-editor of frieze magazine, co-publisher of frieze d/e, and writes for the national daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. He is a visiting professor at Kunstuniversität Linz, and teaches at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg. His book All of a Sudden: Things that Matter in Contemporary Art (Sternberg Press) was published in 2008, and he co-edited (with Eva Grubinger) the volume Sculpture Unlimited (Sternberg Press 2011). Heiser curated the exhibition “Romantic Conceptualism” (2007, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, BAWAG Foundation Vienna). He lives in Berlin.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and seniors. Free for members and everyone 20 and under. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

This seminar focuses on sculptural materials and asks questions surrounding what materiality can be seen as today. What information is inherent in contemporary artists’ material choice and which shifts have influenced sculptural processes. Three artists working in three-dimensional fields discuss their view of sculpture today. With, among others, Zandra Ahl and Olav Westphalen. Camilla Larsson is the moderator.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

THE EVENING IS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Karin ”Kakan” Hermansson, Swedish artist, tv personality, DJ and club organizer, makes a more personal tour of the exhibition. As an artist, Kakan Hermansson works with questions surrounding gender, class and sexuality. She has arranged the nail-art salon Girls Club in both clubs and art gallerys.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

Florence Derieux is a French art historian and curator. Since 2008 she has been director of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, reims where she curated the previous Soft Work exhibition and initiated the basic idea of the tour.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and pensioners. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. Get your ticket from 11 am the same day at the Konsthall reception desk.

Matthew Barney, Cremaster Cycle  1-5, 1994-2002 (397 min).
Prelude for the Encore! film festival at Bonniers Konsthall. An all night screening of the epic Cremaster Cycle 1-5! by the American artist  Matthew Barney.
17.00 The bar opens and the screening begins.
20.30 – 21.30 During the worldwide climat event Earth Hour we take a break in the film and turn of the lights in the konsthall.
01.30 The night ends.

Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and seniors. Free for members and everyone under 20 years. To be sure you get a ticket, book in advance at program@bonnierskonsthall.se

Jennifer Bornstein, Celestial Spectacular, 2002 (4 min).
Matthew Barney, Drawing Restraint 9, 2012, (150 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

Ben Russell, Trypps #7 (Badlands), 2010 (10 min).
Daria Martin, Sensorium Tests, 2012 (20 min).
Mark Leckey, Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore, 1999 (15 min).
Ben Rivers, Two Years at Sea, 2009 (88 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

The night is introduced by Pierre Bismuth
AES+F, The Feast of Trimalchio, 2009 (25 min).
Renzo Martens, Episode III:Enjoy Poverty, 2009 (90 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

Chris Marker, La Jeteé, 1962 (28 min).
Lea Porsager, The Anatta Experiment, 2012 (24 min).
Omer Fast, CNN Concatenated, 2002 (18 min).
Christian Jankowski, Casting Jesus, 2012 (45 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

The night is introduced and curated by the american artist Lisa Tan.

Moyra Davey, Les Goddesses, 2011 (61 min).
John Bock, Gast, 2004, (11.24 min).
Lisa Tan, Sunsets, 2012 (23 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

John Smith, Girl Chewing Gum, 1976 (12 min).
Jeremy Deller, The Battle of Orgreave, 2001 (63 min).
Phil Collins, marxism today (prologue), 2010 (35 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

Trisha Donnelly, Untitled, 2012 (90 min).
Encore! is a film festival organized by Bonniers Konsthall and takes place at Biografen Sture (Birger Jarlsgatan 41A) every Monday and Tuesday from March 25 to April 16. The tickets, 50 SEK, are sold via SF:s homepage.

The artist talk is postponed due to illness.

Danish artist Jeppe Hein’s installations and sculptures play with our sensory experiences and let the audience take an active role. In this artist talk Jeppe Hein is reflecting on his  art and the installations on view at Bonniers Konsthall. The talk will be in English.
Limited number of seats. 80 kr; 60 kr for students and seniors. Free for members and all 20 and under. To be sure you get a ticket, book in advance at program@bonnierskonsthall.se