Bildmuseets exhibitions are often self-produced and has made guest appearances in over fifteen countries. In recent years the museum has established itself as one of the country's most outstanding museums of contemporary art and visual art.
Seven exhibition halls total of 1 200 hectares provides room for diverse expressions of photography, painting, sculpture, drawings, graffiti, video and installations, photojournalism, scientific images, architecture and design.
In the spring of 2012 Bildmuseet will move to a new building situated on Umeå Arts Campus by the Umeå river. The new Bildmuseet, a seven-story building, which is now under construction, is expected to be completed in December 2011.
Bildmuseet is proud to present Tracey Rose: Waiting for God, the South African artist's first international large-scale solo exhibition. Spanning over 15 years of work, the show examines Tracey Rose's unique and compl[...]
September 16, 2011
London based artist Edith Marie Pasquier works with moving image, photography, sound and text installations. Wild birds and animals are her subject and she presents a philosophical and performative enquiry into our re[...]
June 5, 2011
The Spare Time exhibition explores the concept of spare time and the impact of recreational activities. What makes us experience well-being and satisfaction in our free time? How do we detach ourselves from work and o[...]
May 27, 2011
Katarina Pierre has been selected to lead Bildmuseet in the ongoing large investment at Umeå Arts Campus. Bildmuseet and its new director are facing quite an exciting period ahead. A fantastic museum building des[...]
May 19, 2011
One of the most important artists from the Middle East, Walid Raad says his work 'was in some ways made possible by the civil wars in Lebanon'. He playfully considers the effects of conflict not only on body and mind, bu[...]
February 1, 2011
In her video work, photographs and installations London based artist Zineb Sedira is investigating existential and human conditions of mobility, migration, transfer and displacement. In Middle Sea (2008) she stages the r[...]
September 7, 2010
How can we create an archive of the private memories of gender, love and sexuality that have been erased by official archives and excluded from the writing of history? How do we record and store feelings and intimacy? In[...]
January 18, 2010
Bildmuseet is proud to offer a major survey of the work of Maria Miesenberger. The exhibition includes the first complete presentation ever of the already legendary photographic project, Sverige/Schweden, Miesenberger’[...]
December 23, 2009
The Open Source Embroidery project includes workshops and exhibitions which investigate how the open source software development model has been incorporated into the language of cultural participation. This major exhibit[...]
June 2, 2009
