Center for
contemporary art

Current and upcoming exhibitions and events
Almost Swedish?

Almost Swedish?

Astrid Trotzig
Wednesday 21 May 2025
7pm

The writings of Astrid Trotzig are driven by questions of identity and belonging, loneliness and exclusion, but also by questions about the relationship between parents and children. In her talk, she takes SIGNAL’s current exhibition I»

I dance on the wings of a shark

I dance on the wings of a shark

Jennie Jieun Lee, David Permén

21 March–15 June 2025
Opening Friday 21 March 7-9pm

Closed for Easter 18–20 April & 1 May

In 1801, Marie Laveau, historically known as the iconic Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Louisiana is born. A free woman of color,… »

Book release: Red Anemone

Book release: Red Anemone

by Ida Börjel
Wednesday 7 May 2025
7-9pm

Red Anemone by Ida Börjel

FIVE INVITED GUESTS
Nimat Hasan – poetry
Salman Nawati – oud
Bissan Edwan – poetry
Tina Quartey – frame drum
Petra Mölstad reads Jasim Mohamed’s… »

Connecting the Dots: The Refused Witnesses

Connecting the Dots: The Refused Witnesses

Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Wednesday 2 April 2025
7pm

In 2020, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and #RhodesMustFall, the artist group Anonymous Artists removed a replica plaster bust of Frederik V from the Assembly Hall of the Art Academy in Copenhagen… »

Is peace and reconciliation a possibility for me?

Is peace and reconciliation a possibility for me?

Bernt Hermele
Tuesday 18 February 2025
7pm

I am a writer, 71 years old born and living in Stockholm.
In 2002 my mother was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber during a visit to Israel. In 2005 I made a TV documentary… »

Spring 2019, and onwards...

Spring 2019, and onwards…

Every day, we calendar our minutes ad absurdum, yet we feel constantly behind schedule.
Every day, we process a massive overload of information, yet we never feel updated enough.
Every day, we connect to the whole world and beyond, yet what we most… »