Exhibitions

On until 3.5 2026

Opening 12.2 at 17.00—20.00

Shubigi Rao’s exhibition Pulp I—IV maps the destruction of books, attacks on libraries, the erasure of women’s voices, language loss, and activists running shadow libraries. This is the first comprehensive survey on the decade-long project Pulp, that accounts of how culture has been lost or destroyed, and the resistance that has grown in its wake.

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Activities

Ongoing

Welcome to Art Saturdays with Studio Funk!
We will meet on four Saturdays during the spring from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m

28 february
28 march
25 april
23 may

Art Saturdays are for anyone who wants to create and experience art. Together with artist Gazelle Kianoush, you will experience the art in our exhibitions and create using different materials. This is for adults with disabilities who live within the LSS (Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) system or work in daily activities. You can come alone or in a group. It is always free of charge. Materials and coffee are included.This time, we are offering a tactile tour of the exhibition Pulp I—IV with Shubigi Rao. In the tactile tour, we focus on the senses: what do we hear, feel and see?

Registration: anna-stina@tenstakonsthall.se

Studio Funk – Konstlördagar is made possible with support from Fritidsutvecklarna–Stockholm Stad

Image: Shubigi Rao, Untangling the Thicket: A Brief Guide to Pulp I–IV, detail, 2022 © Shubigi Rao
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Ellen Key Must Be Stopped! is a wild, beautiful, and poetic performance created and performed by Catti Brandelius and Anneli Jordahl, premiering during the jubilee year 2026, marking 100 years since Ellen Key’s death. It is a showy musical performance about one of Sweden’s most important thinkers.

The production combines newly written dialogue and music and portrays Ellen Key’s life in her home, Strand, by Lake Vättern, where she lived together with her housekeeper and “daughterly friend” Malin Blomsterberg. Through the relationship between Ellen and Malin, Ellen Key’s life story and groundbreaking achievements are brought to the fore: her passionate engagement in democratic movements—which also included children and women—and how this provoked outrage and fierce backlash. It depicts how she gathered women from all social classes at Strand for exchange, discussion, and education; how she was mocked and questioned; and how her work has shaped our society and continues to do so, a hundred years after her death. What drove her?

Tickets available here.

On stage: Catti Brandelius, Anneli Jordahl, and Åsa Johnsen
Script: Catti Brandelius and Anneli Jordahl
Dialogue: Anneli Jordahl
Music: Catti Brandelius, Eric Palmqwist, Juno Brandelius
Direction: Therese Hörnqvist
Set design: Linn Delin, Atelier Delin
Sound & Lighting: Simon Ahlgren, NANANA
Graphic design: Lotta Kühlhorn
Photography: Åse Bengtsson Helin
Producer: Elin Trogen, La Firme Catti Brandelius

Catti Brandelius is an artist and musician, known for her alter ego Miss Universum. She has previously written a song about Ellen Key and drawn on Key’s ideas in the performance Profesora (2005).
www.cattibrandelius.se

Anneli Jordahl is an author. She wrote the novel I Would Be Your Dog (If Only I Might Be in Your Presence), a fictional portrayal of selected episodes from Ellen Key’s life, including her love story with Urban von Feilitzen. Parts of the script are based on the book.

Practical information:
The performance is approximately 1 hour long, without intermission.
Seating is unnumbered.
No age limit. Younger children and infants should wear hearing protection.
Accessibility:
There is no designated wheelchair seating area in the audience, but the seating arrangement can be adapted.

Ellen Key has to be stopped is a guest production in collaboration with Tensta konsthall, with support from Konstnärsnämnden and Längmanska Kulturfonden.
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I samband med avslutningen av projektet Studio Funk - Samtidskonst för alla, och avslutningsdagen den 22 maj, har Tensta konsthall en utställning som går att se på Kulturtavlor runt om på stan. Konstverken på kulturtavlorna är gjorda av Sofia Arblom Sundblad, Flora Durnez, Hugo Karlsson och Jan Dubovan. På olika sätt kretsar konstverken kring teman som hur det är att vara konstnär med funktionshinder, identitet och representation.
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We’re wrapping up our Studio Funk project – Contemporary Art for All – and inviting you to a full day of activities: presentation, discussions, a workshop, a film screening and dance performance. Studio Funk has been made possible thanks to a two-year running grant from the General Inheritance Fund.

On 22 May, we're showcasing a mosaic of the project’s various components. The first part of the day will be devoted to a presentation of the project, a workshop with the Franstorp Verkstäder day centre, and a panel discussion. In the evening, we’ll set the stage for a film screening, a reading and a dance performance. Come and read, listen, hang out and celebrate with us!

You can come on your own or as part of a group.
Please register by 15 May at the latest. Register here.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Price: Free of charge, including lunch and dinner.
Sign language interpreter: available on site throughout the day.
A photographer will be on hand to document the event.

About Studio Funk
Studio Funk is a participant-led arts initiative that was launched in 2024 with support from the General Inheritance Fund. The initiative is aimed at – and created in collaboration with – young people with cognitive and physical disabilities. Read more about the project here:

Program
Daytime 11:00–15:00

11:20 Presentation of the project

11:45 Lunch + mingle

12:30 Workshop with Franstorp Verkstäder
Participants and educators from Franstorp Verkstäder’s daily activities will lead a workshop on textile block printing.

14:10 Panel discussion
Studio Funk’s reference group Members of Studio Funk’s reference group will lead a discussion on inclusion in cultural life. The reference group consists of cultural workers from the target group who are tasked with evaluating and improving the konsthall's digital and physical accesibility. Discussion with Sofia Arblom Sundblad, Ashraf Frugh, Juan Borroye and Flora Durnez. The discussion will be moderated by Alba Lindblad, project manager at Studio Funk.

Evening session: 17:00–20:00

17:20 Short introduction to the project

17.45 Film screening, In the Pool, Twin Trees
In the Pool, Twin Trees centres on the artists and twin sisters Jamila and Amina Ouahid, who are internationally recognised for their work with art in sign language. Through documentary and staged scenes, the film offers an insight into the sisters’ creative process as they explore poetry as a space for storytelling, identity and resistance. The screening will be followed by a short discussion with the filmmakers Karin Keisu and Josse Thuresson.

18.15 Dinner and mingle

19.00 Reading: Two Cities, a story by Ashraf Frugh
Ashraf Frugh is a writer and works at Disabled Refugee Welcome. He is a member of Studio Funk’s reference group and was a participant in the ‘Become an Art Producer with Studio Funk’ course held in autumn 2025. Ashraf will read his text, which is also included in Studio Funk’s publication. It is about his experiences of weaving as a child in Afghanistan and then encountering weaving as art at Tensta Konsthall in 2025.

19.15 we.dodance company – dance performance
we.dodance company is a dance company. The company includes people with disabilities. There are also people without disabilities. They work together. Everyone should be able to take part. In our dance, different bodies come together.

20.00 The evening closes
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Welcome to Art Camp in Tensta!

Are you between 15 and 19 years old and curious about art? Join a creative day camp exploring light, photography, and performance, led by artists Gazelle Kianoush and Carlos Martinez.

During four inspiring days in June, we’ll explore art in our surroundings—on building facades, in the subway, and in public squares. You’ll get to experiment with building your own cameras, take photos, and collaborate on a temporary public artwork that will become part of Taxingeplan, where the camp takes place. The camp ends with a vernissage and celebration, where we showcase what we’ve created together!

Dates: June 15–18
Time: 1–4 PM
Age: 15–19
Cost: Free (materials and snacks included)
Location: Tensta konsthall, Taxingegränd 10

With support from Familjebostäder, Svenska bostäder, Stadsholmen och Stockholmshem.
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Welcome to a Gardening Camp for Children and Families!

Join us for a hands-on gardening camp at Tensta konsthall’s allotment on Järvafältet. Together, we’ll learn about plants, fertilizers, soil, and how our planet works. Activities will take place both outside the art hall and at our allotment site on Järvafältet. Welcome to explore and learn together!

Dates: June 23–24
Time: 10.00–13.00
Age: 6–12 years (with family)
Cost: Free (materials and a light lunch included)
Meeting point: Tensta konsthall, Taxingegränd 10
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Always on

About Studio Funk
Studio Funk is a participant-led arts initiative that was launched in 2024 with support from the General Inheritance Fund. The initiative is aimed at – and created in collaboration with – young people with cognitive and physical disabilities. Through Studio Funk, we aim to open up contemporary art and make it accessible to more people. We work with artistic expression in both practical and theoretical ways, creating space for participants to experience, explore and influence art on their own terms.

A central part of our work is to highlight and explore issues relating to diversity, power, inclusion, ethnicity and challenging norms within the arts sector, and our ambition is to become a role model in the art world when it comes to accessibility and representation. Through our work with Studio Funk, we have established contact with network organisations and initiatives that work with our target group and its areas of interest. These include NUK: The Network for Universal Culture, the Independent Living Institute, Disabled Refugees Welcome, Farsta; 4inclusion, Kista; Konstskolan Linnea; Franstorps verkstäder, Sundbyberg.

Studio Funk—Contemporary Art for All
Allmänna Arvsfonden 2-year project
Period: September 2024—September 2026
Where? At Tensta konsthall and online

What is Studio Funk?
Studio Funk is a project aiming to create art activities for young people with various disabilities in the Järva area. We will have both a physical studio and digital studio where young people can participate in art and cultural activities.

Target Group
The project is for young people interested in:
Art
Social issues
Creative activities

How Do We Work?
A coordinator from the target group leads the project.
We collaborate with organizations working in art and culture.

What Do Participants Do?
Plan, take part in, and produce programs, workshops, studio visits, and audio guides for Studio Funk.
Help to improve accessibility, both at Tensta konsthall and online.

Earlier activities, Studio Funk:
Bli konstproducent - Höstkurs 2025
Franstorps Verkstäder gästar Studio Funk
VIP-visning av utställningen Fred med jorden
Från rock till oljud
Teckning med Sara Bayrami
Flytande tusch
Konstvisning med Studio Funk
Worskhop med Shamiram Adam

Contact Us
Inquiries: Anna-Stina Ulfström, curator.
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, women from the Järva area meet at Tensta konsthall to work with different kinds of crafts. Through joint handiwork, a safe space is made possible where conversation and exchange of experience is at the center. The craftsmanship skills that women in the group already have is amplified up and reinforced by teachers from Hemslöjden and by the other participants. Participants also meet visiting artists and make monthly excursions to Stockholm’s various craft sites, museums, and organizations. Women’s Café is a intimate venue free of constraints, costs, and commercial interests. Muna Alyaqoobi and Asha Mohamed lead the Women's Café.
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Fridays and Sundays we welcome participants to our Language Café, open for those who want to practice their basics in Swedish and Arabic, as well as get to make new friends and share experiences and thoughts. The Language Café particularily welcomes those who, for some reason, stand outside the Swedish educational system. During the meetings, we practice grammar, socialize, read simple books and excersise conversation. We are continuously looking for new volunteers.

Are you interested in joining in?
Contact Fahyma Alnablsi: fahyma@tenstakonsthall.se

During the warm months, the Language Café moves out to our allotment, our outdoor classroom. The Language Café is a part of The Silent University, an autonomous educational platform for asylum seekers, refugees and paperless people initiated by the artist Ahmet Ögüt (www.thesilentuniversity.org)
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Tensta’s Magic Wormholes is a digital artwork in augmented reality (AR)
This work is visible in the asphalt just outside Tensta konsthall on Taxingeplan. When you download the free app Tensta’s Magic Wormholes and point your phone at the sprayed patterns, a virtual world filled with memories and stories from around the globe open up on the screen. The patterns, suggested by Tensta residents in collaboration with Women’s Café at Tensta konsthall, reflect everything from the European history of the tulip with its Turkish roots to designs inspired by the underground church of Lalibela in Ethiopia.

Bella Rune (born 1971) lives and works in Stockholm. She was educated at Chelsea College of Arts in London and Beckmans School of Design in Stockholm. Rune primarily works with sculpture, experimenting with various materials and techniques, often incorporating performative elements. The app is produces together with Red Banners.
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Tensta Konsthall offers guided tours, workshops, the Creative School program, and educational resources for schools.

Shubigi Rao: Pulp I–IV: February 12–May 3, 2026
Tactile tour
Book a tactile mobile tour of the fantastic exhibition Pulp I–IV by Shubigi Rao from Singapore, where stories from flooded libraries, voices from hidden manuscripts, and banned books come to life through drawings, film, artist’s books, and photography. A tactile mobile tour is an interactive tour directly linked to the exhibition and inspired by the artworks. Together, we explore different materials, expressions, and methods. Tactile mobile tours can be booked for all ages and last approximately 45 minutes.
Suitable for customized school visits.
Free for middle school classes in Järva.Others: 900 SEK.
Can be booked Tuesday–Friday from February 17 to May 3, 2026.

Guided Tour
Book a guided tour of the current exhibition. A tour is around 40 min. Free for schools in Järva och SFI.
Other schools and art schools: 700 kr

Creative school
From Renaissance painters' apprentices, artist couples such as Carl and Karin Larsson and Andy Warhol with his The Factory in New York where people created together around the clock. In the workshop, students get to try collaborating on a theme and work in pairs to create a joint painting on the same canvas. The workshop is led by an art educator and artist who gives instructions and talks about collective creation throughout history. It will be an exercise in collaboration, communicating about abstract things and not least developing the ability to use the hands, brain and heart in sync.

Cost: 5,000 SEK/occasion and class.
Materials included.

NOTE! The school takes the cost from earmarked funds for Creative School. Ask your principal!

Creative School: Clay Sculpture—Nature Creatures, New Species, and Contemporary Mythology
For middle and high school students, takes about 90–120 minutes.

We work with clay sculpture. What could a nature creature look like today, with inspiration from mythology, sci-fi, and folk beliefs? The forest has always been a place for fairy tales and mystery. Man's close contact with nature and the need to explain the world through it have given rise to stories that have lived on through folk beliefs and forest creatures such as fairies, and trolls. We learn about folk beliefs, myths, what nature stood for historically, and how we can view it today. What would today's nature creature look like in light of climate change, human development, future monoculture, invasive species, and endangered flora? We work with clay. At Tensta konsthall.

Cost: 8,000 SEK/ event and class. NOTE! The cost is taken by the school from earmarked funds for Creative School. Ask your principal!

For questions and bookings, contact anna-stina@tenstakonsthall.se
For questions and bookings, contact anna-stina@tenstakonsthall.se (Anna-Stina Ulfström, mediator).
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