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Stockholm’s Moderna Museet (Skeppsholmen; modernamuseet.se) is currently hosting a large-scale retrospective of works by legendary French-American artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010). One her best-known works is a large sculpture of a spider which she named Maman (1999), and which gave rise to her nickname as Spiderwoman in art circles. Bourgeois’ work addressed such themes as loneliness, betrayal, and the sense of loss, as well as the double standards concerning gender and sexuality in a male-dominated society. For Bourgeois, art was a form of psychotherapy, which she practiced almost until the day of her death at the age of 98. The exhibition of 105 of her works will be on display from February 12 until May 17.
If you are looking for thematically oriented accommodations, then Miss Clara (Sveavägen 48; missclarahotel.com) will fit the bill. The boutique hotel can be found in a former girls’ school in one of the city’s most prominent Art Nouveau buildings, with high ceilings and prominent windows being a characteristic feature. The femininely curved forms of the bed frames in the guest rooms and other thoughtful details remind one of the building’s historical past in an interior that tastefully mixes the old with the new. Miss Clara has 93 rooms and belongs to the Nobis chain of hotels, which is well-established in Scandinavia.
Everybody in Stockholm is talking about Hammarby Sjöstad – the former port and industrial territory that has been transformed into a modern and environmentally friendly neighbourhood, with several cafés and restaurants that have become destinations in themselves. One of the best known is the café/bistro/restaurant Fine Food Kärlek och Mat (Hammarby Allé 62; finefood.se). Its décor has been inspired by the plays of light that American photographer Jordan Sullivan captured in a photo series in Death Valley, California. Set up by the Swedish Note Design Studio, the minimalistic Scandinavian interior displays the lightness and romanticism of an idyllic desert haze with plays of colour that vary from dark to light green, turquoise, salmon pink and peach. For those who have become a bit weary of the robust industrial design that is customary in many contemporary establishments, Fine Food Kärlek och Mat will seem like a welcome breath of fresh air.
Image: Louise Bourgeois. Seven in bed, 2001. © Collection The Easton Foundation Photo: Christopher Burke, ©The Easton Foundation / Licensed by BUS 2015
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