Category Archives: Art Exhibition

I had to go into Stockholm this morning to order my new Australian, almost expired, passport. This entailed a visit to the 8th floor of the incredibly tech controlled Waterfront building where the turnstiles talk directly to the lifts based … Continue reading →

Last November, I visited Liljevalchs for the Stockholm Cosmologies exhibition. As I wrote in my post that day, my favourite piece in the exhibition was by artist Ylva Snöfrid. Today, visiting Liljevalchs again, I was confronted by her latest works … Continue reading →

One day, Johan Tobias Sergel unveiled a statue he made, shocking Stockholm society. It was a representation of Venus, fresh from her bath, her gown lifted at the back, exposing her bottom shamelessly. While she was a copy of an … Continue reading →

As I was heading up the escalator at T-Centralen this morning, on the opposite set of moving steps a very large tour group, headed by a woman with a paddle, was heading down. The platform was quite crowded already so … Continue reading →

A long, long time ago, in a city far away, there was a goddess named Nisaba. She was at the birth of writing and of agriculture. The Sumerian people worshipped her for her wisdom and literacy. She wasn’t always the … Continue reading →

I felt very sad handing over my residency card today, but it had to be done. It was time. I had an appointment at the service centre in Liljeholmen, so I took the bus at 9am this morning and arrived … Continue reading →