BOOK A TICKET VERKET PRESENTS A UNIQUE CONCERT EVENING WITH HORNDAL, THE LEGENDARY INTERMENT AND THE RESURRECTED SOCIETY GANG RAPE. On Saturday, October 4, Verket invites you to a concert in the heart of the old ironworks in Avesta with the metal heroes Horndal – and no less than two bands in the heavier school. It will be an evening where the echoes of history and the music […]
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b. 1978, Agata Oleksiak, Poland. Now lives in NYC Stitch by stitch, OLEK's artwork emerges in crochet that both clarifies and conceals objects. On the global art map, she is called the crochet queen. No one has used the craft of crochet as she has in expressing life's big questions. - Crochet becomes a metaphor for the structures of family, society and
Opening Monday 16/6 at: 13.00 2025 By Avesta Art artist in residence Amanda Karlsson's work A little god In her artistic practice, Amanda Karlsson (b. 1989, Karlstad) uses oil paint and works with wood in both two- and three-dimensional forms. She constructs scenographies and stages events, which she then documents and recreates in installations and paintings. Karlsson
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What is Avesta Art? What is Avesta Art? The art exhibition Avesta Art was introduced in 1995. The exhibition name itself contains several dimensions. The art gallery is unique, where each artist faces the challenge of creating an interaction – contrast or harmony – with the industrial heritage's own strong expressions in materials and monumental architecture. With artistic interpretations as an addition in a second
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Permanent art in the Avesta Art Museum Over the years, the museum has arranged summer exhibitions with different themes and focuses. Since 2011, Avesta Art has been an annual event with new invited artists, who, inspired by the powerful architecture of industrial heritage, shape the present with exciting artistic expressions. With history, art, science and technology as the cornerstones, learning environments have had their place for several years
About the Work What is the Work? The stately old ironworks buildings in Avesta are today a museum and a cultural arena unlike many others, filled with unique experiences. The work offers its visitors a mix of history, technology, art and culture in the unusually well-preserved industrial environment. It houses both permanent art installations integrated into the suggestively lit
