SURR / 03
What's on in & around Stockholm in the second half of December & start of January
Welcome to SURR #3!
This is the final newsletter of 2024 before a brief holiday break. You'll find a mix of events happening throughout the holiday period and into early January. Events with entry fees are noted - all others are free.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make SURR possible and gotten us off to such a great start! SURR will return on Thursday, January 9th with the first newsletter of 2025. Until then, follow us on Instagram as we’ll be sharing events and updates to stories.
Wishing you a warm and love-filled holiday season.
— Ludi (SURR’s Founder)
SURR WEEKEND
A selection of events happening already tomorrow & this weekend. They’ll also be listed in their corresponding categories below, but are pinned here to make sure you don’t miss them when making your weekend plans:
Woodcut printing workshop with Sissela Nordling Blanco @ Konstfack. Thursday 12 December, 17:00. For BIPOC/Global majority only [REG. REQUIRED]. DM or email to register. More info >>
Sensitive KIDS Club FLSTN-D2 Lucia Pop-Up Shop: Late Night Edition @ Morfar Ginko, Swedenborgsgatan 13. Thursday 12 December 18:00-01:00. With a portion of proceeds donated to Palestinagrupperna. More info >>
Stone Butch Blues (in Swedish) Release Party @ Reimersholme Hotel. Friday 13 December 18:00-late, with readings and performances. 20 SEK from each book sale goes to emergency fundraising for Palestine. More info >>
Winter Group Exhibition @ Galleri Artem. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 13:00-16:00. More info >>
Femte Elementet Nordic Miso Tasting @ Kalf & Hansen Mariatorget. Saturday 14 December 12-16. More info >>
Ett samtal om segregration (a talk on segregation) @ Kafé 44. Saturday 14 December 13:00-15:00. More info >>
Charleville Hoodoo (Jan Ramstedt) @ SKF Konstnärshuset. Finnissage: Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. There will also be a poetry performance from Susanne Halvardsson. Read more >>
Unpunished Goodbyes (Evelina Jonsson, Bartosz Kowal, Ant Łakomsk, Ian Lewandowski) @ Coulisse Gallery. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. More info >>
Solo Exhibition (Ola Marklund) @ Candyland. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 17:00-22:00 (performance by Jon Rekdal at 17:30). More info >>
FutureBrownSpace The AfroStar Galactica + Marquis Bey @ MDT. 11-14 December. Global Majority Viewing on Saturday 14 November 20:00 [250 SEK/PAY WHAT YOU CAN] More info >>
Haningesalongen 2024 @ Haninge Konsthall. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. More info >>
Urban Artists Christmas Market & Exhibition @ Bohusgatan 27, Skanstull. Saturday 14 December 11:00-19:00. More info >>
Lumen Project: Winter @ Eric Ericssonhallen. 15 December 18:00-19:30 [200 SEK/PAY WHAT YOU CAN] More info >>
Artist Talk: Maria Taube in conversation with Eva Andréasson @ Farsta Galleri. Sunday 15 December 14:00. More info >>
Färgfabriken julmarknad @ Färgfabriken. 14 & 15 december 11:00-17:00 [60 SEK] More info >>
VERNISSAGES
The Illusion of Time (Ruth Orkin) @ Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Galleri 3. Vernissage: Thursday 12 December 17:00-19:30. More info >>
Lost Vessel (coyote) @ Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus. Vernissage: Thursday 12 December 19:00. More info >>
We don't know where the shore is (Magali Cunico) @ Id:i Galleri (Tjärhovsgatan 19). Vernissage: Friday 13 December 17:00-20:00. More info >>
Winter Group Exhibition @ Galleri Artem. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 13:00-16:00. More info >>
Unpunished Goodbyes (Evelina Jonsson, Bartosz Kowal, Ant Łakomsk, Ian Lewandowski) @ Coulisse Gallery. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. More info >>
Solo Exhibition (Ola Marklund) @ Candyland. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 17:00-22:00 (performance by Jon Rekdal at 17:30). More info >>
Haningesalongen 2024 @ Haninge Konsthall. Vernissage: Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. More info >>
LAST CHANCE EXHIBITIONS CLOSING THIS MONTH & NEXT:
Charleville Hoodoo (Jan Ramstedt) @ SKF Konstnärshuset. Saturday 14 December 12:00-16:00. There will also be a poetry performance from Susanne Halvardsson. Read more >>
1000 Villages (Massinissa Selmani) @ Index. Last day: Sunday 15 December. More info >>
En lek med okända (Torbjörn Länk) @ Väsby Konsthall. Last day: Sunday 15 December. Read more >>
D E C O D E R (Therese Norgren) @ Galleri Mejan. Last day: Sunday 15 December.
Lika Olika Unika Vinterutställning @ Ateljé X, Bromma Folkhögskola. Last day: Monday 16 December 12:00-15:00. Read more >>
Lie Fallow (Dimen Hama Abdulla) @ Saskia Neuman Gallery. Last day: Wednesday 18 December 2024. Read more >>
SLASK: Closing Lounge with KulturBKollektivet + Isolde Molarin @ Parallel Collective Gallery, Svartensgatan 10. Wednesday 18 December 17:00-22:00. [REGISTRATION REQUIRED] More info >>
Pepparkakshus 2024 (Gingerbread House Exhibition) @ ArkDes. Last day: Sunday 12 January 2025. More info >>
CULTURE EVENTS & PERFORMANCE
FutureBrownSpace The AfroStar Galactica + Marquis Bey @ MDT. 11-14 December. Global Majority Viewing on Saturday 14 November 20:00 [250 SEK/PAY WHAT YOU CAN] More info >>
Stone Butch Blues (in Swedish) Release Party @ Reimersholme Hotel. Friday 13 December 18:00-late, with readings and performances. 20 SEK from each book sale goes to emergency fundraising for Palestine. More info >>
Lumen Project: Winter @ Eric Ericssonhallen. Sunday 15 December 18:00-19:30 [200 SEK/PAY WHAT YOU CAN] More info >>
Yalda Night Celebration & Poetry reading @ Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus. Thursday 19 December 18:00-20:00. Organized by Elijah Rezaie, Yalda Night, is a tradition from Afghanistan and Iran that celebrates hope and the eternal cycle of light during the darkest time of year. A night of poetry readings from invited poets. More info >>
EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS
Woodcut printing workshop with Sissela Nordling Blanco @ Konstfack. Thursday 12 December, 17:00. For BIPOC/Global majority only [REG. REQUIRED]. DM or email to register. More info >>
Workshop Care Bar with Act of Caring @ Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum. Event: Thursday 12 December 16:00-18:00 More info >>
Open studio @ Kulturhuset Cyklopen (Magelungsvägen 170) Tuesdays December 17 & January 7, 18:00-22:00. A place where everyone is welcome to create freely, painting, crafts—anything! More info >>
Jul lov @ Tensta Konsthall. Come and make art inspired by the exhibition, family-friendly. Coffee provided. 2 & 3 January 14:00-16:00
TALKS & SEMINARS
Joint Release: Tecknaren & Fotografisk tidskrift @ SN7 (Stora Nygatan 7). Thursday 12 December 18:00-20:00. Talk at 18:30. More info >>
Ett samtal om segregration (a talk on segregation) @ Kafé 44. Saturday 14 December 13:00-15:00. More info >>
Artist Talk: Maria Taube in conversation with Eva Andréasson @ Farsta Galleri. Sunday 15 December 14:00. More info >>
Transmundane Architecture (Sebastian Gatz) @ Konstfack University. 17 December 10:30. Public PhD defense on project Transmundane Architecture: Architectural Control Relationships Through the Lens of More-than-Human Onto-Epistemologies, Degrowth Practices and Occulture. More info >>
Many Maids Make Much Noise (Olivia Plender) @ Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus. Monday 16 December 13:00. Public PhD defense on a project comprising of a series of artistic projects focused on the social history of the early twentieth-century British suffragette movement, where Dr Susan Kelly from Goldsmiths, University of London serves as the opponent. More info >>
FILM FESTS / SCREENINGS
How to have sex @ Svarta havet, Konstfack. Thursday 19 December 15:00-17:15 [FREE; REG. REQUIRED] RSVP to info@filmform.com to book >>
Kortfilmsdagen / Short film day @ Various cinemas. 21 December. A day of short films on the shortest day of the year. More info >>
Highlights @ Filmform. Saturday 21 December 14:00. Experimental short film by HAIR CLUB [50 SEK; REG. REQUIRED] RSVP to book >>
LOPPIS / MARKETS / POP-UPS
Sensitive KIDS Club FLSTN-D2 Lucia Pop-Up Shop: Late Night Edition @ Morfar Ginko, Swedenborgsgatan 13. Thursday 12 December 18:00-01:00. With a portion of proceeds donated to Palestinagrupperna. More info >>
Cay Collective Julmarknad @ A House (uggelviksgatan 2A). Saturday 14 December 12:00-18:00. More info >>
Urban Artists Christmas Market & Exhibition @ Bohusgatan 27, Skanstull. Saturday 14 December 11:00-19:00. More info >>
Beckmans julmarknad @ Rosendals Trädgård. 14 & 15 December 11:00-17:00 More info >>
Färgfabriken julmarknad @ Färgfabriken. 14 & 15 december 11:00-17:00 [60 SEK] More info >>
Vintervikens julmarknad @ Vintervikens trädgård. Sunday 15 Deember 11:00-15:00 More info >>
FOOD & DRINK EVENTS
Femte Elementet Nordic Miso Tasting @ Kalf & Hansen Mariatorget. 14 December 12-16. More info >>
Mazra’a x Mersel Wine @ Mazra’a (Skånegatan 82). Lebanese wine and mezze. Thursday 12 December [REG. REQUIRED] More info >>
Julbord @ Cornershop Kitchen. 18 & 20 December [REG. REQUIRED] More info >>
Closing party @ Tocayo Wine Bar (Verkstadsgatan 3). Live music, homemade empanadas, and natural wine. 21 December 17:00. More info >>
҉ SURR SPOTLIGHT ҉
Introducing: Marie Dahlstrand
In Marie Dahlstrand's work, memories and photographs of places impacted by human presence serve as starting points. Her paintings approach reality from an abstract perspective, weaving together elements into dreamlike, teeming microcosms. Based in Gothenburg and holding an MFA from Valand Academy of Art, her work is represented in private and public collections including the Public Art Agency Sweden. See more of Marie's work on Instagram and at Galleri Artem's winter exhibition from 14 December through 4 January, with the vernissage held on Saturday 14 December 13:00-16:00.
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