Art tours at Kin

Join us for a tour with Kiruna’s art in focus. At the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art, there are free guided tours every day in Swedish and English from 24 June to 24 August.

Under headings such as Arts and Crafts in the North, Art Star Britta Marakatt-Labba and Contemporary Art from Sápmi, Norrbotten and other parts of the world, insights are provided into contemporary local, regional, national and international art.

Time: 12.00 Tuesday-Sunday and 17.00 on Thursdays. Tours last approximately 50 minutes.
Place: Meet at Kin’s green reception inside the town hall.

Tours in English
Wednesday 12.00: Contemporary art from Sápmi, Norrbotten and other parts of the world
Thursday 12.00: Arts and crafts in the north
Friday 12.00: Arts and crafts in the north
Saturday 12.00: Art star Britta Marakatt-Labba

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Arts and crafts from the north (24 June-14 August)
Ever since LKAB’s first manager Hjalmar Lundbohm invited the famous artists of his time to Kiruna, the town has been known for its art. Join us for a tour of the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art and get an insight into the contemporary arts and crafts of the Norrbotten region with works that reflect the cultural richness of the Sámi, Tornedalian and mining community’s own mix. With works by Britta Marakatt-Labba, Katarina Spik Skum, Lena Ylipää, Karin Keisu and Josse Thuresson, among others.

Art star Britta Marakatt-Labba (24 June-14 August)
Get to know one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Sámi Britta Marakatt-Labba, born in 1951 in Idivuoma, Kiruna municipality. Over five decades, she has created a rich and poetic narrative about the Sámi, the only recognised indigenous people on the European continent, and their struggle for land and culture. Kin Museum of Contemporary Art presents embroideries and appliqués, as well as a number of prints based on textile works, in which she weaves together personal experiences of life in the north with the climate crisis affecting the entire planet.

Contemporary art from Sápmi, Norrbotten and other parts of the world (24 June-24 August)
Art by world stars and local talents alike can be experienced at the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art, where current works of art inspired by the Arctic environment are shown for 52 weeks a year. At the same time, art from other parts of the world is presented. Works from the collection and temporary exhibitions coexist in the premises of the Kristallen City Hall – here you can see, for example, duodji (Sámi handicrafts), embroidery by the Sámi world star Britta Marakatt-Labba, indigenous art from the Himalayas, experimental video works and fine drawings about the Tornedalian heritage, as well as an unknown Afro-Swedish story from SVT’s classic Pippi film from 1969.