Closed!
Closed due to the Academy of Fine Arts holiday: February 12, 13, 14
ANNIVERSARY DAY 2026
At the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts' Celebration Day on Friday, February 13, 2026, prizes, rewards and scholarships worth approximately SEK 1.900.000 were awarded.
NEW AT THE ACADEMY OF ARTS
OPEN EVENING ON WEDNESDAYS
at 11.00-20.00
During the spring, the Academy of Fine Arts invites you to an evening open house every Wednesday. Take the opportunity to experience our current exhibitions in a quiet evening rhythm, visit the library or sit down in the café. As always, admission is free!
During the evenings, there are also program activities in the auditorium with talks, lectures and other events that deepen the experience. An open meeting place for art, architecture and conversation – midweek – in the middle of Stockholm. > Activities
THE LIBRARY OPENS TO THE PUBLIC
The Academy of Fine Arts' special library is a reference and research library with literature that primarily reflects the Academy of Fine Arts' collections, activities and members.
Opening Hours
The library is open to the public on Wednesdays from 11.00 am to 20.00 pm.
EXHIBITIONS
LATEST NEWS
THE ARCHITECT ARNO BRANDLHUBER
is awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts
This year, the Rolf Schock Prizes goes to architect Arno Brandlhuber, mathematician Tobias Colding, philosopher Bastiaan van Fraassen and composer, conductor and musician Maria Schneider.
The prize amount for 2026 is 600 Swedish kronor in each prize area, a total of 000 million Swedish kronor. The prizes will be awarded at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden, on 2,4 June 8.
THE ACADEMY OF ARTS BREAKS AUDIENCE RECORD
Over 118,000 visitors in 2025
In 2025, the Academy of Fine Arts received 118,613 visitors. This is a new audience record! The Academy of Fine Arts received 20,000 more visitors than in the previous record year 2024, which shows a continued growing interest in the business.
DECEASED MEMBERS
ANOTHER HALLOWEEN
(1931-2025)
Artist, painting professor and member of the Academy of Fine Arts Enno Hallek passed away on New Year's Eve after a short illness. During a long life in the service of art, he came to renew public art and, as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts (1981-1991), inspire future generations of artists.
EVA ERIKSSON
(1941-2026)
Eva Eriksson (b. 1941), honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, has passed away. Before her passing, she had completed her life's work: a magnificent book and exhibition about the architect Erik Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940), which was shown in the large halls of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts as late as the spring of 2025.
THE FIRE AT THE ACADEMY OF ARTS
SOOT DAMAGE
More information about the fire:
> Fire seminar
> Cleanup and conservation underway
> The way forward
> Historic fires at Fredsgatan 12
> A true hero
> Updated information, June 8, 2025
> Fire at the Academy of Fine Arts, June 7, 2025