Magasin III, Contemporary art museum in Stockholm, Sweden
Magasin III is a contemporary art museum in a former warehouse, Magasin 3, built in the 1920s in Stockholm's free port and designed by Åke Tengelin. The institution began in 1987 as Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall and later took the name museum as its own collection of international contemporary art grew. Since May 2024 its public operations in Stockholm have been closed.
The institution was founded in 1987 by Swedish art collectors who wanted to support contemporary creation. Over time it expanded its collection and developed programs that allow artists to produce new work directly within its spaces.
The name comes from the warehouse Magasin 3, where the art hall opened in 1987. Curators work closely with artists, and more than seventy works have been made specifically for these rooms. Since 2017 a permanent satellite, Magasin III Jaffa, has operated in Tel Aviv.
Magasin III closed its public operations in Stockholm in May 2024, so there are no exhibitions or opening hours to plan around at the Frihamnen warehouse. Its permanent exhibition satellite, Magasin III Jaffa, opened in Jaffa in 2017 and became a permanent gallery space from January 2018. The Stockholm building itself is a 1920s warehouse by Åke Tengelin in the free port.
Artists often create site-specific installations directly in the warehouse, designing work that responds to the industrial space itself. These projects reveal how contemporary creators interact with and transform the building's architecture and scale.
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