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The Hamrin Foundation strengthens Art Initiative with SEK 10 million
07 March 2024
The Hamrin Foundation has decided to support Art Initiative at Stockholm School of Economics with with a donation of SEK 10 million: 2.5 million annually for four years. It is an investment in future decision-makers' education and ability to reflect, says Lovisa Hamrin, chairwoman of The Hamrin Foundation.
Literary Agenda in Dagens Nyheter
17 January 2024
The school´s reading project the Literary Agenda in Dagens Nyheter, 2024-01-12, in Swedish.
New art class room by artist Marie-Louise Ekman at SSE
06 December 2023
A new art classroom created by the Swedish artist Marie-Louise Ekman has been inaugurated at the school. The classroom contains parts of the artist's own studio, as well as several new original works.
Art Exhibition: Cecilia Parsberg at Handels
22 September 2023
Cecilia Parsberg at Handels is an art exhibition based on a doctoral thesis in fine art by Parsberg. It consists of two artworks on five different screens on Sveavägen 65, and it's open from September 21 to October 18.
Literary Agenda Reading List 2023/2024
16 August 2023
The reading list for the Literary Agenda 2023/2024 is here. The Literary Agenda has for five years given SSE students the opportunity to participate in book circles led by faculty, staff and PhD students. We read seven selected books a year. The aim is to promote self-reflection, empathy and cultural literacy among students.
Third edition of Handels x Mejan is open
25 April 2023
Welcome to experience the third edition of the annual student curated exhibition Handels x Mejan. Open until May 21. Welcome to Sveavägen 65!
SSE X Magasin III - a filmprogram celebrating 10 years of contemporary art at SSE
02 March 2023
As a celebration of the first ten years of contemporary art at SSE, Art Initiative and Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art are screening a film program in the atrium during spring and autumn 2023.
On screen during February 2023 at SSE: Yinka Shonibare´s film Un Ballo in Maschera
03 February 2023
During February 2023 Art Initiative will show the British/Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare´s film Un Ballo in Maschera (2004), on the screen in the north corridor on the ground floor of Sveavägen 65. The screening is yet another way for the students at SSE to learn about Yinka Shonibare´s artistry, as a temporary companion piece to the Yinka Shonibare Room two floors up in the same building.
The Yinka Shonibare Thesis Scholarship to Nigeria
14 December 2022
Yinka Shonibare CBE is a world famous British-Nigerian artist who has created the Yinka Shonibare Room in the SSE main building at Sveavägen 65. The artistic fee for this work was generously donated by Yinka Shonibare CBE to the school in order for us to create the Yinka Shonibare Thesis Scholarship. Thanks to this scholarship two SSE students a year will be given the possibility to go to Nigeria for a month to do research for their thesis.
Exhibition at SSE: Peter Stridsberg´s Forecast Diaries
31 October 2022
SSE Art Initiative is proud to present a new exhibition at SSE. During November and December we can experience seven photographs by Peter Stridsberg from his series Forecast Diaries in the corridor on floor 3 on Sveavägen 65. Welcome!