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Konsthall 16

Konsthall 16 is the result of a collaboration between Tore A Jonasson’s foundation and Riksidrottsmuseum (the Swedish Sports Museum). The foundation was started by Tore A Jonasson (1916–2015) with the purpose of showing selected works from his collection, to annually acquire sports-related art and award a number of grants to artists and sports practitioners. The foundation also presents presenting temporary exhibitions of contemporary art in Konsthall 16.

Ringen bortom mattan / The Ring Beyond the Mat, Konsthall 16, 2022. Clément Courgeon, Wrestling Society, 2022; Constantin Hartenstein, FEIT, 2011; Dev Dhunsi, Akhada temporarily closed due to fog, 2022.
Ringen bortom mattan/The Ring Beyond the Mat, Konsthall 16, 2022. Clément Courgeon, Wrestling Society, 2022; Constantin Hartenstein, FEIT, 2011; Dev Dhunsi, Akhada temporarily closed due to fog, 2022. Photo, Johann Bergenholtz.
Gerry Johansson, Depåstopp / Pit Stop, Konsthall 16, 2023.
Gerry Johansson, Depåstopp/Pit Stop, Konsthall 16, 2023. Photo, the artist.

When Tore A Jonasson died in 2015, the work began on establishing a foundation in accordance with his will from 2013. He had already been in discussions with the Swedish Sports Museum in the late 1990s, but it was not until a year after his death that the foundation approached the Museum as an ideal partner when starting a new non-commercial art gallery.

Konsthall 16 hosts two to three exhibitions per year, primarily of Swedish and Nordic art, but occasionally also features international artists. The focus is on contemporary art that in some way relates to sports issues. Konsthall 16 opened ni February 2019.

Konsthall 16 webpage

Alexandra Larsson Jacobson, We play, I push, You hold, We fall, Konsthall 16, 2023.
Alexandra Larsson Jacobson, We play, I push, You hold, We fall, Konsthall 16, 2023. Photo, the artist.

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