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Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary
, ''The Independent'', 4 May 2010. in the Art Nouveau style dating from 1906 and has amenities typical of a museum: exhibit space, bistro, café, bar, conference rooms, museum shop, gallery, and event spaces. As of 2020, it drew more than 500,000 visitors each year. Designed by Ferdinand Boberg, the building is listed as of cultural interest. Among the exhibitions it has shown are: Annie Leibovitz, ''A Photographer's Life'', May 21 – September 19, 2010
*, a separate Stockholm
photography
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in the Södermalm
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The district covers the large island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''). Although Södermalm usually is considered an island, wat ...
district of Stockholm
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, Sweden
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that was founded by brothers Jan and Per Broman and opened on 21 May 2010. In March 2021, it merged with NeueHouse
NeueHouse is a company that provides collaborative workspace, private offices, event and meeting space and a social scene for culture in New York and Los Angeles.
History
NeueHouse was founded in 2011 in New York by Joshua Abram, Alan Murray an ...
and is operated by Yoram Roth and Josh Wyatt under the parent company CultureWorks.
Details
Fotografiska is housed at Stadsgården, in a former customs houseNew Stockholm photography museum opens with Leibovitz show, ''The Independent'', 4 May 2010. in the Art Nouveau style dating from 1906 and has amenities typical of a museum: exhibit space, bistro, café, bar, conference rooms, museum shop, gallery, and event spaces. As of 2020, it drew more than 500,000 visitors each year. Designed by Ferdinand Boberg, the building is listed as of cultural interest. Among the exhibitions it has shown are: Annie Leibovitz, ''A Photographer's Life'', May 21 – September 19, 2010
Gus Van Sant
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, ''One Step Big'' Shot, November 9 – December 5, 2010, and Robert Mapplethorpe
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, ''Retrospective'', June 17 – October 3, 2011.
Other locations
*, a separate Stockholm museum
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of photography, operated from 1971 to 1998, when it was integrated into Moderna museet.
*Fotografiska Tallinn
Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden that was founded by brothers Jan and Per Broman and opened on 21 May 2010. In March 2021, it merged with NeueHouse and is operated by Yoram Roth ...
in Tallinn
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, Estonia
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opened in June 2019.
*Fotografiska New York
Fotografiska New York is a branch of the Swedish photography museum Fotografiska in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City. The museum's home is the Church Missions House, a six-story, Renaissance Revival landmark. It opened in December 2019.
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opened in December 2019 at the former church mission house in Gramercy, a historical landmark building.
Fotografiska announced plans for a London location, but those plans were cancelled by the COVID pandemic. A Berlin location is scheduled to open in 2023.
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