Jean Baptiste Beránger 2025. Market Art Fair.

Market Art Fair is the leading contemporary art fair in the Nordics, and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The fair presents over 50 established and up-and-coming galleries, presenting over 150 artists, ranging from household Swedish names, to international superstars and the new generation of talents. Beside the gallery presentations, the fair also hosts a diverse and inspiring talks program with art world experts and passionate speakers. At the fair you can also enjoy the fair-only pop-up caféby the hyped Stockholm restaurant Bacchanale, explore the SEB lounge with works from their corporate collection, or enjoy a glass of champagne in the Deutz bar. Market Art Fair welcomes galleries, artists, and collectors from around the globe to experience a boutique fair with a Nordic perspective and worldwide reach - designed for discovery, dialogue, and dealmaking.

Highlights during the day:

12 PM - 1 PM. Market Art Fair Talk: Culture at the Return of History

Participants: Professor Mi You (Professor of Art and Economies Documenta Institut Kassel), Saskia Neuman (Founder Saskia Neuman Gallery), Professor Jonathan White (Professor of Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics), Karin Svanborg-Sjövall (State Secretary to Minister of Culture).

Have Western democracies become trapped in endless debates over political correctness and emotion-driven moral management? Have postmodern ideas of cultural relativism undermined Europe's institutions, or has the role of culture increasingly fallen into the hands of American social media and streaming platforms? How are cultural institutions and artistic works affected by the rise of populism? And can culture and art even inadvertently strengthen the appeal of authoritarianism?

Together with the Stockholm School of Economics' Centre for Philosophies of Markets and SSE Art Initiative, we invite you to a symposium exploring the cultural and political consequences of contemporary authoritarianism and populism.

4 PM - 5 PM. Market Art Fair Artist Talk: Ragna Bley in conversation with Kati Kivinen

Ragna Bley is a Swedish artist based in Oslo, known for her large-scale and vibrant explorations of painting. In 2025 she was nominated for the significant Nordic art prize Ars Fennica, and this year she is also presenting a solo exhibition at Vandalorum. Here she meets the Finnish curator Kati Kivinen in a conversation about inspiration, artistic process, and her practice.