Nordic Art Agency Podcast

The 12th edition of the Affordable Art Fair Stockholm will be opening its doors on October 2nd - Sunday 6th October.  Over 60 handpicked local and international galleries will be exhibiting 1000s of contemporary art works.

The Spotlight section is back again at the art fair with a focus on how to decorate your home with art.  With the theme of ‘Homes is where the Art is’ 1 interior designer and 2 galleries have been selected to create spotlight stands for the fair.

On this podcast episode, podcast host Juliet is in conversation with Interior Designer and colour expert Sara Garanty and TAKEAWAY@ Galleri Duerr founder Deborah Duerr who are both creating their own Spotlight gallery spaces.

The Affordable Art Fair Stockholm will be held from the 2 - 6th October in Nacka Strand and here you can find full details of the fair event and tickets.

Find out more about Galleri Duerr and follow them on instagram.  Discover more Sara Garanty and follow her on instagram. Connect with the Nordic Art Agency by visiting nordicartagency.com.

On this episode Juliet is in conversation with Swedish wildlife artist Per Ekros. 
Always fascinated by faces, expressions and bodies, animals are an intrinsic part of Per Ekros's life, and they form naturally and intuitively as the subject matter of his artworks. His heart lies within the animal kingdom and our consumption of their environments, which impacts him deeply and the psychology of this is a reflection of this.

The podcast discusses his series of polar bear portraits from the 2021 series The King without a Kingdom and how Per captures emotional response through his selection of material and media.  His approach to a reductive painting style enables the characterisation of his chosen animal to be simplified within the composition which  provides an emotional intensity in his painting.

Current works from the To The Ark series are exhibited at the Nordic Art Agency gallery during the Summer Exhibition and a solo exhibition of Per Ekros's painting will be held in the gallery from September 21st - November 16th 2024.

Anglo-Danish artist Kristian Bluff is based in Copenhagen and is self-taught abstract expressionist with a focus on land and seascapes.  With a BA in graphics and a career in design, Kristian Bluff is an exciting emerging artist who has established himself in Scandinavia and the UK. He has exhibited his work internationally and his paintings can be found in many private collections across Europe.

On this podcast Juliet is in conversation with Kristian Bluff who is currently working on his Escapism series. In this body of work Kristian plays around with depth, light, perspective, movement and emotions in order to explore his surroundings in forms of different scapes. 

Kristian Bluff was recently signed as a Guest Artist to the Nordic Art Agency and artworks by Kristian can currently be viewed in the gallery and online.

Discover more about Kristian Bluff through his artist page on the Nordic Art Agency website. 
Follow the Nordic Art Agency on instagram for the latest artist and gallery news.

The Nordic Art Agency is a participating host in the fourth edition of Southern Sweden Design Days which takes place between the 23–26 May 2024.  This is an international design festival in Malmö which invites visitors from all over the world to experience the best the creative southern Swedish design region has to offer.

In this podcast designer Helle Robertson and Sarah Nakiito are in conversation with co-curator from the Nordic Art Agency Sarah Blanking.  Our gallery exhibition, featuring 11 international designers is entitled,

Thoughtful Intentions : absorbing the past & informing the future
The intention or purpose of our actions is a direct creative response to our emotional reactive state of mind. 

Southern Sweden Design Days 2021 was the start of a new annual event that highlights and builds knowledge about design – focusing on sustainability, collaboration, development and innovation. For four days, a platform is created showcasing a full range of design disciplines through seminars, workshops, exhibitions and networking events. Southern Sweden Design Days is organised by Form/Design Center – the main venue for architecture, design and crafts in southern Sweden.

You can view all events held at the Nordic Art Agency from the 23 - 26th May on our Exhibition pages or on the Southern Sweden Design Days website.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Affordable Art Fair (AAF).  Each year the fair welcomes over 185,000 art enthusiasts to art fairs around the world.  On this episode the Affordable Art Fair Stockholm Director Carl Wilhelm Hirsch joins host Juliet on the podcast to discuss the fair and the forthcoming Pop Up Art Fair in Malmö.

This will be the first of it's kind in Sweden and will feature artists from both Galleri Final and the Nordic Art Agency.  It is a unique opportunity  to experience the Affordable Art Fair in Malmö and will have many of the attribute of the culture of the AAF with live painting, artist talks and an Art Afterwork.

Cissi Carlson Starck from Galleri Final is also in conversation with Juliet discussing their forthcoming curation and collaboration at the Nordic Art Agency Pop Up Art Fair.

The Pop Up Art Fair opens on April 19th and will run until April 28th and all details of the events can be found on the Nordic Art Agency website.

Follow Galleri Final and the Affordable Art Fair on instagram and view some of the artworks to be featured by the Nordic Art Agency on our gallery instagram account.

A very warm welcome to the Pop Up Fair!

On this episode gallery Founder and podcast host Juliet is joined by Swedish photorealist painter Mathias Frykholm.

Mathias Frykholm is a self-taught painter who phenomenal talent has led to his career thriving since he became a full time artists five years ago. His large scale canvases are truly captivating and engage the viewer on many levels with the accuracy, detail and emotional and sensual qualities.

View works by Mathias Frykholm on his Artist Page or on his Instagram and at the Nordic Art Agency.

The Nordic Art Agency gallery are delighted to represent Mathias Frykholm as a guest artist and original works, commissions and limited edition prints will be available in May 2024.

Sara Berman describes her paintings as ‘a dialogue between painting and textiles'  and joins Juliet on the podcast to breakdown her works and the 'uncomfortable nooks of the female bodily experience' found in her self portraits.

Originally from London, Sara Berman studied at St. Martins School of Art & Design and later took a Masters of Fine Art at Slade School of Art. Her work can be found in notable international collections, and she has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibition, currently represented by Vielmetter in Los Angeles.

Sara describes her paintings as ‘a dialogue between painting and textiles.’
With a background both in fashion and art, Sara brilliantly creates a game of  materiality in her large scale compositions in oil on canvas.

The conversation is very much based around the female experience and touches on every aspect of how Sara personally operates in the world and how this is represented in her work.  Her experiences are reflected through the character of the Trickster Whore and the use of the Harlequin as a starting point for all her paintings.

You can follow Sara Berman on Instagram and on her website

Delighted to share news of our ongoing gallery Art Auction.

There are a few days left to bid on artworks in Nordic Art Agency Art Auction.  Many of  our international  artists we have featured on the podcast have artworks in the auction and this is a great way to acquire their work.

All 75 of the artworks can be viewed in the gallery or online at,  www.nordicartagency.com/art-auction

This is a silent auction and bids can be placed by email and until February 8th at 10:00 am.

Do please contact the gallery if you have any questions or would like any assistance with placing your bid, [email protected]

A short tour of the Art Auction has been pinned to our Instagram so you can also take a look at how the gallery looks with all these artwork on the walls.

Good luck with your art bidding!

Welcome to this first episode of Season 5 of the Nordic Art Agency Podcast. Art historian, gallerist and host Juliet returns with a new conversation with Swedish landscape watercolour artist Erik Hårdstedt.

OUTLOOK is the recent exhibition of Erik Hårdstedt's paintings which opened at the Nordic Art Agency in January 2024 and features 14 watercolour works. Recording from his current studio on the outskirts of Gokarna, a small town on the Indian West Coast, Erik discusses his painting practice and how travel, changes in scenery and different cultural input fuels his approach to his creative process which is an essential part of the identity and compositions of his painting.

The exhibition is now open at the Nordic Art Agency gallery until March 3rd. You can view the OUTLOOK digital exhibition catalogue online and can email the gallery of your wish to receive any more information about available paintings by Erik Hårdstedt.

View Eric Hårdstedt's Instagram and listen to his music, which interprets his artwork, on Spotify.

Join podcast host Juliet Rees Nilsson and exhibition curator and artist Sarah Blanking on this the final episode of Season 4.  This is the second year that the Nordic Art Agency has hosted a Winter Exhibition featuring 12 multidisciplinary artists from Southern Sweden and Copenhagen.

Sara Blanking invites three of the exhibiting artists; Christian Bluff, Lotta Blanking and Lucas Nagel to discuss their practices, materials and their personal reflections on the local art scene. 

The Winter Exhibition is open everyday until January 28th 2024 and includes artworks by: Anders Allard, Lotta Blanking, Kristian Bluff, Mirjam Ekespong, Zarah Flesser, Stina Henriksson, Dinusha Hoenjet (da), Agnes Vera Kaufmann, Sujatha Kristensen, Lucas Nagel, Malin Sjöstedt and Gitte Valentiner-Branth.

View the Winter Exhibition on the Gallery Store or the full digital exhibition catalogue .