3 March 2019
Two months ago, I got an email from Kulturkompis - translated as culture-friend (an organisation that brings 4 people - 2 foreigners and 2 Swedes - together to appreciate Sweden's culture while forming a friendship) that I belong to a group. Now, this organisation will match 4 people together with similar interests. A friend of mine recommended me to join this because she got to meet other people while enjoying activities. We meet 4 times in the course of 6 months at their selected culture partners. The group leader emailed us and suggested places for us to meet. For our first meetup, we gathered at Millesgården today.
Millesgården is the residence of Carl Milles, a Swedish sculpture who donated his house (looks like a mansion) to the Swedish people. This museum got an award of being Sweden's favourite museum in 2019. It is so odd because 2019 has just started. Anyway, this place is worth a visit and it costs SEK150 for a visit.
This place is not located in the city and it took me about 1 hour to get here. It is located in the island of Lidingö. I have not heard of this place before until the organiser suggested it.
There was an art exhibition on expressionism where the paintings are expressive - paintings with strong colours and images. I did enjoy this exhibition and they are really different from the ones I see in National Museum. It was a comprehensive exhibition with paintings and prints by, among others, Emil Nolde, Otto Mueller and Max Pechstein.
