Stockholm Cosmologies
eds. Joanna Sandell Wright, Storm Janse van Rensburg and Alexandra Dodd
February 2026
220 pp
245mm x 185mm with flaps
ISBN: 9789186011758
Published by Liljevalchs, Stockholm; distributed in South Africa by uHlanga
Stockholm Cosmologies brings together fifteen fine artists working across media and active in multiple geographies, spanning Scandinavia, Africa, and its diaspora. Stockholm Cosmologies looks at the concept of cosmology as a poetic and political model for how artists relate to the world, time, place, material, and to one another.
In this second iteration of the curatorial project that began with Stockholm Cosmology (2024), Liljevalchs continues its survey of the Swedish art scene by considering various contact zones and turning its gaze further afield.
One contact zone stems from the diplomatic relations between Sweden and the South African government-in-exile between the 1960s and mid-1990s, a relationship rooted in solidarity and kinship. The practice of South African-born artist Lefifi Tladi, and his life of exile, existing between Sweden and South Africa, is a departure point for the curatorial journey.
Features a number of uHlanga poets, including Maneo Mohale, Sihle Ntuli and Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal.
To celebrate the significant South African presence in this major project, a limited run of 80 copies of Stockholm Cosmologies has been made available by Liljevalchs for sale in South Africa, exclusively distributed by uHlanga.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Igshaan Adams, Filippa Arrias, Karim Boumjimar, Loulou Cherinet, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Garth Erasmus, Sara-Vide Ericson, Salad Hilowle, Bronwyn Katz, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Kayo Mpoyi, Pia Sandström, Ylva Snöfrid, Inga Somdyala, Lefifi Tladi.
FEATURED WRITERS
Filippa Arrias, Karim Boumjimar, Loulou Cherinet, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Alexandra Dodd, Garth Erasmus, Jason Jacobs, Aryan Kaganof, Sara-Vide Ericson, Salad Hilowle, Storm Janse van Rensburg, Bronwyn Katz, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Lindiwe Mabuza, Maneo Refiloe Mohale, Manthipe Moila, Thabang Monoa, Kayo Mpoyi, Nick Mulgrew, Sihle Ntuli, Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal, Naadira Patel, Pravasan Pillay, Joanna Sandell Wright, Pia Sandström, Sihle Sogaula, Ylva Snöfrid, Lefifi Tladi.