The Sun Picture – Matts Leiderstam, Prince Eugen’s Altarpiece and Move of Kiruna Church
November 15 2025 – 15 March 2026
In collaboration with Kin Museum of Contemporary Art in Kiruna, Waldemarsudde presents this research-based and conceptual exhibition by and of Swedish artist Matts Leiderstam (b. 1956). In the prince’s spacious studio on the top floor of the residence, Leiderstam focusses on the inception and significance of Eugen’s striking altarpiece from 1912 for Kiruna Church, but also on the work’s relationship to the landscape, lightning conditions and the performative. The exhibition includes a number of Eugen’s preliminary studies for the altarpiece, which are brought together here with a number of newly produced works by Leiderstam.