Image: Röda Sten konsthall, Göteborg
Röda Sten Konsthall in Göteborg is entering the final week of its summer exhibitions 'Ofog' and 'Magnet', with a last round of programming set for August 21-23. The institution says next week is the last chance to see both exhibitions, and that the program series 'Hamseda' will conclude over the same weekend with live podcast recordings, performances and artist-guided tours.
The weekend program is tied most directly to 'Ofog', the summer exhibition by aghili/karlsson and Edith Hammar. According to Röda Sten Konsthall’s programme page, 'Hamseda' is built around the work 'Hamseda – sjunga antinationalistisk krans för fred' in 'Ofog'. The series is described as a recurring program in and around that work, shaped through talks, performances, rituals and shared listening sessions. The institution says the format creates a meeting place for peace, grief, resistance and collective dreams.
The closing sequence begins on Friday, August 21, with a performance by Farvash from 16:00 to 19:00. On Saturday, August 22, the programme includes an artist-led tour of 'Ofog' at 12:00 with aghili/karlsson and Edith Hammar, followed by a live recording of the podcast 'Fulradio' with Edith Hammar at 12:30. Later that day, at 15:00, Rani Nair presents the performance 'Lyssna till blommorna', described by the venue as a concert and guided listening practice; visitors are asked to bring a yoga mat, and the page notes that incense will be used.
On Sunday, August 23, the artist-led tour of 'Ofog' returns at 12:00, again with aghili/karlsson and Edith Hammar, before Konstgruppen Ful leads a discussion on organising from 12:30 to 14:00. Röda Sten’s email bulletin also says the programme series 'Hamseda' concludes that weekend with live podcast and performances, and invites visitors to take part in the final guided viewing of 'Ofog'.
'Ofog' and 'Magnet' both opened on June 13, 2026, according to the exhibition listings on Röda Sten Konsthall’s website. The summer run for 'Ofog' continues through August 23, while 'Magnet', by Elisa Florimond, is listed on the same dates. The source material supplied for this report does not provide additional curatorial details about 'Magnet', but it confirms that it shares the same summer schedule and closing window as 'Ofog'.
Röda Sten Konsthall’s website also frames the summer exhibition programme within the venue’s broader role as a small contemporary-art institution and cultural association in Göteborg. The same August communications note that the organisation is part of the national KLISTER network of small and medium-sized visual-art organisers, and that GIBCA Extended will hold a network meeting at Röda Sten on August 21 with the theme of cultural policy. Those parallel items are separate from the exhibition closing weekend, which remains focused on 'Ofog', 'Magnet' and the final 'Hamseda' events through August 23.
