Bertil Vallien
Bertil Vallien - Pottery and drawings We are proud to start the year with an exhibition by Bertil Vallien, who will show pottery and drawings at KKAM. Carpaint & Clay - sculptures from the 1960s opens March 2. Welcome!
Exhibitions
November Salon
We invite artists working in northwestern Skåne to apply to participate in this year's November Salon.
Cecilia Kraitz
The abstract, cellular shapes are a recurring, almost obvious motif in Cecila Kraitz's work. This is evident in the exhibition Earth's breath at KKAM this autumn.
Linn Fernström – Ceramic Landscapes
Linn Fernström is one of Sweden's leading contemporary artist, working at the crossroads of imagination and reality.
Proposal for extension
A destination for art, pottery and crafts and a place to meet in Upper Höganäs. See the model of Gipp Architects' proposal at the museum.
Renata Francescon – Silvae
Silvae The exhibition explores how forest and trees are as intertwined and cyclic as humans. Renata Francescon has explored the lives of plants for years and, as a result, the...
Permanent exhibitions
KKAM has one of Sweden’s premier collections of modern Scandinavian pottery. It’s a collection in motion, an indicator of the state of contemporary pottery. Anything can turn up here: spontaneous...
Gustaf Alling was born in Halmstad in 1878 as the youngest of eight siblings. His father was a shipbuilder and the family lived in poor conditions. Gustaf had a good...
Åke Holm Åke Holm (1900-1980), potter and artist, known as plain Åke to everyone in Höganäs. A local supernova and one of 20th century Sweden’s leading potters. Höganäs and the...
Salt-glazed – a large scale industry Salt glazed stoneware is Höganäs’ backbone. The main income came from industrial goods: bricks, tiles, slabs and sewage pipes. The flow of salt glazed...
Höganäsbolaget – The Höganäs Company Höganäsbolaget mined coal. The clay that could mined as well could be used for bricks and pottery. The coal was used in the ovens. Production...
The Kullen area is like a Swiss cheese. Below the fields and villages lies a dark, silent and waterfilled landscape. Only the slag heaps remain. Coal mining in Höganäs started...
Down here you'll find our exhibition of local potters, 20th century pottery and contemporary ceramic art.