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Gothenburg Museum of Art

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Body. Ideal, Gaze, Freedom

Gothenburg Museum of Art · Gothenburg, Sweden · 7 Mar 2026 to 17 Jan 2027

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About one hundred works from antiquity to today examining how the human body has been depicted and controlled in art, organized around historical ideals, the artist-model-viewer relationship, and identity. Mostly drawn from the museum's own collection.

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