Stockholm's underground celebrates its 50th anniversary

With a million journeys each weekday, Stockholm's underground is an important part of the life of Stockholm residents. Sculptures, mosaics and paintings decorate the underground routes in the world's longest art exhibition. This autumn, the "T-banan" is celebrating its 50th year with art displays, exhibitions and concerts. In around 80 of the 100 stations, 145 artists have provided the underground with colour, shape and vitality. You can enjoy the art of the underground on special tours led by authorised guides. Art tours in English are available on Saturdays from 19 August until the last Saturday in September. During the anniversary celebrations which are taking place between 15 August and 15 October, the focus will also be on architecture, history and technology, for example at the Museum of Architecture's exhibition, "Stockholm Under", and at the Transport Museum.

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Absolut Art at Milles Estate Museum, 8 September - 8 October 2000

The Swedish trademark Absolut Vodka has, during its world conquest, nurtured a long-term partnership with many of the foremost painters, sculptors, designers and photographers of our time. Every commission to a selected artist focuses on the now world-famous Absolut Vodka bottle. Milles Estate Museum is the first museum in Europe to show this collection of works, which Absolut Vodka has accumulated during the last 15 years. The collection comprises several hundred works of art; everything from paintings to photographs and sculptures to the first ever work, "Absolut Warhol".

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New design centre in Stockholm

In newly renovated buildings, opposite the Modern Museum in Skeppsholmen, the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design is opening a new and eagerly awaited design centre on 22 September. Swedish designers are much sought after on an international level in the fields of interior design, textiles and fashion, glass, ceramics and architecture, and their work is going to be shown at Skeppsholmen in consecutively running exhibitions. At the premier, visitors will be able to see the annual exhibition, "Utm�rkt Svensk Form" (Excellent Swedish Design), where around 60 carefully selected objects within the areas of furniture, textiles, lighting, industrial design, graphic design, art industry and web services will be given the exposure they are worthy of. The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design's design centre features interior decoration by the architect Jonas Bohlin, and besides the exhibition area, there is a caf�, library and shop.

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The Cultural Centre in Stockholm displays young lifestyle My Generation is a Swedish-produced lifestyle exhibition covering photography, music, fashion and design, where the connection between 1960s Pop culture and today's trends is in evidence. The exhibition centres on photography, with newly discovered pictures from the British Pop wave of the 60s. A photographic studio and a stylists' workroom with its array of clothes and props serve as a commentary on today's lifestyle.

In the studio, which is open to visitors, you can watch a number of Sweden's most prominent photographers, stylists, artists and film makers as they create fashion photographs. A selection of these newly taken photographs will be added to the exhibition during the autumn and even be shown at the Hennes & Mauritz store at Sergels torg. At listening points, you can enjoy a musical m�lange of both great artists from the 60s and today's stars. The My Generation stage will feature performances from both famous and unknown artists and DJs. The Cultural Centre in Stockholm, Gallery 5, floor 5, 2 September - 3 December 2000.