The university's invaluable art gets new premises
The hidden art treasure Lund University has is worth hundreds of millions of kronor. Here are Rembrandt, Matisse, Léger and several Swedish masters – and soon the art will become more public with the help of a new warehouse building.
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Lund University has a precious art collection. Archive image.Image: Johan Nilsson/TT – It is a large and advanced building, with high demands on climate and safety, says Annie Lindberg, acting director of the Museum of Sketches, to Dagens industri. Dagens magazine, whose address is kept secret, houses Lund University collection and art owned by the Museum of Sketches. The collections contain works by masters such as Rembrandt, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Diego Rivera, Isaac Grünewald, Linn Fernström, Carl Fredrik Hill and Carl Milles. Annie Lindberg is in the final phase of, together with a possible landlord, decide on new premises. A feasibility study in May will lead to a building of 5,000 square meters. Annie Lindberg says that the hope is that art will become more visible. – Today, many people do not know about the collection, she says and adds that it is a shame. is actually the taxpayers'.