IVAR Stockholm · The Matchstick palace · 

JEFF COWEN VISITS  STOCKHOLM 6-7 NOVEMBER

Jeff Cowen is coming to Stockholm for Stockholm Gallery Weekend. Come and join us at IVAR Stockholm in the Matchstick Palace, where his exhibition Impermanence and Intervals is on view. On Friday Cowen gives an artist talk, followed by after work drinks. On Saturday you can drop in, or join the Stockholm Gallery Weekend art walk through the city.

Cowen works only with analogue film, on formats from 35 mm up to 8×10 inches, and makes every print himself in his own darkroom. For him, the photograph is where the work begins, not where it ends. He treats the prints with chemicals, works the surface by hand, and often adds paint or collage. Every piece is unique.

The exhibition covers more than ten years of work, from his old studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg to his life and practice in rural Provence today. The Provence series has been shown at Huis Marseille and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and WILLAS contemporary presented it at Paris Photo 2025 in the Grand Palais.

In Stockholm, the works step out of the white cube and into the historic rooms of the Matchstick Palace, a building where architecture, craft and art have always been part of daily life.

ARTIST TALK & AFTER WORK
Bring a friend, or a few, to hear Jeff talk about his work, then look around over a glass of bubbly.
Friday 6 November, doors 17:30, talk at 18:00
IVAR Stockholm, The Matchstick Palace, Västra Trädgårdsgatan 15
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DROP IN
See Impermanence and Intervals and meet Jeff Cowen.
Saturday 7 November, 14:00–16:00
IVAR Stockholm, The Matchstick Palace, Västra Trädgårdsgatan 15
No booking needed.

STOCKHOLM GALLERY WEEKEND ART WALK, CITY
Saturday 7 November, from 14:00
Meeting point: Galleri Helle Knudsen, Hantverkargatan 18–20
With Galleri Helle Knudsen, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Björkholmen Gallery, Richter Holtermann and WILLAS contemporary
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When     6–7 November · Exhibition on view until January 15th 2027.
Where  IVAR Stockholm – The Matchstick Palace, Västra Trädgårdsgatan 15, Stockholm