Fagernäs

Our art-driven institution is undergoing a transformation. Art Lab Gnesta moved into the old brewery in Gnesta in 2010. In 2026, our operations will be fully underway in Gnesta, while we gradually establish a presence in Mölnbo, where we will move into Fagernäs in 2027.

Fagernäs in Mölnbo.

This building, dating from 1890, has great cultural and historical value. It was constructed to supply Stockholm with tuberculosis-free milk and, in recent decades, has housed Anticimex’s rat poison production, but is now set to become a palace for art, artists, and the general public, with several thousand square meters of indoor space and a large park. A move not only in geography, but also in our artistic and institutional position.

We are acquiring a new conceptual container for our cross-border activities, six kilometers as the crow flies from Bryggerihuset in Gnesta. This is our next step in a long-term practice where place and artistic processes have always been intertwined. Fagernäs carries a complex history from food production to poison manufacturing; it is part of our human heritage and now becomes our artistic field, where ecological wounds, wildness and more-than-human relationships are at the center.

2026 will be a year of transition between two places and two states. A transition where art is the driving force and the state.

Art Lab Gnesta is shedding its skin and steps into the era!

In 2026, the Fagernäs property was purchased by the Karl Schultz-Köln and Marita Mörck-Schultz Foundation.

The aim of the foundation is to manage and make available the creative legacy from artist and industry designer Karl Schultz-Köln and furniture designer Marita Mörck-Schultz.