Wanås Castle

Wanås Castle (IPA: [ˈvânːoːs];^[1] Swedish: Wanås slott) is an estate in Östra Göinge Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is situated to the west of Knislinge, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Kristianstad.^[2]

Wanås Castle
Wanås slott
Östra Göinge Municipality
Wanås
Site information
Open to the public	No
Location
Wanås Castle Scania, Sweden
Coordinates	56.1860°N 14.0454°E / 56.1860; 14.0454
Site history
Built	15th century

Wanås exhibitions

Since 1987, contemporary art with a focus on site-specific installations has been displayed at Wanås. Art is displayed in the park and in exhibition halls in renovated stables and warehouse buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the park there are some 70 sculptures and installations permanently on display.^[3][4]

Selection of the outdoors exhibitions

Kari Cavéns Cow Chapel

Pål Svenssons Sprungen ur (1996), diabas

• The little bridge (1988), diabas, by Stefan Wewerka
• Black line (1988), Raffael Rheinsberg
• Terra Maximus (1989), by Sissel Tolaas
• Gray Clam (1990), by Jene Highstein
• Pyramiden (1990), by Gunilla Bandolin
• Stigma (1991), by Gloria Friedmann
• Observatorium (1992), by Icelandic sculptor Rúrí (f 1951)
• Cow Chapel (1993), by Kari Cavén
• Solar Implode/Power House (1994), by Jeffrey Wisniewski
• Wanås (1994), by Per Kirkeby
• Food For Thought (1996), by Matthew McCaslin
• Sprungen Ur (1996), by Pål Svensson
• Parables (1998), by Allan McCollum
• The Hunt Chair for Animal Spirits (1998), by Marina Abramović
• Imposter (1999), by Roxy Paine
• A House for Edwin Denby (2000), by Robert Wilson
• Fideicommissum (2000), bronze, by Ann-Sofi Sidén
• Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces (2000), by Dan Graham
• Together and Apart (2001), by Antony Gormley
• Wanås Wall (2002), by Jenny Holzer
• Vertigo (2002), by Charlotte Gyllenhammar
• lignum (2002), by Ann Hamilton
• I Am Thinking About Myself – Wanås 2003 (2003), Marianne Lindberg De Geer
• 11 Minute Line (2004), by Maya Lin
• The eighth chimney (2007), tegel, by Jan Svenungsson

A selection of the permanent indoors exhibition

• Svindel (2002), by Charlotte Gyllenhammar
• lignum (2002), by Ann Hamilton
• Graf Spee (2007), by Jan Håfström together with Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Juan Pedro Fabra

See also

• List of castles in Sweden