Hospitalet Stockholm

Hospitalet, once a mental asylum known as Danviken Hospital, was founded in 1558 when King Gustav Vasa built a hospital on the former Greyfriars monastery in Nacka. After its closure as a hospital in the 19th century, the building underwent numerous transformations from a wartime storage facility for Stockholm’s museums to illegal rave venue in the 1990s. Following its acquisition in 2021 by AB Gullringsbo Egendomar, the building underwent an extensive restoration, but leaving traces of all of its previous incarnations. In 2021 Carl Kostyál began to exhibit in the central space of Hospitalet, introducing the most exciting international artistic talent to Stockholm. Following two exhibitions of the Gullringsbo Collection at Hospitalet curated by Carl Kostyál, the latter of which attracted over three thousand visitors, including H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel of Sweden, this opening marks the full relaunch of the space as a public site for members of the public to engage with the collection.

The central space at Hospitalet continues to be home to Carl Kostyál, staging exhibitions of the latest emerging talent in contemporary art from around the world.