Carl Milles Exhibition to Address Sculptor’s Nazi Sympathies

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Carl Milles Exhibition to Address Sculptor's Nazi Sympathies

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Millesgården in Stockholm is preparing a significant exhibition for the summer of 2025 to mark 150 years since the birth of renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955). The exhibition, titled “The Sculptor Carl Milles 150 Years,” will be the largest solo presentation of his work in modern times, running from June 14 to September 28, 2025.

While celebrating Milles’s international success and artistic legacy, the exhibition will also confront the more controversial aspects of his life, specifically his pro-German sympathies and admiration for figures like Adolf Hitler, as well as his anti-Semitic views, primarily expressed in private letters. These views were documented in tens of thousands of letters, now housed at the National Library of Sweden. Milles was fascinated by the “power of action” and plans for social structure and investments in art and culture he observed in leaders like Hitler and Mussolini. He was also a member of the National Association of Sweden-Germany, established in 1937 to advocate for a “fair assessment of the new Germany.”

Despite these expressions, Milles’s stance was not always consistent; he was fundamentally a humanist and, in some letters, questioned and criticized Nazism. He was never politically active nor a member of a Nazi party. The upcoming exhibition aims to offer new perspectives on Milles as a creative, visionary, yet complex and contradictory individual. It will feature approximately seventy sculptures, bronzes, and original

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