Nimis, Arild

Name: Nimis
Address: Håle stenar, Arild, 263 77, Sweden

#1 among attractions in Arild

Public art, Sculpture, Museum

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Nimis is a site-specific artwork by Lars Vilks at Håle stenar in northwestern Skåne. It consists mainly of several wooden structures, erected from driftwood, planks and tree branches. The work is illegally placed in the Kullaberg nature reserve, which has led to recurrent legal proceedings between the artist and the County Administrative Board of Skåne County since the first version was built in 1980. Parts of the work have been destroyed by fire on various occasions, and Vilk's reconstruction after a fire in 2016 led to a daily fine in Helsingborg District Court in 2018.

Vilks saw Nimis as conceptual art and the legal processes as part of the concept. Since 1986, the artwork was owned by the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Vilks himself considered it to be located within the boundaries of the proclaimed microstate of Ladonia. Another of Vilks' artworks, Arx, is also located in the area.

Coordinates: 56°17'15"N, 12°32'22"E

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Håle stenarArild 263 77 Sweden

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Nimis – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kullen Lighthouse, Krapperup Castle, Kullabergs Naturum, Brunnby Church.

3.5 miW
Historical place, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Kullen Lighthouse, Mölle
90 min walk • The Kullen Lighthouse is an operational lighthouse in Scania, located by the mouth of Öresund, at the point of Kullaberg peninsula, in Höganäs, on the south-west coast of Sweden.
1.8 miS
Forts and castles, Historical place
Krapperup Castle
46 min walk • Krapperup Castle is an estate at Höganäs Municipality in Scania, Sweden. The foundation Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen has been the owner of Krapperup with its land areas and other properties since 1967.
3.5 miW
56°18'5"N • 12°27'7"E
Kullabergs Naturum, Mölle
89 min walk • Visitor center, State park, Nature and wildlife
2.3 miSE
Church
Brunnby Church
60 min walk • Brunnby Church is a medieval Lutheran church about 9 km north of Höganäs in southern Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Lund. The church is noted for its many 15th-century murals, attributed to the Helsingborg Workshop.
~190 ftE
Monuments and statues
Ladonia, Kullaberg
1 min walk • Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The claimed territory is part of the natural reserve of Kullaberg in southern Sweden.