[1] In conjunction with the exhibitions program it also arranges lectures, screenings, concerts, performances, and workshops.

The exhibitions include internationally renowned artists, filmmakers, photographers, and designers, such as for example Walid Raad, Zineb Sedira, Tracey Rose, Mario Merz, Dayanita Singh, Agnès Varda, Felice Varini, Joan Jonas, Isaac Julien, Stan Douglas, Leonor Fini, Rafel Lozano-Hemmer, Julio Le Parc, John Akomfrah, Charles och Ray Eames, Jumana Emil Abboud, Ana Mendieta, and Faith Ringgold.

The new Bildmuseet, hosted in a seven-storey building (Architecture: Henning Larsen Architects)[3][4] opened to the public May 19, 2012.

[5] Late 2017 the British newspaper The Telegraph listed Bildmuseet as one of "42 incredible museums to visit in your lifetime".

[6] The outside of the building is covered in randomly spaced windows and a larch facing that will fade to grey in time.