How can a 200-year-old painting say something about today’s environmental challenges?
A new research project at the National Museum funded by the explores the work of the artist Thomas Fearnley from an eco-critical perspective.
Norway's National Museum presents its 2025 exhibition programme
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design 2025 exhibition programme includes an exhibition about the gothic influences on modern artist like Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh, solo presentations of artists A K Dolven and Anawana Haloba, and a survey of the New Nordic Cuisine movement and its connections with architecture, crafts, design, and art in the past two decades.
Young designers explore the body
See how a new generation of fashion creatives are experimenting with the human body and clothing.
"Beyond Bodies. Four Nordic Fashion Experiments”
9 November 2024–23 March 2025
The National Museum – Social Area
The exhibition “Beyond Bodies. Four Nordic Fashion Experiments” displays work by a new generation of fashion creatives, who are all recent graduates from Nordic fashio
The first retrospective exhibition of the work of Else Hagen
Else Hagen. Between People
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
11 October 2024–26 January 2025
Else Hagen (1914-2010) had a powerful impact in Norway in the years after World War II. Today, she is often remembered as one of the first women in Norway to create large works for public spaces.
Hagen is known for her visually rich artistic production. She worked with
Discover another facet of fashion
The exhibition “Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive” takes an unusual and surprising route through the history of fashion
“Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive”
The National Museum, Prints and Drawings Gallery (2nd floor)
19 October 2024 – 23 March 2025
From spectacular invitations to rare lookbooks the exhibition “Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive” sho
The National Museum of Norway announces bold new partnership, championing cutting-edge performance art in the region and beyond
The Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design is delighted to announce a bold new partnership with prominent collector Lise M. Stolt-Nielsen and her children to present a dynamic decade-long performance programme, titled What is performance?
Anna-Eva Bergman's monumental paintings in new exhibition at the National Museum
The exhibition "Becoming Anna-Eva Bergman at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway, shows paintings by the Norwegian artist Anna-Eva Bergman (1909–1987) from the years 1950–75. During this period, Bergman developed a new idiom and gained international acclaim, marking a significant chapter in Norwegian art history.
Mark Rothko exhibition opens at the National Museum in Oslo
The first major Mark Rothko exhibition in the Nordic region shows a less familiar side of Rothko’s production: Paintings on paper.
Mark Rothko. Paintings on Paper
The National Museum, Light Hall
Oslo, Norway
16 May–22 September 2024
Press preview: Monday 13 May, 11.00–13.00
To attend, please write to mari.arntzen@nasjonalmuseet.no by 12.00 on Friday 10 May.
The
A rare opportunity to see Vassily Kandinsky’s early prints and drawings
In a period of political and social upheaval, Kandinsky found fertile ground for his ideas about a new and more spiritual art. These works inspired by music, legends and folk art are exhibited throughout the summer, at the National Museum in Oslo.
Welcome to the press preview on Tuesday 30 April at 11.00.
To attend, please write to birgitte.lie@nasjonalmuseet.no by 12.00 on Monday 29 April.<
The National Museum in Oslo opens extensive exhibition on Sámi artist Britta Marakatt-Labba
“Britta Marakatt-Labba. Moving the Needle”
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
15 March–25 August 2024
Press preview 12 March, 11 am. Please contact rannveigfa@nasjonalmuseet.no for attendance.
“Britta Marakatt-Labba. Moving the Needle” presents the work of one of the leading textile artists of Sápmi and the Nordics.
For half a century, Britta Marakatt-Labba (b
Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord: The Norwegian National Ballet in the National Museum
The iconic painting Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord is brought to life as a ballet in the Light Hall at the National Museum.
The textile artist Frida Hansen is the subject of the first of four university scholarships funded via the National Museum’s collaboration agreement with the Fredriksen Family Art Company (FFAC)
Frida Hansen (1855–1931) was a pioneer in Norwegian and European textile art and a major force behind the Norwegian textile renaissance of the 1890s. She is also celebrated for having developed the “transparency technique”, which involves an alternation between dense and translucent areas in a tapestry.
In her doctoral project “Frida Hansen: Weaver, Gardener, Artist, Woman”, Lexow will expl
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