This year is the 150th anniversary of Edvard Munch’s birth. Munch (1863-1944) is one of modernism’s pioneers. The anniversary year will be celebrated with the largest ever Munch exhibition in Oslo, as well as a range of cultural events in Norway and other countries to celebrate Munch and his art.
Åpningen av Munch-året 2013 markeres med en stor festforestilling og mottakelse i Oslo rådhus 23. januar. Hele 600 gjester er invitert for å feire Norges største billedkunstner.
An increasing number of international architects are winning architectural competitions or getting commissions in Norway. Who are they and what are they building? A new exhibition addressing these questions opens at the National Museum – Architecture on Friday 23 November. Press viewing Thursday 22.November between 12 -14 at The National Museum - Architecture, Bankplassen 3, Oslo.
The National Museum's building project on the Vestbanen site will be debated in the Norwegian parliament just after the New Year. Based on museum developments this autumn, we want to discuss the museum's plans within the framework of a wider European concept development. European personalities will share their visions for museums of the future during a seminar 6 Nov. at the Astrup Fearnley Museum.
The biggest presentation of Nolde’s artworks ever exhibited in the National Gallery. Nolde is one of the major figures of the expressionist artistic movement in Germany. He was in the heart of the German and European art scenes from the beginning of 20th century until World War II. Press day is October 11th. Opening is October 12 th and the exhibition last untill January 20th 2013.
This is a large international group exhibition which opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art on 13 September. The exhibition fills the entire museum, and features 48 artists who work at the intersection between music and the visual arts.The press conference will take place on 12 September 11o'clock at The museum of contemporary art, Bankplassen 4, Oslo.
Really sustainable and other architectural fairytales 28 August 2012, Nordic Pavilion, 14.00 – 18.00
The exhibition adopts the perspective of a traveller on the road to trace connections between historical and contemporary perceptions of Norway’s nature and landscapes. Models from Peter Zumthor’s project for a zinc mine museum at Allmannajuvet and Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk’s project for the Vøringsfossen falls are on show as well as historical maps, prints and drawings, photographs and film.
