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.
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
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
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 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?
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.
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
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.<
“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
The iconic painting Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord is brought to life as a ballet in the Light Hall at the National Museum.
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
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Norway is pleased to announce its 2024 exhibition programme. The programme includes presentations of Britta Marakatt-Labba, Mark Rothko, Anna-Eva Bergman, and Wassily Kandinsky, as well as an exhibition about 19th-century Norwegian architecture.
The exhibition "Hand and Machine. Architectural drawings" at Norway's National Museum showcases drawings by architects from 2008 to 2023.
The National Museum, Oslo and Kode Bergen Art Museum are pleased to present a major exhibition, accompanied by a publication, tracing the life and work of pioneering Norwegian painter Harriet Backer.
Mercredi 20 septembre 2023, trois instances ont reçu le prix du fonds Houen : l’Hôtel de ville d’Oslo, la société danoise « Vandkunsten » pour la conception du quartier Bjørvika à Oslo, et le Centre International de l’Art Pariétal, à Montignac, France.
Le prix du fonds Houen, l’une des principales distinctions norvégiennes dans le domaine de l’architecture et de la construction, est le fruit d’
In the exhibition “Oltre Terra. Why Wool Matters” at Norway's National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design the multidisciplinary design studio Formafantasma investigates the history, ecology and global dynamics of the extraction and production of wool.
This major exhibition puts the work of Lousie Bourgeois in dialogue with artists like Edvard Munch, Marie Laurencin, Pablo Picasso, Senga Nengudi and Nan Goldin.
The American artist Carroll Dunham is known internationally for his paintings, drawings, and prints. A new exhibition at Norway’s National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design shows a selection of his print portfolios from the mid-1980s up until today.
The exhibition programme at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design includes major presentations of Louise Bourgeois, Anna-Eva Bergman and Harriet Backer, Formafantasma's exploration of the intertwined history of humans and sheep, drawings by Bruegel and Rubens, and a survey of contemporary craft.
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